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English
image:Container.JPG|thumb|A container (sense 2)

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪn�(r)|-eɪn�(r)

Etymology
-er|contain

Noun
en-noun

1. an item in which objects or materials can be stored or transported
2. (also cargo container) a very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods

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Translations
trans-top|an item in which objects or materials can be stored or transported
Catalan: contenidor m
Chinese: 容� róngqì
Croatian: t-|hr|kontejner|m
Finnish: t-|fi|säiliö, t+|fi|astia
German: t+|de|Behälter|m, t+|de|Behältnis|n
Italian: t+|it|contenitore|m
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Japanese: 容� (���, y�ki)
Korean: 그� (geureus, geureut), �기 (容�, yonggi)
Slovene: vsebnik m
Spanish: t+|es|recipiente|m
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trans-top|a very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods
Catalan: contenidor m
Croatian: t-|hr|kontejner|m
Finnish: t+|fi|kontti
French: conteneur or #French|container m
German: t-|de|Container|m
Hebrew: ���� (meikhal) m
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Japanese: ���� (kontena)
Korean: ���� (konteineo)
Portuguese: contêiner m
Slovene: vsebnik m, kontejner m
Spanish: contenedor m
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French

Pronunciation
IPA|k��t�n��

Etymology
From E.|fr #English|container (during the 1920s).

Noun
fr-noun|f

1. #English|container

Synonyms
conteneur

German

Noun
Container m

1. a big container made of metal

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