Note, in the French (twice) for dipper (5)
I believe the answer is:
ladle
'dipper' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'note in the french twice' is the wordplay.
'the french twice' means two substitutions for 'the french'.
'note' becomes 'a' (musical note).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'the french' becomes 'ld' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'a' going inside 'ld' is 'lad'.
'lad'+'le'='LADLE'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ladle that I've seen before include "give out" , "Long-handled spoon for moving liquids" , "Large deep spoon for serving soup" , "Spoon - a dell (anag)" , "Big spoon" .)