Container

English

Noun

Container (plural Containers)

1. An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
2. A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods (also cargo container).
3. (By extension) someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.

Adjectives for Container

transparent; airtight; metal; standardized; smart; huge.

Thesaurus

arena, cincture, close, confine, coop, court, courtyard, curtilage, delimited field, enclave, enclosure, field, fold, ground, list, pale, paling, park, pen, quad, quadrangle, square, theater, toft, yard

Etymology

to contain + -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪnə(r)

Translations

an item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported

Bulgarian: съд (bg) m. Catalan: contenidor m. Chinese: 容器 róngqì Croatian: kontejner (hr) m. Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: mahuti (et) Finnish: säiliö (fi), astia (fi) German: Behälter (de) m., Behältnis (de) n., Gefäß (de) n. Greek: δοχείο (el) (docheío) n. Hungarian: tartály (hu)

Italian: contenitore (it) m. Japanese: 容器 (ようき, yōki) Korean: 그릇 (geureus, geureut), 용기 (容器, yonggi) Polish: pojemnik m. Romanian: container (ro) n., recipient (ro) m., cutie (ro) f., butelie (ro) f. Slovene: vsebnik m. Spanish: recipiente (es) m. Swedish: behållare (sv) c., kärl (sv) n. !Xóõ: !nàa

a very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods

Bulgarian: контейнер (bg) m. Catalan: contenidor m. Croatian: kontejner (hr) m. Finnish: kontti (fi) French: conteneur or container m. German: Container (de) m. Greek: εμπορευματοκιβώτιο (el) (emporevmatokivótio) n., κοντέινερ (el) (kontéiner) n. Hebrew: מיכל (meikhal) m. Hungarian: konténer (hu)

Japanese: コンテナ (kontena) Korean: 콘테이너 (konteineo) Polish: kontener m. Portuguese: contêiner m. Romanian: cutie (ro) f., container (ro) n. Slovene: vsebnik m., kontejner m. Spanish: contenedor (es) m. Swedish: container (sv) c.

Anagrams

• crenation

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French

Etymology

From English container (during the 1920s).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ̃tɛnɛʁ/

Noun

Container f. (plural Containers)

1. container

Synonyms

• conteneur

Anagrams

• actionner, connaitre, connaître, encornait, reconnait, reconnaît, renonçait

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Swedish

Etymology

From English container.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔnˈtɛjnɛr/

Noun

Container c.

1. container

Declension

Declension of Container

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Container	Containern	containrar	containrarna
genitive	Containers	Containerns	containrars	containrarnas