vergiet

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Dutch

Vergiet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vərˈɣit/, /vɛrˈɣit/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧giet
  • Rhymes: -it

Etymology 1

Clipping of vergiettest, but interpreted as a neuter formation from vergieten.

Noun

vergiet n (plural vergieten, diminutive vergietje n)

  1. colander
    Synonyms: doorslag, vergiettest
    • 1797, Nieuwe vaderlandsche kookkunst, Johannes Allart, page 259:
      Snyd de koppen en ſtaarten van de ſpiering; waschze voords ſchoon af, en laatze op een vergiet aflekken: kookze verder gaar in kookend water, dat niet al te ſterk gezouten is.
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vergiet

  1. inflection of vergieten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative