kachel
See also: Kachel
Dutch
Alternative forms
- kagchel (obsolete)
Etymology
Shortening of kacheloven, partially a borrowing, partially a calque of German Kachelofen, from Kachel (“tile”) + Ofen (“stove”). The original sense of “tiled stove” has been generalized to any type of stove.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.xəl/
kachel (file) - Hyphenation: ka‧chel
Noun
kachel f (plural kachels, diminutive kacheltje n)
- stove (closed heating device)
Synonyms
- stoof
Derived terms
- houtkachel
- kachelpijp
- straalkachel
Adjective
kachel (used only predicatively, comparative meer kachel, superlative meest kachel)
- (Bargoens) drunk
German
Verb
kachel
- First-person singular present of kacheln.
- Imperative singular of kacheln.