canteen

English

Etymology

From French cantine, from Italian cantina.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /kænˈtiːn/, X-SAMPA: /"k{nti:n/

Noun

canteen (plural canteens)

1. a small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work
2. a temporary or mobile café used in an emergency or on a film location etc
3. a box with compartments for storing eating utensils, silverware etc
4. a military mess kit
5. a water bottle used by a soldier or camper

Derived terms

• canteen culture

Translations

small cafeteria or snack bar

• Arabic: مقصف (ar) (máqSaf) m
• Basque: kantina (eu), jantegi (eu)
• Bulgarian: лавка (bg) f (lavka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 食堂 (cmn) (shítáng), 餐厅 (cmn) (cāntīng)

• Dutch: kantine (nl)
• Finnish: ruokala (fi), kanttiini (fi)
• French: cantine (fr) f
• German: Kantine (de) f
• Greek: καντίνα (el) (kantina) f 
• Hebrew: קַנטִינָה (he)
• Hindi: कैंटीन (hi) (kaiṇṭīn)

• Hungarian: kantin (hu)
• Icelandic: mötuneyti (is) n, matsalur (is) m
• Italian: mensa (it) f
• Japanese: 食堂 (ja) (しょくどう, shokudō)
• Latin: (military) caupona castrensis (la) f
• Norwegian: kantine (no) m and f
• Romanian: cantină (ro) f
• Russian: столовая (ru) (stolóvaja) f , закусочная (ru) (zakusočnaja)
• Spanish: cantina (es) f
• Thai: โรงอาหาร (th) (rohng aa-hăan)
• Turkish: kantin (tr)
• Vietnamese: căng tin (vi)

temporary or mobile cafe

• Greek: καντίνα (el) (kantína or kandína) f 

a box with compartments for storing eating utensils, silverware etc

• Finnish: ruokailuvälinelaatikko
• German: Besteckkasten m

• Greek: κασετίνα (el) (kasetína) f 
• Icelandic: hnífaparakassi (is) m

military mess kit

• Basque: mahai-tresnak (eu)
• Finnish: ruokailuvälinesarja (fi)

• Icelandic: mataráhöld hermanna (is) n pl

water bottle

• Finnish: kenttäpullo, vesipullo
• Greek: παγούρι (el) (pagouri) n 
• Hungarian: kulacs (hu)
• Icelandic: vatnsbrúsi (is) m
• Italian: borraccia (it) f

• Latin: laguncula (la) f
• Russian: фляга (ru) f (fljaga)
• Spanish: cantina (es), cantimplora (es)
• Turkish: matara (tr)
• Volapük: (soldier's) militaflad (vo)

External links

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