saucer (ˈsɔːsə
)
Definitions
noun
- a small round dish on which a cup is set
- any similar dish
Alternative Forms
ˈsaucerful noun ˈsaucerless adjectiveWord Origin
C14: from Old French saussier container for sauceTranslations
- British English:
saucer
A saucer is a small curved plate on which you stand a cup.His coffee splashed in the saucer as he picked it up.ˈsɔːsə NOUN His coffee splashed in the saucer as he picked it up.
- Spanish: plato pequeño nm
- French:
soucoupe
nf
- German:
Untertasse
nf
- Chinese: 茶托 n
- Arabic: صَحْنُ الفِنْجَان n
- Portuguese: pires nm
- Russian: блюдце nnt
- Croatian: šalica nf
- Czech: podšálek nm
- Danish: underkop nutr
- Dutch: schotel n
- Finnish: lautanen n
- Greek: πιατάκι φλιτζανιού nnt
- Italian: piattino nm
- Japanese: 受け皿 n
- Korean: 받침 접시 n
- Norwegian: skål nm
- Polish: spodek nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: pires nm
- European Spanish:
platillo
nm
- Swedish: tefat nnt
- Thai: จานรอง n
- Turkish: fincan tabağı n
- Vietnamese: đĩa nhỏ n
Usage examples
He had crushed out his cigarette in an empty coffee cup, making it stagger in its saucer.
, Dansville (1986)The ATB is a `flying saucer " about 10 centimetres wide and 2 centimetres high.
New Scientist (1998)I said, the new building should look like a flying saucer landed in the parking lot.
Globe and Mail (2003)Saucer `I was at the back with a cup of coffee and a saucer.
Sun, News of the World (2005)A few bits of an old jigsaw had been cleared up into the saucer in which it sat.
, JANEY AND ME: Growing up with my Mother (2003)