cabin

English

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Etymology

Frm Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna (“a cabin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkæb.ɪn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -æbɪn

Noun

cabin (plural cabins)

1. (US) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.

   Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin.

   • 1994, Michael Grumley, "Life Drawing" in Violet Quill

     And that was how long we stayed in the cabin, pressed together, pulling the future out of each other, sweating and groaning and making sure each of us remembered.

2. (informal) A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.
3. A compartment on land, usually comprised of logs.
4. A private room on a ship.

   The captain's cabin.

   Passengers shall remain in their cabins.

5. The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.
6. The passenger area of an airplane.
7. (rail transport, informal) a signal box

Synonyms

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• cell
• chamber
• hut
• pod
• shack
• shed

Antonyms

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• hall
• palace
• villa

Translations

a small dwelling characteristic of the frontier

• Bulgarian: колиба (bg) (koliba) f
• Czech: srub (cs) m
• French: cabane (fr) f
• Italian: capanna (it) f
• Jèrriais: cabanne f

• Polish: chata (pl) f
• Portuguese: cabana (pt) f
• Russian: хижина (ru) (xížina) f, домик (ru) (dómik) m
• Spanish: barraca (es) f, cabaña (es) f

a compartment on land

• Japanese: キャビン (kyabin)
• Norwegian: hytte (no) f
• Portuguese: cabana (pt) f

• Russian: хижина (ru) (xížina) f, домик (ru) (dómik) m
• Serbo-Croatian: brvnara (sh) f
• Spanish: cabaña (es) f

a private room on a ship

• Bulgarian: каюта (bg) (kajuta) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 艙房 (cmn), 舱房 (cmn) (cāngfáng), 客艙 (cmn), 客舱 (cmn) (kècāng), 艙 (cmn), 舱 (cmn) (cāng), 船艙 (cmn), 船舱 (cmn) (chuáncāng)

• Czech: kajuta (cs) f
• Esperanto: kajuto (eo)
• French: cabine (fr) f
• German: Kabine (de) f, Kajüte (de) f
• Greek: καμπίνα (el) (kabína) f

• Italian: cabina (it) f
• Japanese: 船室 (ja) (せんしつ, senshitsu), キャビン (ja) (kyabin)
• Norwegian: lugar (no) m
• Polish: kajuta f
• Portuguese: cabine (pt) f
• Russian: каюта (ru) (kajúta) f
• Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-luinge (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: kajuta (sh) f, kajita (sh) f
• Spanish: cabina (es) f

the interior of a boat

• Bulgarian: кабина (bg) (kabina) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 機艙 (cmn), 机舱 (cmn) (jīcāng)

• Czech: kajuta (cs) f
• Danish: kahyt (da) c
• German: Kajüte (de) f
• Italian: cabina (it) f

• Norwegian: kabin (no) m

  Bokmål: kahytt (nb) m and f

  Nynorsk: kahytt (nn) f, kahytte (nn) f

• Russian: кабина (ru) (kabína) f, каюта (ru) (kajúta) f
• Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-luinge (gd) m
• Spanish: camarote (es) m
• Swedish: kajuta (sv) c

the passenger area of an airplane

• Bulgarian: салон (bg) (salon) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 機艙 (cmn), 机舱 (cmn) (jīcāng)

• Italian: cabina (it) f
• Norwegian: kabin (no) m

• Polish: kabina f
• Portuguese: cabine (pt) f
• Russian: салон (ru) (salón) m
• Spanish: cabina (es) f

See also

• cabana

Verb

cabin (third-person singular simple present cabins, present participle cabining, simple past and past participle cabined)

1. To place in a cabin.
2. (obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a cabin; to lodge.
   • Shakespeare

     I'll make you […] cabin in a cave.

External links

• cabin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• cabin in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• cabin at OneLook Dictionary Search