saucer
nomverbeattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈsɔːsə//
- États-Unis//ˈsɔsɚ//
- États-Unis//ˈsɑsɝ//
- Australie//ˈsoːsə//
A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
nom
- 1
A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
- 2
An object round and gently curved, shaped like a saucer.
The saucer-shaped object could have been a UFO.
- 3
A circular sled without runners.
- 4
obsolèteA small pan or other vessel-like food container in which sauce was set on a table.
Take two saucers , and strike the edge of the one against the bottom of the other , within a pail of water ; and you shall find , that as you put the saucers lower and lower , the sound groweth more flat
- 5
A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
- 6
A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
Étymologie
From Middle English saucer, from Old French saussier (and feminine saussiere; hence modern French saucier m, saucière f).
verbe
- 1
To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking.
- 2
Of the eyes: to become large and round.
Lydia's eyes saucered with shock. Her heart was beating very fast and all her adrenaline kicked in.
Formes
- pluriel
- saucers
- passé
- saucered
- participe passé
- saucered
- participe présent
- saucering
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- saucers
saucer · A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
Saudi · From, or pertaining to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian people…Saul · The first king of Israel in the Old Testament.sauna · A room or a house designed for heat sessions.