forkful

English

Etymology

From fork +‎ -ful.

Noun

forkful (plural forkfuls or forksful)

1. The amount that a fork will hold.
   • 1926 December, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “Jeeves and the Impending Doom”, in Very Good, Jeeves!, London: Herbert Jenkins Limited […], published 20 June 1930, →OCLC, page 15:

     He uncovered the fragrant eggs and b., and I pronged a moody forkful.

Coordinate terms

• knifeful
• spoonful
• sporkful

 

Translations

amount a fork will hold

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: forquetada f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一叉子的量 (yī chāzi de liàng)

• Czech: vidlička (cs) f
• Dutch: vorkvol
• Finnish: haarukallinen
• French: fourchetée (fr), fourchettée (fr)
• German: Gabelvoll m
• Greek: πιρουνιά (el) f (pirouniá)
• Hungarian: villányi (hu)
• Italian: forchettata f, forcata (it) f
• Japanese: フォーク一杯 (fōku ippai)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: šakutė (lt) f
• Norman: fourquéthée f
• Portuguese: garfada f
• Russian: ви́лка (ru) f (vílka)
• Spanish: lo que abarca un tenedor m
• Swedish: gaffelbit
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can