English
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Etymology
Old English cycene, from a Germanic borrowing of vulgar L. cucina|cucīna, from coquere �to cook�. Cognate with Dutch keuken, German Küche, Swedish kök.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�kɪt��n/ or /�kɪt�ɪn/
rhymes|ɪt��n, rhymes|ɪt�ɪn
audio|en-us-kitchen.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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1. A room or area for preparing food.
2. An admixture of languages spoken to convey meaning between non-native speakers.

#* Rider Haggard: King Solomon's Mines 1886: Sir Henry and Umbopo sat conversing in a mixture of broken English and kitchen Zulu, in low voices, but earnestly enough.

1. African American slang for the nape of a persons hair line, often referring to its uncombed or "nappy" look

Translations
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Albanian: kuzhinë f
Arabic: ARchar|�طبخ (maṭba�)
Basque: sukalde
Bosnian: kuhinja f
Bulgarian: к��н� (kúkhnja) f
Chinese: �� (chú fáng)
Croatian: kuhinja f
Czech: kuchyn� f
Danish: køkken
Dutch: keuken
Esperanto: kuirejo
Estonian: köök
Ewe: dzodo�e
Finnish: keittiö
French: cuisine#French|cuisine f
German: Küche f
Greek: μαγει�είο (magjirío) n, κο�ζίνα (kuzína) f
Hebrew: ���� m
Hungarian: konyha
Icelandic: eldhús n
Indonesian: dapur n
Irish: cistin f
Italian: cucina f
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Japanese: �� (�����, daidokoro), �� (�����, chūb�)
Latin: coquina f
Northern Sami: gievkkan
Old English: cycene f
Old High German: chuhhina f
Persian: FAchar|آشپزخا�� (�špazkh�neh)
Polish: kuchnia f
Portuguese: cozinha f
Russian: к��н� (kúkhnja) f
Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-bruich m, seòmar-deasaichaidh m, cidsin m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: к��и�а f
:Roman: kuhinja#Serbian|kuhinja f
Slovak: kuchy�a f
Slovenian: kuhinja f
Spanish: cocina f
Swahili: jiko
Swedish: kök n
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Related terms
if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen
kitchenette

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• 2007-12-19 21:00 - Daniel Polansky - /* Translations */ +Czech

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