cuillère

A spoon; a utensil with a small bowl at the end of a handle, used for eating, serving, or stirring food.

Etymology

From Old French cuillere, ultimately from Latin cochleārium, a spoon, especially one used for shellfish or eggs.

Collocations

A spoonful; the amount that a spoon can hold.

Etymology

From the utensil sense, by metonymy: the container used for measuring stands for the quantity contained.

Collocations