cuvette
/kjuˈvɛt/noun
cuvette is spelled C-U-V-E-T-T-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cuvette means “A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cuvette is cuvettes.
How many letters and syllables are in cuvette?
| Letters | 7: C-U-V-E-T-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 117,098th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cuvette?
Cuvette appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cuvette?
- /kjuˈvɛt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of cuvette
- cuvettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cuvette mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table.
- 2
A cunette.
- 3
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.
- 4
The inner lid of a timepiece.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cuvette in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in chemistry:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Küvette |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cuvette come from?
Borrowed from French cuvette.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).