French word

creuset

Pronunciation

IPA/kʁøzɛ/

Meaning

  • masculine nounmelting pot

Example

Paris est un creuset de cultures.

Paris is a melting pot of cultures.

Illustration for creuset (melting pot)

More examples

Cette ville universitaire est un creuset d'idées.

This university town is a melting pot of ideas.

Core concept

A heatproof vessel where separate materials fuse and emerge changed, extended to a place where cultures or ideas combine and develop.

Common phrases

  • un creuset de cultures

    a melting pot of cultures

  • un creuset d'idées

    a melting pot of ideas

Similar words

mélange: A combination formed by mixing several things, or the state of being mixed.
centre: A place or position where activity or attention is concentrated.

Definition in French

Petit récipient résistant à la chaleur servant à fondre des substances ; au figuré, lieu où se mêlent et évoluent des pratiques ou des idées.

Word origin

Creuset comes through Old French croisuel from Latin crucibulum, the name of a vessel used for melting or roasting materials.

Usage tips

  • Creuset is masculine, so the standard article is un creuset, not une creuset.

Other meanings

  • cruciblenoun

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