English [ edit ] A typical household colander Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English colyndore coloundour colonur Middle English culdor culdore culatre Latin cōlātōrium Latin cōlum Italian colino Spanish colador
Pronunciation [ edit ] colander (plural colanders
A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta .
Hypernyms: sieve sile strainer 1971 Richard Carpenter , Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac , Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 67 :An electric fire came next, followed by an umbrella and then a colander . "This bowl will carry no water," he muttered. "Some loon hath pierced it with holes."
Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] a bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food such as pasta
Arabic: مِصْفَاة f ( miṣfāh )
Armenian: քամոց (hy) ( kʻamocʻ ) , քամիչ (hy) ( kʻamičʻ )
Azerbaijani: süzgəc (az) , kəfgir (az)
Belarusian: друшля́к m ( drušlják )
Bulgarian: решето n ( rešeto ) , гевгир m ( gevgir )
Catalan: escorredora (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 濾器 ／ 滤器 (zh) ( lǜqì ) , 漉鍋 ／ 漉锅 ( lùguō ) , 漏勺 (zh) ( lòusháo )
Czech: cedník (cs) m řešeto (cs) n
Danish: dørslag n
Dutch: vergiet (nl) n verzijp (nl) n
Fijian: lawalawa
Finnish: siivilä (fi) , lävikkö (fi)
French: passoire (fr) f
Georgian: თუშფალანგი (ka) ( tušpalangi )
German: Sieb (de) m Küchensieb m Abtropfsieb m Seiher (de) m ( regional ) , Durchschlag (de) m ( regional )
Alemannic German: Fättere f
Greek: σουρωτήρι (el) n ( sourotíri ) , τρυπητό (el) n ( trypitó )
Hindi: कोलंडर ( kolaṇḍar )
Hungarian: szűrő (hu) , tésztaszűrő (hu) , szűrőedény (hu)
Icelandic: sigti n dörslag n
Indonesian: penapis (id)
Irish: síothlán m
Italian: colino (it) m colapasta m colabrodo (it) m
Japanese: コランダー ( korandā ) , 水切りボール ( みずきりボール, mizukiri bōru )
Korean: 소쿠리 ( sokuri )
Latin: cōlum n
Malay: penapis
Maori: kumete tātari tātari
Norman: coul'rêsse f
Norwegian: dørslag (no) n
Ottoman Turkish: سوزگج ( süzgec ) , مصفات ( misfat )
Persian: آبکش (fa) ( âbkeš )
Plautdietsch: Säw n Derchschlach m
Polish: durszlak (pl) m cedzak (pl) m
Portuguese: escorredor m passador (pt) m coador (pt) m
Romanian: strecurătoare (ro) f
Russian: дуршла́г (ru) m ( duršlág )
Scottish Gaelic: sìoltachan m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: цедило n цједило n ђевђир m
Roman: cedilo (sh) n cjedilo (sh) n đevđir (sh) m
Sicilian: scolapasta f
Slovak: cedák m cedidlo n
Slovene: cedilo n
Spanish: colador (es) m escurridor (es) m coladero m
Swedish: durkslag (sv) n
Tibetan: ཚག ( tshag )
Turkish: süzgeç (tr) , kevgir (tr)
Ukrainian: друшля́к m ( drušlják )
Uzbek: chovli (uz)
Vietnamese: giá lọc
Welsh: hidlwr m colandr m hidl (cy) f
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