tureen

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UK/təˈɹiːn/UK/t͡ʃʊˈɹiːn/UK/t͡ʃəˈɹiːn/US/təˈɹin/

noun

A broad, deep serving dish used for serving soup or stew.

Meanings

nountureen (plural tureens)

plural tureens

  1. A broad, deep serving dish used for serving soup or stew.

    The large covered soup tureen, as well as the 15 inch round plate on which it sat, was rimmed by gold leaf, and was decorated with an ornate nineteenth century English scene.

    2011, Paul Winick, Cancer Dreams, page 95
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    The tureens and stands are variously marked with the date letters for 1726 and 1728, with the charge and discharge marks for the fermier-générals Charles Condier (1722-1726) and Jacques Cortin (1726-1732) and with their weights.

    1983, Gillian Wilson, Selections from the Decorative Arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum, page 22

    But the metal tureen cannot just have been an import from the eastern Mediterranean area or from the Carpathian basin, because the style horizon of the Tiefstich pottery tureens with pendant triangles on the shoulder did not penetrate as far as that, nor do we know of any vessels there, pottery or precious metal ones, which show a similarity with these.

    2009, Jan Albert Bakker, The TRB West Group: Studies in the Chronology and Geography of the Makers of Hunebeds and Tiefsttich Pottery, page 125

Origin

  1. Frenchterrine
  2. Englishtureen

From earlier terrene (thus pronunciations with /tj/, /t͡ʃ/ are spelling pronunciations), borrowed from French terrine. Doublet of terrine.

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Translations

Afrikaans sopkom
  • sopkombroad deep serving dish for soup or stew
Bulgarian су́пник
  • су́пник (súpnik)broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
Chinese Mandarin 湯罐 /汤罐
  • 湯罐 /汤罐 (tāngguàn)broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
Czech polévková mísa
  • polévková mísabroad deep serving dish for soup or stew
Dutch terrine
  • terrinebroad deep serving dish for soup or stew
Finnish liemimalja, liemikulho
  • liemimaljabroad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • liemikulhobroad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • terriinibroad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • keittoastiabroad deep serving dish for soup or stew
French soupière
  • soupièrebroad deep serving dish for soup or stew
German Terrine
  • Terrinebroad deep serving dish for soup or stew
Greek σουπιέρα
  • σουπιέρα (soupiéra)broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
Icelandic súpuskál
  • súpuskálbroad deep serving dish for soup or stew
Japanese 深皿
  • 深皿 (fukazara)broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
Polish waza
  • wazabroad deep serving dish for soup or stew
Russian су́пник, су́пница
  • су́пник (súpnik)broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • су́пница (súpnica)broad deep serving dish for soup or stew
Spanish sopera
  • soperabroad deep serving dish for soup or stew
Swedish terrin, soppskål
  • terrinbroad deep serving dish for soup or stew
  • soppskålbroad deep serving dish for soup or stew

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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