cucchiaio.
spoon; spoonful
Meaning & usage
spoon; spoonful
Questo cucchiaio è per il tè.
tablespoon; tablespoonful
chip; in football
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Latin cochleārium, derived from cochlear, from cochlea (“snail”), which perhaps was an instrument used to eat eggs and snails. It's also possible that it derives from the use to which it was put, the concave shape, or perhaps originally it was made with the shell of a snail. Cognate with Sicilian cucchiara, French cuillère, Portuguese colher, Catalan cullera and Spanish cuchara.
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