container

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English

Etymology

From Middle English conteyner, equivalent to contain +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈteɪnə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈteɪnɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ)

Noun

container (plural containers)

1. Someone who contains; something that contains.
2. An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:container

4. (transport) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.

   Synonyms: cargo container, shipping container
5. (by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
6. (computing)
   1. (file format) A file format that can hold various types of data.

      Synonym: container format
   2. (object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
   3. (graphical user interface) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
   4. (Java programming language) A web container.
   6. (cloud computing) A bundle consisting of operating system, application code and dependencies to be run sandboxed inside a virtualized environment; (by extension) the environment itself.

      Synonym: software container
7. (crosswording) A type of cryptic device where one word is inserted into another.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Further reading

• container on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• anorectin, cotarnine, crenation, narcotine

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English container.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔnˈteː.nər/
• Hyphenation: con‧tai‧ner
• Rhymes: -eːnər

Noun

container m (plural containers, diminutive containertje n)

1. shipping container, cargo container

   Synonym: vrachtcontainer

2. dumpster or domestic recycling bin, large waste container

   Synonyms: afvalcontainer, vuilcontainer

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kontainer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English container (during the 1920s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tɛ.nɛʁ/ ~ /kɔ̃.te.nɛʁ/

Noun

container f (plural containers)

1. container

   Synonym: conteneur

Descendants

• → Turkish: konteyner
• → Vietnamese: công-te-nơ

Further reading

• “container”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

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

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English container.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtɛj.ner/, /konˈtaj.ner/
• Rhymes: -ɛjner, -ajner
• Hyphenation: con‧tài‧ner

Noun

container m (invariable)

1. (cargo) container (a very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods)

Derived terms

• containerizzare

References

Further reading

• container in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• canterino, citeranno, incanterò, incornate, narcotine, recintano, roncinate

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• konteiner

Etymology

From English container.

Noun

container m (definite singular containeren, indefinite plural containere, definite plural containerne)

1. a container (large metal box for transporting goods)

Derived terms

• containerhavn
• containerskip

References

• “container” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• konteinar

Etymology

From English container.

Noun

container m (definite singular containeren, indefinite plural containerar, definite plural containerane)

1. a container (large metal box for transporting goods)

Derived terms

• containerskip

References

• “container” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

container m (plural containers)

1. alternative spelling of contêiner

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English container.

Noun

container n (plural containere)

1. shipping container

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English container.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈteineɾ/ [kõn̪ˈt̪ei̯.neɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eineɾ
• IPA^(key): (adapted) /kontaiˈneɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ai̯ˈneɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧tai‧ner

Noun

container m (plural containers)

1. container

   Synonym: contenedor

Further reading

• “container”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English container. First attested in 1936.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔnˈtɛjnɛr/

Noun

container c

2. a container (cargo container)

   Hypernym: lastbärare

4. a dumpster

   Synonyms: sopcontainer, avfallscontainer

Declension

Derived terms

• avfallscontainer (“dumpster”)
• fraktcontainer (“shipping container”)
• godscontainer (“cargo container”)
• lastcontainer (“cargo container”)
• sopcontainer (“dumpster”)

References

• container in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• container in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)