Meanings
nounteaspoon (plural teaspoons)
plural teaspoons
- A unit of measure, equivalent to one-third of a tablespoon in the United States or one-quarter of a tablespoon in Australia, or roughly five milliliters.
Synonyms: teaspoonful, tsp, f℥j
verbteaspoon (third-person singular simple present teaspoons, present participle teaspooning, simple past and past participle teaspooned)
present singular third person teaspoons · participle present teaspooning · participle past teaspooned · past teaspooned
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA unit of measure, equivalent to one-third of a tablespoon in the United States or one-quarter of a tablespoon in Australia, or roughly five milliliters.
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Origin
Translations
Afrikaans teelepel
- teelepelsmall spoon
Arabic مِلْعَقَة شَاي, مِلْعَقَة صَغِيرَة
- مِلْعَقَة شَايsmall spoon
- مِلْعَقَة صَغِيرَةsmall spoon
Bulgarian чаена лъжичка, чаена лъжичка
- чаена лъжичка (čaena lăžička)small spoon
- чаена лъжичка (čaena lăžička)unit of measure
Catalan cullereta, culleradeta
- culleretasmall spoon
- culleradetaunit of measure
Chinese Cantonese 茶匙, 茶羹
- 茶匙 (caa⁴ ci⁴)small spoon
- 茶羹small spoon
Chinese Mandarin 茶匙, 勺
- 茶匙 (cháchí)small spoon
- 勺 (sháo)unit of measure
Czech čajová lžička, čajová lžička
- čajová lžičkasmall spoon
- čajová lžičkaunit of measure
Danish teske, teskefuld
- teskesmall spoon
- teskefuldsmall spoon
- teskeunit of measure
- teskefuldunit of measure
Dutch theelepeltje, theelepel
- theelepeltjesmall spoon
- theelepelsmall spoon
- koffielepelsmall spoon
- theelepelunit of measure
Estonian teelusikas
- teelusikassmall spoon
Finnish teelusikka, teelusikallinen
- teelusikkasmall spoon
- teelusikallinenunit of measure
- teelusikkaunit of measure
French cuillère à café, petite cuillère
- cuillère à cafésmall spoon
- petite cuillèresmall spoon
- cuillère à caféunit of measure
German Teelöffel, Teelöffel
- Teelöffelsmall spoon
- Teelöffelunit of measure
Greek κουταλάκι του γλυκού, κουταλάκι του γλυκού
- κουταλάκι του γλυκού (koutaláki tou glykoú)small spoon
- κουταλάκι του γλυκού (koutaláki tou glykoú)unit of measure
Hebrew כפית
- כפית (kapit)small spoon
Icelandic teskeið
- teskeiðsmall spoon
Indonesian sendok teh, sendok teh
- sendok tehsmall spoon
- sendok tehunit of measure
Irish spúnóg bheag, taespúnóg
- spúnóg bheagsmall spoon
- taespúnógsmall spoon
- spúnóg bheagunit of measure
- taespúnógunit of measure
Italian cucchiaino da tè
- cucchiaino da tèsmall spoon
Japanese ティースプーン, 茶匙
- ティースプーン (tīsupūn)small spoon
- 茶匙 (chasaji)small spoon
- 小さじ (kosaji)unit of measure
Korean 찻숟가락, 티스푼
- 찻숟가락 (chatsutgarak)small spoon
- 티스푼 (tiseupun)small spoon
- 작은술 (jageunsul)unit of measure
Lithuanian šaukštelis, arbatinis šaukštelis
- šaukštelissmall spoon
- arbatinis šaukštelissmall spoon
Māori tīpūnu, tīpūnu
- tīpūnusmall spoon
- tīpūnuunit of measure
Norwegian Bokmål teskje, teskei
- teskjesmall spoon
- teskeismall spoon
- teskjeunit of measure
- teskeiunit of measure
Polish łyżeczka, łyżeczka do herbaty
- łyżeczkasmall spoon
- łyżeczka do herbatysmall spoon
- łyżeczkaunit of measure
Portuguese colher de chá, colher de chá
- colher de chásmall spoon
- colher de cháunit of measure
Romanian linguriță
- lingurițăsmall spoon
Russian ча́йная ло́жка, ло́жечка
- ча́йная ло́жка (čájnaja lóžka)small spoon
- ло́жечка (lóžečka)small spoon
- ча́йная ло́жка (čájnaja lóžka)unit of measure
Scottish Gaelic spàin-teatha, spàin-teatha
- spàin-teathasmall spoon
- spàin-teathaunit of measure
Slovak lyžička
- lyžičkasmall spoon
Spanish cucharilla, cucharada de té
- cucharillasmall spoon
- cucharada de téunit of measure
- cucharaditaunit of measure
Swahili kijiko cha chai, kijiko cha chai
- kijiko cha chaismall spoon
- kijiko cha chaiunit of measure
Swedish tesked, teskedsmått
- teskedsmall spoon
- teskedsmåttunit of measure
Tagalog kutsarita, kutsarita
- kutsaritasmall spoon
- kutsaritaunit of measure
Thai ช้อนชา
- ช้อนชา (chɔ́ɔn-chaa)unit of measure
Turkish çay kaşığı, çay kaşığı
- çay kaşığısmall spoon
- çay kaşığıunit of measure
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APA
teaspoon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teaspoon
MLA
“teaspoon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teaspoon. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teaspoon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teaspoon.
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