assiette

See also: Assiette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French assiette. Doublet of ashet.

Noun

assiette (plural assiettes)

1. A plate of food, but typically a small plate containing the same food item prepared in various different ways
2. A mixture of bole, bloodstone, and galena once used in bookbinding as a gilding surface

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *assedita, past participle of *assedere, from Latin assidēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sjɛt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

assiette f (plural assiettes)

1. (archaic) manner of being seated, situation

   Synonym: assise

   ne pas être dans son assiette ― to feel under the weather

2. (horse racing) seat
3. (nautical) trim, attitude, pitch attitude
4. (accounting) basis
5. dish (the food)

   C’est une bonne assiette.

   It's a good dish.

6. plate, dish (the crockery)

   On a besoin d’assiettes.

   We need plates.

7. plateful

   Synonyms: assiettée, platée

Derived terms

• assiette anglaise
• dans son assiette
• pique-assiette

Descendants

• → English: assiette, ashet
• → German: Assiette
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: asjett
• → Piedmontese: assieta
• → Romanian: asietă
• → Swedish: assiett
  • → Finnish: asetti

Further reading

• “assiette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• attisées

Norman

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *assedita, past participle of *assedere, from Latin assideō, assidēre.

Noun

assiette f (plural assiettes)

1. (Jersey) plate
2. (Jersey) round stone

Derived terms

• assiettée (“plateful”)