teaspoon

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teaspoon

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Etymology

From tea +‎ spoon.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtiːˌspuːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtiˌspun/

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Noun

teaspoon (plural teaspoons)

2. A small spoon used to stir the contents of a cup or glass.
4. A unit of measure, equivalent to one-third of a tablespoon or roughly five milliliters.

Synonyms

• (unit of measure): teaspoonful; tsp (abbreviation); (apothecaries' notation) f℥j

Translations

small spoon

Afrikaans: teelepel Arabic: مِلْعَقَة شَاي f (milʕaqa(t) šāy), مِلْعَقَة صَغِيرَة f (milʕaqa(t) ṣaḡīra) Bulgarian: чаена лъжичка f (čaena lǎžička) Catalan: cullereta (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 茶匙 (caa4 ci4), 茶羹 Mandarin: 茶匙 (zh) (cháchí) Czech: čajová lžička f Danish: teske c, teskefuld c Dutch: theelepeltje (nl) n, theelepel (nl) m, koffielepel (nl) m (mostly Belgium) Estonian: teelusikas Finnish: teelusikka (fi) French: cuillère à café (fr) f, petite cuillère (fr) f Galician: culleriña (gl) f Georgian: ჩაის კოვზი sg (čais ḳovzi), ჩაის კოვზები pl (čais ḳovzebi) German: Teelöffel (de) m Greek: κουταλάκι του γλυκού n (koutaláki tou glykoú) Hebrew: כפית (he) f (kapit) Hunsrik: Teeleffel m Irish: spúnóg bheag f, taespúnóg f Italian: cucchiaino da tè m Japanese: ティースプーン (ja) (tīsupūn) Korean: 찻숟가락 (chatsutgarak), 티스푼 (tiseupun) Lao: ບ່ວງຊາ (būang sā) Lithuanian: šaukštelis m, arbatinis šaukštelis m Luxembourgish: Téiläffel m Macedonian: лажичка f (lažička) Maltese: kuċċarina f Maori: tīpūnu Marathi: छोटा चमचा m (choṭā camcā) Norman: tchulyi à thée f Norwegian: Bokmål: teskje (no) m or f, teskei m or f Nynorsk: teskei f Pannonian Rusyn: ложичка f (ložička) Plautdietsch: Teeläpel m Polish: łyżeczka (pl) f, łyżeczka do herbaty f Portuguese: colher de chá (pt) Romanian: linguriță (ro) f Russian: ча́йная ло́жка f (čájnaja lóžka), ло́жечка (ru) f (lóžečka) Scottish Gaelic: spàin-teatha f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кашичица f, лижица f, жличица f Roman: kašičica (sh) f, ližica f, žličica (sh) f Slovak: lyžička Sotho: kgabana Spanish: cucharilla (es) f Swahili: kijiko cha chai Swedish: tesked (sv) Tagalog: kutsarita Turkish: çay kaşığı Volapük: tiedaspun Waray-Waray: kutsarita White Hmong: rab diav kav fes

unit of measure

Bulgarian: чаена лъжичка f (čaena lǎžička) Catalan: culleradeta (ca) f Czech: čajová lžička f Danish: teske c, teskefuld c Dutch: theelepel (nl) m Finnish: teelusikallinen, teelusikka (fi) French: cuillère à café (fr) f Galician: culleradiña (gl) f Georgian: ჩაის კოვზი sg (čais ḳovzi), ჩაის კოვზები pl (čais ḳovzebi) German: Teelöffel (de) m Greek: κουταλάκι του γλυκού n (koutaláki tou glykoú) Irish: spúnóg bheag f, taespúnóg f Japanese: 小さじ (ja) (kosaji) Lao: ບ່ວງຊາ (būang sā) Macedonian: кафена лажичка f (kafena lažička) Maltese: kuċċarina Maori: tīpūnu Norwegian: Bokmål: teskje (no) m or f, teskei m or f Nynorsk: teskei f Polish: łyżeczka (pl) f Portuguese: colher de chá (pt) Russian: ча́йная ло́жка f (čájnaja lóžka) Scottish Gaelic: spàin-teatha f Spanish: cucharada de té f, cucharadita (es) f Swahili: kijiko cha chai Swedish: teskedsmått (sv) Tagalog: kutsarita Thai: ช้อนชา (th) (chɔ́ɔn-chaa) Turkish: çay kaşığı Waray-Waray: kutsarita

See also

• dessert spoon, dessertspoon
• soup spoon, soupspoon
• tablespoon

Verb

teaspoon (third-person singular simple present teaspoons, present participle teaspooning, simple past and past participle teaspooned)

1. To serve with a teaspoon

   I teaspooned some sugar into my cup.