English Explanatory Dictionary

canteen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.
  2. A cafeteria in a school or place of work.
  3. Goods purchased from a prison canteen.
  4. A temporary or mobile café used in an emergency or on a film location etc.
  5. A box with compartments for storing eating utensils, silverware etc.
  6. A military mess kit.
  7. A water bottle, flask, or other vessel, typically used by a soldier or camper as a bottle for carrying water or liquor for drink.

Pronunciation

kăn-tēnʹ /kænˈtiːn/ /kænˈtin/ [kʰɛə̯nˈtʰin] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canteen.wav /ˈkaɳʈin/

Word forms

canteen canteens

Etymology

Borrowed from French cantine, itself borrowed from Italian cantina. Doublet of cantina.

Derived words

amma canteen canteen cowboy canteen culture canteen cup canteenless canteen lizard

Translations

Albanian: mensë Arabic: مَقْصَف Arabic: كَافِتِيرِيَا Arabic: مقصف Armenian: ճաշարան Azerbaijani: yeməkxana Azerbaijani: bufet Azerbaijani: aşxana Azerbaijani: kafeteriya Bashkir: ашхана Basque: kantina Basque: jantegi Belarusian: стало́вая Belarusian: яда́льня Belarusian: стало́ўка Belarusian: стало́ўня Belarusian: стра́ўня Belarusian: кафетэ́рый Belarusian: кафэтэ́рый Bulgarian: столо́ва Bulgarian: ла́вка Bulgarian: трапеза́рия Burmese: စစ်သုံးအိုးခွက် Catalan: cantina Chinese Cantonese: 餐廳 /餐厅 Chinese Cantonese: 飯堂 /饭堂 Chinese: гуанзы Chinese: цантин Chinese Mandarin: 食堂 Chinese Mandarin: 餐廳 /餐厅 Chinese Mandarin: 館子 /馆子 Czech: jídelna Czech: kantýna Danish: kantine Danish: cafeteria Central Dusun: kantin Dutch: kantine Dutch: cafetaria Estonian: söökla Estonian: kafeteeria Faroese: kantina Faroese: matstova Finnish: ruokala Finnish: kanttiini Finnish: henkilöstöruokala Finnish: kafeteria French: cantine French: cafétéria French: cafèt’ Georgian: სასადილო German: Kantine German: Mensa German: Cafeteria Greek: καντίνα Greek: τραπεζαρία Greek: καφετέρια Hebrew: קַנטִינָה Hebrew: קָפִיטֶרְיָה Hindi: कैंटीन Hindi: कैफ़ेटेरिया Hungarian: kantin Hungarian: menza Icelandic: mötuneyti Icelandic: matsalur Indonesian: kantin Ingrian: stolovoi Irish: ceaintín Irish: bialann Italian: mensa Italian: caffetteria Japanese: 食堂 Japanese: カフェテリア Japanese: 学食 Kazakh: асхана Kazakh: дәмхана Khmer: អាហារដ្ឋាន Korean: 식당 Korean: 구내식당 Korean: 카페테리아 Kyrgyz: ашкана Kyrgyz: столовая Kyrgyz: кафетерий Lao: ຮ້ານອາຫານ Latin: caupona castrensis Latvian: ēdnīca Latvian: kafetērija
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