Meanings
nouncutlery (usually uncountable, plural cutleries)
plural cutleries
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEating or serving utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons.
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Origin
- Old Frenchcoutelerie
- Middle Englishcotellerie
- Englishcutlery
From Middle English cotellerie, cutleri (“the cutler’s art or craft”), from Old French coutelerie (modern French coutellerie).
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Bulgarian прибори
- прибори (pribori)eating and serving utensils
Catalan coberts, coberteria
- cobertseating and serving utensils
- coberteriaeating and serving utensils
Chinese Cantonese 餐具
- 餐具 (caan¹ geoi⁶)eating and serving utensils
Chinese Mandarin 餐具
- 餐具 (cānjù)eating and serving utensils
Czech příbor
- příboreating and serving utensils
Danish bestik
- bestikeating and serving utensils
Dutch bestek, couvert
- bestekeating and serving utensils
- couverteating and serving utensils
Esperanto manĝilaro
- manĝilaroeating and serving utensils
Finnish ruokailuvälineet, aterimet
- ruokailuvälineeteating and serving utensils
- aterimeteating and serving utensils
French couverts, couverts de table
- couvertseating and serving utensils
- couverts de tableeating and serving utensils
- serviceseating and serving utensils
German Essbesteck, Besteck
- Essbesteckeating and serving utensils
- Besteckeating and serving utensils
Greek μαχαιροπήρουνα
- μαχαιροπήρουνα (machairopírouna)eating and serving utensils
Hebrew סַכּוּ״ם
- סַכּוּ״ם (sakúm)eating and serving utensils
Hungarian evőeszközök
- evőeszközökeating and serving utensils
Icelandic hnífapör
- hnífapöreating and serving utensils
Indonesian alat makan
- alat makaneating and serving utensils
Italian coltelleria, posate
- coltelleriaeating and serving utensils
- posateeating and serving utensils
Japanese カトラリー
- カトラリー (katorarī)eating and serving utensils
Korean 칼붙이, 수저
- 칼붙이 (kalbuchi)eating and serving utensils
- 수저 (sujeo)eating and serving utensils
- 커틀러리 (keoteulleori)eating and serving utensils
Latin ferramenta
- ferramentaeating and serving utensils
Māori utauta kai, pāokaoka
- utauta kaieating and serving utensils
- pāokaokaeating and serving utensils
Norwegian Bokmål bestikk
- bestikkeating and serving utensils
Polish sztućce
- sztućceeating and serving utensils
Portuguese talheres
- talhereseating and serving utensils
Punjabi ਕਟਲਰੀ
- ਕਟਲਰੀ (kaṭlarī)eating and serving utensils
Romanian tacâmuri, cuțitărie
- tacâmurieating and serving utensils
- cuțitărieeating and serving utensils
Russian столо́вые прибо́ры, прибо́ры
- столо́вые прибо́ры (stolóvyje pribóry)eating and serving utensils
- прибо́ры (pribóry)eating and serving utensils
Slovak príbor
- príboreating and serving utensils
Spanish cubertería, cubiertos
- cuberteríaeating and serving utensils
- cubiertoseating and serving utensils
- cubierteríaeating and serving utensils
Swedish bestick
- bestickeating and serving utensils
Tagalog kubyertos
- kubyertoseating and serving utensils
Turkish çatal-bıçak takımı, sofra takımı
- çatal-bıçak takımıeating and serving utensils
- sofra takımıeating and serving utensils
- takımeating and serving utensils
Ukrainian столо́ві прибо́ри
- столо́ві прибо́ри (stolóvi prybóry)eating and serving utensils
Urdu کٹلری
- کٹلریeating and serving utensils
Vietnamese muỗng đũa, muỗng nĩa, dao nĩa, thìa muỗng
- muỗng đũa, muỗng nĩa, dao nĩa, thìa muỗngeating and serving utensils
Welsh cyllyll a ffyrc
- cyllyll a ffyrceating and serving utensils
Zulu sezipuni
- sezipunieating and serving utensils
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Cite this entry
APA
cutlery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cutlery
MLA
“cutlery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cutlery. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cutlery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cutlery.
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