container
See also: Container
Contents
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English conteyner, equivalent to contain + -er.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈteɪnə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈteɪnɚ/
- Rhymes: -eɪnə(r)
NounEdit
container (plural containers)
- Someone who contains; something that contains.
- An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
- (transport) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.
- Synonym: cargo container
- (by extension) Someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
- (computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.
- 2011, Cory Altheide, Harlan Carvey, Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools (page 187)
- As the MP4 container can store audio, video, or both, the M4A naming and file extension is used to hint that this MP4 container holds solely audio information.
- 2011, Cory Altheide, Harlan Carvey, Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools (page 187)
- (object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
SynonymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:container
HyponymsEdit
- (computing): branch container
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Portuguese: contêiner
TranslationsEdit
someone who contains; something that contains
an item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported
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a very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods
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someone who holds people in their seats
file format
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ReferencesEdit
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English container.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
container m (plural containers, diminutive containertje n)
- cargo container
- Synonym: vrachtcontainer
- dumpster or domestic recycling bin, large waste container
- Synonyms: afvalcontainer, vuilcontainer
Derived termsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English container (during the 1920s).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
container f (plural containers)
Further readingEdit
- “container” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
container m (definite singular containeren, indefinite plural containere, definite plural containerne)
- a container (large metal box for transporting goods)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “container” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
container m (definite singular containeren, indefinite plural containerar, definite plural containerane)
- a container (as above)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “container” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PortugueseEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
container m (plural containers)
- container
- Synonym: contenedor
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
container c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of container | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | container | containern | containrar | containrarna |
Genitive | containers | containerns | containrars | containrarnas |