kitchenette

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/ˌkɪt͡ʃəˈnɛt/

noun

A small kitchen or area for preparing food, often just a part of a room.

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Meanings

nounkitchenette (plural kitchenettes)

plural kitchenettes · alternative dated kitchenet

  1. A small kitchen or area for preparing food, often just a part of a room.

    It is a kind of large cellar with a kitchenette and a bathroomette adjoining.

    1943, Punch, volume 205, page 274
    1 more example

    Rona disappeared into the little kitchenette and Nicol made a recce of the room.

    2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 279

Origin

From kitchen + -ette (diminutive suffix).

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Translations

Arabic مَطْبَخ صَغِير, مُطَيْبِخ
  • مَطْبَخ صَغِير (maṭbaḵ ṣaḡīr)small kitchen
  • مُطَيْبِخ (muṭaybiḵ)small kitchen
Bulgarian кухненски бокс
  • кухненски бокс (kuhnenski boks)small kitchen
Catalan cuina americana
  • cuina americanasmall kitchen
Chinese Mandarin 小厨房, 簡易廚房 /简易厨房
  • 小厨房 (xiǎochúfáng)small kitchen
  • 簡易廚房 /简易厨房 (jiǎnyìchúfáng)small kitchen
Czech kuchyňský kout
  • kuchyňský koutsmall kitchen
Finnish keittokomero
  • keittokomerosmall kitchen
French cuisinette
  • cuisinettesmall kitchen
German Kochnische, Teeküche
  • Kochnischesmall kitchen
  • Teeküchesmall kitchen
Hungarian főzőfülke, főzőkonyha
  • főzőfülkesmall kitchen
  • főzőkonyhasmall kitchen
  • garzonkonyhasmall kitchen
  • teakonyhasmall kitchen
Italian angolo cottura, cucinotto
  • angolo cotturasmall kitchen
  • cucinottosmall kitchen
  • cucininosmall kitchen
Japanese キチネット
  • キチネットsmall kitchen
Korean 간이 부엌
  • 간이 부엌 (gani bueok)small kitchen
Latvian neliela virtuve
  • neliela virtuvesmall kitchen
Polish aneks kuchenny
  • aneks kuchennysmall kitchen
Romanian chicinetă
  • chicinetăsmall kitchen
Russian ку́хонька
  • ку́хонька (kúxonʹka)small kitchen
Slovak kuchynský kút
  • kuchynský kútsmall kitchen
Swedish kokvrå, pentry
  • kokvråsmall kitchen
  • pentrysmall kitchen
Welsh cegin fach
  • cegin fachsmall kitchen

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with kitchenette

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Cite this entry
APA

kitchenette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitchenette

MLA

“kitchenette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitchenette. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kitchenette,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitchenette.

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