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cuvette

/kjuˈvɛt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.82 in modern English

Syllables
cu-vette
IPA
/kjuˈvɛt/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table.

noun

A cunette.

noun

A small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer.

noun

The inner lid of a timepiece.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree French cuve Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French cuvettebor. English cuvette Borrowed from French cuvette.

Inflected Forms

cuvettes (plural)

Derived Forms

autocuvette electrocuvette hemocuvette microcuvette nucleocuvette

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce cuvette?
The recorded pronunciation is /kjuˈvɛt/.
What does cuvette mean?
A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table.
Where does cuvette come from?
Etymology tree French cuve Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French cuvettebor. English cuvette Borrowed from French cuvette.

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