Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
KieliKäännökset
espanjacuchara de madera
hollantipollepel, houten lepel, rode lantaarn
italiacucchiaio di legno
japani杓文字 (shamoji)
portugalicolher de pau
puoladrewniana łyżka, kopyść
ranskacuillère en bois, papinette
ruotsiträsked, jumbopris, slev, träslev
saksaKochlöffel, Holzlöffel, rote Laterne
suomipuukauha, lohdutuspalkinto
tšekkivařečka
unkarifakanál
venäjäдеревя́нная ло́жка (derevjánnaja lóžka), меси́лка (mesílka), меша́лка (mešálka), весёлка (vesjolka)

Määritelmät

Substantiivi

  1. A spoon made from wood, commonly used in food preparation.
  2. (idiomatic, chiefly Australia, New Zealand) An ironic prize for finishing last in a competition.
  3. (Cambridge University slang, dated) The last junior optime who takes a university degree.
  4. (US, university slang, dated) The lowest appointee of the junior year; sometimes, one especially popular in his class, without reference to scholarship. Formerly, it was a custom for classmates to present to this person a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies.

Esimerkit

  • We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus.

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkowooden spoons