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[edit] English

A container (sense 2)

[edit] Etymology

to contain + -er

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[edit] Noun

Singular
container

Plural
containers

container (plural containers)

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

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From English container (during the 1920s).

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  • IPA: kɔ̃tɛnɛʁ

[edit] Noun

container f. (plural containers)

  1. container

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

From English container.

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container

Inflection for container Singular Plural
{{{gender}}} Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative container containern containrar containrarna
Genitive containers containerns containrars containrarnas
  1. container
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