kachel

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of kacheloven, a partial calque of German Kachelofen, from Kachel (“tile”) +‎ Ofen (“stove”). The original sense of “tiled stove” has been generalized to any type of stove.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.xəl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ka‧chel

Noun

kachel f (plural kachels, diminutive kacheltje n)

  1. stove (closed heating device)
    Synonym: stoof

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: kaggel

Adjective

kachel (used only predicatively, comparative meer kachel, superlative meest kachel)

  1. (Bargoens) drunk

German

Pronunciation

Verb

kachel

  1. inflection of kacheln:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kachel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.xɛl/
  • Rhymes: -axɛl
  • Syllabification: ka‧chel

Noun

kachel m inan

  1. (rare) tile (for floors and walls)
    Synonyms: kachla, płitka, fliza

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “kafel”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • “kachel”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Kachelofen.

Noun

kachel m inan

  1. (Żywiec) Alternative form of piec

Etymology 2

See kafel.

Noun

kachel m inan

  1. (Kuyavia) Alternative form of kafel

Further reading

  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “kachel”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271
  • Izydor Kopernicki (1875) “kachel”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I), volume 3, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 371
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