canteen
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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French cantine, itself borrowed from Italian cantina. Doublet of cantina.
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: kăn-tēnʹ
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /kænˈtiːn/, /kænˈtin/
- (æ-tensing) IPA(key): [kʰɛə̯nˈtin]
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -iːn
Noun[edit]
canteen (plural canteens)
- A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.
- A temporary or mobile café used in an emergency or on a film location etc.
- A box with compartments for storing eating utensils, silverware etc.
- A military mess kit.
- A water bottle, flask, or other vessel, typically used by a soldier or camper as a bottle for carrying water or liquor for drink
- 1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way :
- Come, stack arms, Men! Pile on the rails; stir up the campfire bright; no matter if the canteen fails, we'll make a roaring night. Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.”
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Cantonese: can (ken6, ken6-2, “canteen; cafeteria; restaurant”)
Translations[edit]
small cafeteria or snack bar
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temporary or mobile cafe
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box with compartments
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military mess kit
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water bottle
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Further reading[edit]
- “canteen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “canteen”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “canteen”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
canteen
- inflection of cantear:
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