contêiner

Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

container

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English container.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈtej.neʁ/ [kõˈteɪ̯.neh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõˈtej.neɾ/ [kõˈteɪ̯.neɾ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõˈtej.neʁ/ [kõˈteɪ̯.neχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈtej.neɻ/ [kõˈteɪ̯.neɻ]

Hyphenation: con‧têi‧ner

Noun edit

contêiner m (plural contêineres or (rare) contêiners)

(Brazil) container (a very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods)
Synonym: (Portugal) contentor

References edit

^ “contêiner” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
^ “contêiner” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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