cabina

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French cabine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kəˈβi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kəˈbi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈbi.na]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: ca‧bi‧na

Noun

cabina f (plural cabines)

1. cabin (the passenger area of an airplane)
2. cabin (a private room on a ship)
3. cockpit (the space for those in control of a vessel)
4. booth (an enclosure just big enough to accommodate one person)

Derived terms

• cabina telefònica

Further reading

• “cabina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cabine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbi.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: ca‧bì‧na

Noun

cabina f (plural cabine)

1. cabin (in an aircraft or ship)
2. cab (of a train)
3. cage (of a lift)
4. car (of a cablecar)
5. beach hut
6. cubicle (at a swimming pool etc.)
7. box

Derived terms

• cabina di guida (“driver's cab”)
• cabina di manovra (“railway/railroad signalbox”)
• cabina di proiezione (“projection booth in a cinema”)
• cabina elettorale (“polling booth”)
• cabina elettrica (“substation”)
• cabina passeggeri (“passenger cabin of an airliner”)
• cabina telefonica (“phone box”)
• cabinato
• cabinovia

Anagrams

• Bianca, bancai, bianca

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cabine

Etymology

Borrowed from French cabine.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈbĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈbĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈbi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kaˈbi.nɐ/ [kaˈβi.nɐ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -inɐ, (Brazil) -ĩnɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧bi‧na

Noun

cabina f (plural cabinas)

1. (aircraft) cockpit; flight deck

   Synonyms: cabine de pilotagem, cockpit, habitáculo

2. (nautical) cabin (private room on a ship)
   • 1889, Eça de Queiroz, chapter VII, in O Mandarim [The Mandarin], Porto: Lugan & Genelioux, page 173:

     Na cabine do capitão, um inglez de capacete de cortiça, cercado de damas que bebiam cognac, ia tocando melancolicamente na flauta a ária de Bonnie Dundee...

     In the capitain's cabin, an Englishman wearing a cork helmet, surrounded by ladies drinking cognac, was melancholically playing Bonnie Dundee's aria...

3. cabin (enclosed place)

Related terms

• cabine de comando
• cabine de pilotagem
• cabine telefónica
• cabineiro

Further reading

• “cabina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cabina”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “cabina”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “cabina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “cabine”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French cabine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbina/ [kaˈβ̞i.na]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: ca‧bi‧na

Noun

cabina f (plural cabinas)

1. cabin (the passenger area of an airplane)
2. cabin (a private room on a ship)
3. cockpit (the space for those in control of a vessel)
4. cab (the space for the driver and copilots in a lorry or train)
5. booth (an enclosure just big enough to accommodate one person)

Derived terms

• cabina del piloto
• cabina electoral
• cabina telefónica

Further reading

• “cabina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025