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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesarrière-cuisine
Pronunciation / Transliteration: aʁ.jɛʁ.kɥi.zin
"Elle a lavé la vaisselle dans l'arrière-cuisine."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A small back kitchen or room where washing dishes and other dirty household chores are done.
"The servants stacked the muddy pots and pans in the scullery before scrubbing them clean." - 2
A room in a large house or institution used for vegetable preparation and general utility cleaning tasks.
"She washed the freshly harvested root vegetables out in the cold stone scullery."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'sculerie', which traces back to Old French 'escuelerie', ultimately originating from the Late Latin 'scutellaria', meaning a tray or dish. Historically, it referred to the small room off a large kitchen where dishes were washed, vegetables were cleaned, and messy domestic chores were performed.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Scullery" is said worldwide
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arrière-cuisine
Transliteration: aʁ.jɛʁ.kɥi.zin
"Elle a lavé la vaisselle dans l'arrière-cuisine."
Spülküche
Transliteration: ˈʃpyːlˌkʏçə
"Das Geschirr wurde in der Spülküche gereinigt."
lavanderia
Transliteration: la.vanˈde.rja
"I piatti sporchi venivano portati nella scualleria."
fregadero
Transliteration: fɾe.ɣaˈde.ɾo
"Dejó las ollas sucias en el fregadero."
copa
Transliteration: ˈkɔ.pɐ
"Os pratos foram lavados na copa."
बर्तन धोने का कमरा
Transliteration: bartan dhone ka kamra
"नौकर ने गंदे बर्तन बर्तन धोने का कमरे में रखे।"
洗碗间
Transliteration: xǐ wǎn jiān
"仆人们在洗碗间里清洗锅具。"
개수간
Transliteration: gaesu-gan
"그 하인은 개수간에서 설거지를 했다."
皿洗い場
Transliteration: sara-arai-ba
"使用人は皿洗い場で汚れた鍋を洗った。"
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