cuvette

Etymology

Borrowed from French cuvette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kjuˈvɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

cuvette (plural cuvettes)

1. a pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table
2. a cunette
3. (analytical chemistry) 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
4. an inner lid of a timepiece

Etymology

cuve +‎ -ette

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.vɛt/

• cuvette

  (file)

Noun

cuvette f (plural cuvettes)

1. basin, bowl; washbowl
2. basin, washbasin (in bathroom)
3. pan (of toilet)
4. (photography) dish
5. (geology) basin

Further reading

• “cuvette” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).