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noun, feminine

vaisselle

/vɛ.sɛl/

noun, feminine/vɛ.sɛl/

crockery, dishes, dishware; table- and cookware that remains to be washed

Inherited from Old French vaissele, veissele, from Vulgar Latin vāscella, from the neuter plural of Late Latin vāscellum, diminutive of Latin vāsculum, diminutive of vās (“vessel”). Compare Catalan vaixella, Spanish vajilla.