canteen

English

Etymology

From French cantine, from Italian cantina, which is either from Gaulish or a derivation of Latin canto (“corner”), denoting the location for liquor storage.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /kænˈtiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

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: مَقْصَف‎ (ar) m (maqṣaf)
• Armenian: ճաշարան (hy) (čašaran)
• Azeri: yeməkxana (az), bufet (az)
• Basque: kantina (eu), jantegi (eu)
• Belarusian: стало́вая f (stalóvaja)
• Bulgarian: ла́вка f (lávka)
• Burmese: စစ်သုံးအိုးခွက် (cacsum:ui:hkwak)
• Central Dusun: kantin
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 餐廳, 餐厅 (caan¹ teng¹), 飯堂, 饭堂 (faan⁶ tong⁴)

  Mandarin: 食堂 (zh) (shítáng), 餐廳 (zh), 餐厅 (zh) (cāntīng)

• Czech: jídelna (cs) f, kantýna f
• Dutch: kantine (nl)
• Estonian: söökla
• Finnish: ruokala (fi), kanttiini (fi), henkilöstöruokala
• French: cantine (fr) f
• Georgian: სასადილო (sasadilo)
• German: Kantine (de) f
• Greek: καντίνα (el) f (kantína), τραπεζαρία (el) f (trapezaría)
• Hebrew: קַנטִינָה‎ (he) (kantina)
• Hindi: कैंटीन (hi) (kaiṇṭīn)
• Hungarian: kantin (hu), menza (hu)
• Icelandic: mötuneyti (is) n, matsalur (is) m
• Irish: ceaintín m
• Italian: mensa (it) f

• Japanese: 食堂 (ja) (しょくどう, shokudō)
• Kazakh: асхана (asxana)
• Korean: 구내식당 (gunaesikdang), 식당 (ko) (sikdang)
• Latin: (military) caupona castrensis f
• Latvian: ēdnīca f
• Lithuanian: valgykla f
• Macedonian: кантина (kantina)
• Malay: kantin
• Norwegian: kantine m, f
• Polish: stołówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cantina (pt) f
• Romanian: cantină (ro) f
• Russian: столо́вая (ru) f (stolóvaja), заку́сочная (ru) f (zakúsočnaja), буфе́т (ru) m (bufét)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кантина f

  Roman: kantina (sh) f

• Slovak: kantína f, jedáleň f
• Slovene: menza (sl) f
• Spanish: cantina f
• Swedish: matsal (sv), kantin (sv)
• Tatar: ашханә (tt) (aşxanä)
• Thai: โรงอาหาร (roong-aa-hǎan)
• Turkish: kantin (tr)
• Ukrainian: їда́льня (uk) f (jidálʹnja)
• Vietnamese: căng tin

temporary or mobile cafe

• Greek: καντίνα (el) f (kantína)

box with compartments

• Finnish: ruokailuvälinelaatikko, aterinlaatikko
• German: Besteckkasten m
• Greek: κασετίνα (el) f (kasetína)

• Icelandic: hnífaparakassi m
• Portuguese: faqueiro m

military mess kit

• Basque: mahai-tresnak
• Finnish: ruokailuvälinesarja, pakki (fi)

• Icelandic: mataráhöld hermanna n pl

water bottle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水壺 (zh), 水壶 (zh) (shuǐhú)

• Dutch: veldfles (nl)
• Finnish: kenttäpullo (fi)
• French: gourde f
• German: Feldflasche (de) f
• Greek: παγούρι (el) n (pagoúri)
• Hungarian: kulacs (hu)
• Icelandic: vatnsbrúsi m

• Italian: borraccia (it) f
• Japanese: 水筒 (すいとう, suitō)
• Latin: laguncula f
• Portuguese: cantil (pt) m
• Russian: фля́га (ru) f (fljága), фля́жка (ru) f (fljážka)
• Spanish: cantina, cantimplora (es)
• Swedish: fältflaska c
• Turkish: matara (tr)
• Volapük: (soldier's) militaflad (vo)

Further reading

• 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