teaspoon

English

teaspoon

Etymology

From tea +‎ spoon.

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

teaspoon (plural teaspoons)

1. A small spoon used to stir the contents of a cup or glass.
2. 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
• 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: 찻숱가락 (chatsutgarak)
• Lao: ບ່ວງຊາ (būang sā)
• Lithuanian: šaukštelis m, arbatinis šaukštelis m
• Luxembourgish: Téiläffel m
• Macedonian: лажичка f (lažička)
• Maltese: kuċċarina f
• Maori: tīpūnu
• Norman: tchulyi à thée f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: teskje (no) m or f, teskei m or f

  Nynorsk: teskei f

• 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.