Meanings
teapot1
Teapot2
proper nounthe Teapot
- informalastronomyAn asterism within the constellation Sagittarius forming a recognizable teapot shape with spout, handle, and lid.
Only in modern America has Sagittarius been ignominiously turned into a teapot - although to most Americans, a teapot is as exotic as a centaur.
1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy Association, volume 108, number 1, page 27, column 1
Origin
Endocentric compound of tea + pot.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic إِبْرِيق شَاي, إِبْرِيق الشَّاي
- إِبْرِيق شَاي (ʔibrīq šāy)vessel for tea
- إِبْرِيق الشَّاي (ʔibrīq aš-šāy)vessel for tea
- براد (barrād)vessel for tea
- بَرَّاد الشَّاي (barrād aš-šāy)vessel for tea
Bulgarian ча́йник
- ча́йник (čájnik)vessel for tea
Catalan tetera
- teteravessel for tea
Chinese Cantonese 茶壺 /茶壶
- 茶壺 /茶壶vessel for tea
Chinese Mandarin 茶壺 /茶壶
- 茶壺 /茶壶 (cháhú)vessel for tea
Czech čajová konvice, čajník
- čajová konvicevessel for tea
- čajníkvessel for tea
Danish tepotte, tekande
- tepottevessel for tea
- tekandevessel for tea
Dutch theepot
- theepotvessel for tea
Esperanto teujo
- teujovessel for tea
Estonian teekann
- teekannvessel for tea
Finnish teekannu, teepannu
- teekannuvessel for tea
- teepannuvessel for tea
French théière
- théièrevessel for tea
German Teekanne
- Teekannevessel for tea
Greek τσαγιέρα
- τσαγιέρα (tsagiéra)vessel for tea
Hebrew תֵּיוֹן
- תֵּיוֹן (teyón)vessel for tea
Hindi चायदानी, चायदान
- चायदानी (cāydānī)vessel for tea
- चायदान (cāydān)vessel for tea
Hungarian teáskanna
- teáskannavessel for tea
Indonesian poci, poci teh
- pocivessel for tea
- poci tehvessel for tea
- tekovessel for tea
Irish taephota, corcán tae
- taephotavessel for tea
- corcán taevessel for tea
Italian teiera
- teieravessel for tea
Japanese ティーポット, 急須
- ティーポット (tīpotto)vessel for tea
- 急須 (kyūsu)vessel for tea
Korean 찻주전자, 티포트
- 찻주전자 (chatjujeonja)vessel for tea
- 티포트 (tipoteu)vessel for tea
- 티파트 (tipateu)vessel for tea
- 티팟 (tipat)vessel for tea
- 차주전자 (chajujeonja)vessel for tea
- 다관 (dagwan)vessel for tea
Latvian tējkanna
- tējkannavessel for tea
Lithuanian arbatinukas
- arbatinukasvessel for tea
Malay teko
- tekovessel for tea
Māori tīpāta
- tīpātavessel for tea
Norwegian Bokmål tekanne
- tekannevessel for tea
Polish czajnik, imbryk
- czajnikvessel for tea
- imbrykvessel for tea
Portuguese bule, chaleira
- bulevessel for tea
- chaleiravessel for tea
Romanian ceainic
- ceainicvessel for tea
Russian зава́рочный ча́йник, заварно́й ча́йник
- зава́рочный ча́йник (zaváročnyj čájnik)vessel for tea
- заварно́й ча́йник (zavarnój čájnik)vessel for tea
- ча́йник (čájnik)vessel for tea
- зава́рник (zavárnik)vessel for tea
Slovak čajník, kanvica na čaj
- čajníkvessel for tea
- kanvica na čajvessel for tea
Spanish tetera
- teteravessel for tea
Swedish tekanna
- tekannavessel for tea
Tagalog tsarera
- tsareravessel for tea
Thai กาน้ำชา, ปั้น
- กาน้ำชาvessel for tea
- ปั้น (bpân)vessel for tea
- ป้าน (bpâan)vessel for tea
- กา (gaa)vessel for tea
Turkish çaydanlık
- çaydanlıkvessel for tea
Ukrainian ча́йник
- ча́йник (čájnyk)vessel for tea
Urdu چائے دانی
- چائے دانی (cāe dānī)vessel for tea
Vietnamese ấm trà, ấm pha trà
- ấm tràvessel for tea
- ấm pha tràvessel for tea
Yiddish טשײַניק
- טשײַניק (tshaynik)vessel for tea
Rhymes & wordplay
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teapot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teapot
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