assiette
See also: Assiette
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French assiette. Doublet of ashet.
Noun edit
assiette (plural assiettes)
- A plate of food, but typically a small plate containing the same food item prepared in various different ways
- A mixture of bole, bloodstone, and galena once used in bookbinding as a gilding surface
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *assedita, past participle of *assedere, from Latin assidēre.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
assiette f (plural assiettes)
- (archaic) manner of being seated, situation
- Synonym: assise
- ne pas être dans son assiette ― to feel under the weather
- (horse racing) seat
- (nautical) trim, attitude, pitch attitude
- (accounting) basis
- dish (the food)
- C’est une bonne assiette.
- It's a good dish.
- plate, dish (the crockery)
- On a besoin d’assiettes.
- We need plates.
- plateful
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: assiette, ashet
- → German: Assiette
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: asjett
- → Piedmontese: assieta
- → Romanian: asietă
- → Swedish: assiett
- → Finnish: asetti
Further reading edit
- “assiette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *assedita, past participle of *assedere, from Latin assideō, assidēre.
Noun edit
assiette f (plural assiettes)
Derived terms edit
- assiettée (“plateful”)