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canteen

/kænˈtin/kan-TEEN
/kænˈtin/kan-TEEN

Meaninga corner

Common meaning: a workplace dining room or a portable water container

Journey through time

  1. Germankante‘a corner’source
  2. Italianmeaning shiftsa corner → cellarcantina‘cellar’source
  3. Frenchcantine‘a canteen’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftscellar → a workplace dining room or a portable water containercanteen‘a workplace dining room or a portable water container’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on German kante ‘a corner’.

Roots

  • kante German “a corner”

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