Meaning

9 senses
  1. A room or area for preparing food.

    We cook in the kitchen.

    Küche

    ку́хняkúxnja

    ку́хняkúxnja

    a room equipped for preparing meals

  2. (broadly)Cuisine; style of cooking.

  3. The nape of a person's hairline, often referring to its uncombed or "nappy" look.

  4. The percussion section of an orchestra.

  5. (dated)A utensil for roasting meat.

  6. (attributive)A domesticated or uneducated form of a language.

  7. (slang)A public gaming room in a casino.

  8. The region of a billiard table between the head rail and the head string.

  9. (obsolete)Anything eaten as a relish with bread, potatoes, etc.; a condiment.

Examples

1918 sentences
  1. They are talking in the kitchen.

    Вони розмовляють на кухні.

    ruОни разговаривают в столовой.

    deSie unterhalten sich in der Küche.

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  2. Just go back to the kitchen.

    Просто повертайся на кухню.

    ruПросто возвращайся обратно на кухню.

    deGeh einfach wieder zurück in die Küche!

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  3. Tom is alone in the kitchen.

    Том сам на кухні.

    ruТом один на кухне.

    deTom ist allein in der Küche.

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  4. Tom walked out of the kitchen.

    Том вийшов із кухні.

    ruТом вышел из кухни.

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  5. Tom is still in the kitchen.

    Том все ще на кухні.

    ruТом всё ещё на кухне.

    deTom ist noch in der Küche.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
room:
Русский
By meaning 1
room:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
room:

Origin

From Middle English kichene, kichen, from Old English cyċen, cyċene, from Proto-West Germa

From Middle English kichene, kichen, from Old English cyċen, cyċene, from Proto-West Germanic *kukinā, a borrowing from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna (“kitchen; cuisine”), from coquō (“to cook”), from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”).

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Forms

plural: kitchens

Word family

75 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • in the kitchen
  • into the kitchen
  • the kitchen floor
  • clean the kitchen
  • the kitchen table
  • mopped the kitchen
  • kitchen floor
  • the kitchen to
  • on the kitchen
  • the kitchen cooking
  • kitchen table
  • kitchen washing dishes

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
kitchen — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto