Image:Kettle.agr.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Tea kettle
English

Etymology
OE. (Northumbrian) cetel, from w:West Germanic language|West Germanic *katil, probably from L. catillus, diminutive of cantinus|cantīnus �food-vessel�. Cognate with Dutch ketel, German Ke�el, Frisian tsjettel (English did not follow the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law in this occasion)

Noun
en-noun

1. A vessel for boiling water.

#: To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on.

1. UK The use of such a vessel for boiling tea.

#: Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.

1. US A vessel for boiling any liquid

#: There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.

1. A cooking pot used to steam fish.
2. The collective noun for a group of airborne hawks.
3. context|rail transport|slang a steam locomotive

Usage notes
In British English, if not specified otherwise, the kettle usually refers to the use of the vessel for boiling the water for tea.

Derived terms
kettle of fish
teakettle or tea kettle

Translations
trans-top|vessel used for boiling tea
Czech: konvice f
Frisian: tsjettel
Old Frisian: sthitil
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Kurdish: KUchar|�اپ��ز
Spanish: tetera
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trans-top|vessel
Albanian: kazan m
Catalan: caldera f
Croatian: kotao m, kazan m
Frisian: tsjettel
Old Frisian: sthitil
German: Kessel m
trans-mid
Hungarian: kazán
Jèrriais: ticl'ye m
Portuguese: chaleira f, bule m
Serbian: �ajnik m
Spanish: caldera
trans-bottom

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