Dictionary

trivet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹɪv.ɪt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English trevet, from Old English trefet, borrowed from Latin tripēs, tripedis (“tripod”).

Meanings

1. A stand with three short legs, especially for cooking over a fire.
   • They collected wood and built back the fire and they fetched rocks to make a trivet and there they set the bucket to boil. 1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing:
2. A stand, sometimes with short, stumpy feet, or a mat used to support hot dishes and protect a table; a coaster.
3. A weaver's knife used to cut out the wire that was used to form a pile.

Forms

Deriveds

trivet table

Relateds

right as a trivet · coaster

Synonyms

trevette · pot stand · trevat · truvat

Translations (42)

es salvamanteles (stand to support hot dishes and protect the table) · cs trojnožka (stand with three short legs) · sh trònožac (stand with three short legs) · bg пирости́я (stand with three short legs) · tr nihale (stand to support hot dishes and protect the table) · my ဖိုခုံလောက် (stand with three short legs) · pt trempe (stand with three short legs) · fi pannunalunen (stand to support hot dishes and protect the table) · sv grytunderlägg (stand to support hot dishes and protect the table) · es trébedes (stand with three short legs) · pt tripé (stand with three short legs) · gl trepia (stand with three short legs) · ru трено́жник (stand with three short legs) · sh тро̀ног (stand with three short legs) · es trébede (stand with three short legs) · nrf terpid (stand with three short legs) · cs třínožka (stand with three short legs) · ja 五徳 (stand with three short legs) · gl trespés (stand with three short legs) · el πυροστιά (stand with three short legs) · ru подста́вка (stand to support hot dishes and protect the table) · hu háromlábú állvány (stand with three short legs) · hu edényalátét (stand to support hot dishes and protect the table) · sh тро̀ножац (stand with three short legs) · ceb sug-ang (stand with three short legs) · mk пирустија (stand with three short legs) · sh trònog (stand with three short legs) · ca trespeus (stand with three short legs) · pl trójnóg (stand with three short legs) · tr üçayak (stand with three short legs) · bg трино́жник (stand with three short legs) · hy կասկարա (stand with three short legs) · pt descanso (stand to support hot dishes and protect the table) · pl trójnóg (stand to support hot dishes and protect the table) · cy trybedd (stand with three short legs) · sv trefot (stand with three short legs) · fr trépied (stand with three short legs) · fr dessous-de-plat (stand to support hot dishes and protect the table) · ru тага́н (stand with three short legs) · enm trevet (stand with three short legs) · fi kolmijalka (stand with three short legs) · sv karottunderlägg (stand to support hot dishes and protect the table)