cuvette

English

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. (military) 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
   • 2015 August 15, “Spatial and Temporal Control of Cavitation Allows High In Vitro Transfection Efficiency in the Absence of Transfection Reagents or Contrast Agents”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The cell / DNA mixtures were nucleoporated in 1 cm transfection cuvettes according to a predefined program on the Nucleofactor.

4. an inner lid of a timepiece

Derived terms

• autocuvette
• electrocuvette
• hemocuvette
• microcuvette
• nucleocuvette

Translations

a casting pot

• Catalan: cubeta (ca) f
• Russian: кюве́та (ru) f (kjuvéta)
• Swedish: kyvett (sv) c, degel (sv) c, gjutskål c

a cunette; in fortification

• Russian: кюве́т (ru) m (kjuvét)

in chemistry

• Bulgarian: кювета f (kjuveta)
• Catalan: cubeta (ca) f
• Finnish: kyvetti (fi)
• German: Küvette f
• Russian: кюве́та (ru) f (kjuvéta)
• Swedish: kyvett (sv) c

a lid; in a timepiece

• Swedish: innerboett c

French

Etymology

From cuve +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.vɛt/

• Audio:

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Noun

cuvette f (plural cuvettes)

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

Descendants

• → English: cuvette
• → German: Küvette
• → Portuguese: cuvete
• → Romanian: chiuvetă
• → Turkish: küvet

Further reading

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