different between spatula vs spatha

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spatula (“a flat piece”), the diminutive form of spatha (“broad or flat tool”), from Ancient Greek ????? (spáth?, “a broad wood or metal blade”). Compare spatha and spathe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spætj?l?/, /?spæt??l?/, /?spæt??l?/

Noun

spatula (plural spatulas or spatulae or spatulæ)

1. A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.

   Synonyms: fish slice, fish trowel, turner, pancake turner, flipper

2. (Canada, US) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.

   Synonyms: scraper, dough scraper

3. (dated) A palette knife.
4. (chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.
5. A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.
   • 1963, Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service

     The croupier delicately faced her other two cards with the tip of his spatula. A four! She had lost!

6. (entomology) A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• spathula

Etymology

Diminutive from spatha (“broad, flat tool”) +? -ula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?spa.tu.la/, [?s?pät????ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?spa.tu.la/, [?sp??t?ul?]

Noun

spatula f (genitive spatulae); first declension

1. a broad, flat piece.

   spatula porcina — "leg of pork".

2. a little palm frond.
3. (Late Latin) a scapula (shoulder blade).
4. (Late Latin) a spoon or spatula (kitchenware).

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• spatul?tus, spathul?tus

Related terms

• spatha

Descendants

References

• spatula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• spatula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• spatula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek ????? (spáth?, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”). Doublet of epee.

Noun

spatha (plural spathas or spathae)

1. A type of straight sword originating from the 1st-century Roman Empire. It was worn typically by calvary officers and is a long version of the left shaped gladius.

Related terms

• spathe
• spade
• spatula

References

http://www.romancoins.info/MilitaryEquipment-Attack.html

Anagrams

• Thapas

Finnish

Etymology

< Latin

Noun

spatha

1. spatha (sword)
2. (botany) spathe (large bract that envelops a spadix)

Declension

Synonyms

• (spathe): puikelon suojuslehti

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (spáth?, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?spa.t?a/, [?s?pät??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?spa.ta/, [?sp??t??]

Noun

spatha f (genitive spathae); first declension

1. spatula, spattle
2. spatha; a long, two-edged, straight sword, 75cm to 1m, typically carried by Roman cavalry officers
3. batten; broad piece of wood used in weaving to compress the woof threads
4. the spathe of a palm tree
5. a kind of tree

Declension

First-declension noun.

Coordinate terms

• (sword): ?nsis, gladius, m?cr?

Derived terms

• spatula, spathula
• spatul?tus, spathul?tus

Descendants

See also

• gladius

References

• spatha in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• spatha in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• spatha in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)