container

Etymology

From Middle English conteyner, equivalent to contain +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈteɪnə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈteɪnɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪnə(r)

Noun

container (plural containers)

1. Someone who contains; something that contains.
2. An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
3. (transport) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.

   Synonym: cargo container

4. (by extension) someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
5. (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.

6. (object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.
7. (computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.

References

• container on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• cotarnine, crenation, narcotine

Etymology

From English container (during the 1920s).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tɛ.nɛʁ/

Noun

container f (plural containers)

1. container

   Synonym: conteneur

Further reading

• “container” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• actionner, connaitre, connaître, encornait, reconnait, reconnaît, renonçait

Alternative forms

• konteiner

Etymology

From English container

Noun

container m (definite singular containeren, indefinite plural containere, definite plural containerne)

1. a container (large metal box for transporting goods)

References

• “container” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• konteinar

Etymology

From English container

Noun

container m (definite singular containeren, indefinite plural containerar, definite plural containerane)

1. a container (as above)

References

• “container” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

container m (plural containers)

1. Alternative spelling of contêiner

Etymology

From English container.

Noun

container m (plural containers)

1. container

   Synonym: contenedor

Etymology

From English container.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔnˈtɛjnɛr/

Noun

container c

1. container