Meanings
nounrice cooker (plural rice cookers)
plural rice cookers
- A kitchen appliance which is designed to cook rice, by either boiling or steaming it, and may also be used for other foods.
Synonyms: rice steamer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA kitchen appliance which is designed to cook rice, by either boiling or steaming it, and may also be used for other foods.
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nounan automated kitchen appliance designed to boil or steam rice
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kitchen appliance
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Translations
Afrikaans ryskoker
- ryskokerkitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Catalan arrossera
- arrosserakitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Chinese Cantonese 電飯煲 /电饭煲
- 電飯煲 /电饭煲 (din⁶ faan⁶ bou¹)kitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Chinese Mandarin 電飯煲 /电饭煲, 電飯鍋 /电饭锅
- 電飯煲 /电饭煲 (diànfànbāo)kitchen appliance designed to cook rice
- 電飯鍋 /电饭锅 (diànfànguō)kitchen appliance designed to cook rice
- 電鍋 /电锅 (diànguō)kitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Czech rýžovar
- rýžovarkitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Danish riskoger
- riskogerkitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Dutch rijstkoker, rijststomer
- rijstkokerkitchen appliance designed to cook rice
- rijststomerkitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Estonian riisikeetja
- riisikeetjakitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Finnish riisinkeitin
- riisinkeitinkitchen appliance designed to cook rice
French cuiseur de riz, cuit-riz
- cuiseur de rizkitchen appliance designed to cook rice
- cuit-rizkitchen appliance designed to cook rice
German Reiskocher
- Reiskocherkitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Greek κουζίνα ρυζιού
- κουζίνα ρυζιού (kouzína ryzioú)kitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Hebrew סיר אורז
- סיר אורז (sir órez)kitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Hungarian rizsfőző
- rizsfőzőkitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Icelandic hrísgrjónapottur
- hrísgrjónapotturkitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Indonesian penanak nasi, pengukus nasi
- penanak nasikitchen appliance designed to cook rice
- pengukus nasikitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Irish cócaireán ríse
- cócaireán rísekitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Italian cuociriso
- cuocirisokitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Japanese 炊飯器, 電気釜
- 炊飯器 (suihanki)kitchen appliance designed to cook rice
- 電気釜 (denkigama)kitchen appliance designed to cook rice
- 電気炊飯器 (denkisuihanki)kitchen appliance designed to cook rice
- 炊飯ジャー (suihan-jā)kitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Korean 밥솥
- 밥솥 (bapsot)kitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Malay periuk nasi, pemasak nasi
- periuk nasikitchen appliance designed to cook rice
- pemasak nasikitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Persian پلوپز
- پلوپز (polo-paz)kitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Polish ryżowar
- ryżowarkitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Portuguese panela de arroz, arrozeira
- panela de arrozkitchen appliance designed to cook rice
- arrozeirakitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Russian рисова́рка
- рисова́рка (risovárka)kitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Spanish olla arrocera, vaporera de arroz
- olla arrocerakitchen appliance designed to cook rice
- vaporera de arrozkitchen appliance designed to cook rice
- arrocerakitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Swedish riskokare
- riskokarekitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Tamil மின் சோறுஆக்கி, சோறு சமைப்பான்
- மின் சோறுஆக்கி (miṉ cōṟu’ākki)kitchen appliance designed to cook rice
- சோறு சமைப்பான் (cōṟu camaippāṉ)kitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Thai หม้อหุงข้าว
- หม้อหุงข้าว (mɔ̂ɔ-hǔng-kâao)kitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Turkish pilav makinesi
- pilav makinesikitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Ukrainian рисова́рка
- рисова́рка (rysovárka)kitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Vietnamese nồi cơm điện
- nồi cơm điệnkitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Welsh peiriant coginio reis
- peiriant coginio reiskitchen appliance designed to cook rice
Cite this entry
APA
rice cooker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20cooker
MLA
“rice cooker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20cooker. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rice cooker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20cooker.
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