BoxInManyLanguages

2022-02-24T22:06:35Z

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The word 'box' in many languages.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Word
!Country
!Description
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| boks ||Afrikaans ||
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| doos ||Afrikaans ||
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| kis ||Afrikaans ||
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| kassie ||Afrikaans ||
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| Kuti ||Albanian ||
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| arkgh ||Armenian ||
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| qutusu ||Azerbaijani ||
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| koadroan ||Basque ||
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| akno ||Belarusian ||
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| kutiya ||Bulgarian He ||
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| quadre ||Catalan ||
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| Hé ||Chinese ||
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| kutija ||Croatian ||
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| krabice ||Czech ||
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| kasse ||Danish ||
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| doos ||Dutch ||
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| kist ||Dutch ||
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| koffer ||Dutch ||
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| bus ||Dutch ||
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| kast ||Estonian ||
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| toos ||Estonian ||
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| puks ||Estonian ||
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| kahon ||Filipino ||
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| kaha ||Filipino ||
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| suntok ||Filipino ||
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| laatikko ||Finnish ||
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| kotelo ||Finnish ||
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| rasia ||Finnish ||
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| lipas ||Finnish ||
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| aitio ||Finnish ||
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| koppi ||Finnish ||
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| boîte ||French ||
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| zone ||French ||
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| coffre ||French ||
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| caisse ||French ||
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| tronc ||French ||
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| banc ||French ||
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| caixa ||Galician ||
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| gut'i ||Georgian ||
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| Dose ||German || can mean "box" in the sense of a socket or an outlet, can also mean can.
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| Feld ||German || means "field" in German, i.e. it is a "box" in the sense of an "input box" (think <input type="text">)
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| Kasten ||German || used as a common word for quadratic objects
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| Kiste ||German || a crate
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| Packung ||German || means "package" or "packing", so it's a "box" in the sense of "cereal box"
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| Schachtel ||German || usually smaller and lighter, the kind of box a singular, specific object is in - e.g. a present or a hat
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| Zelle ||German || equivalent to "cell"
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| koutí ||Greek ||
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| pyxis ||Greek ||
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| bwat ||Haitian Creole ||
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| argaz ||Hebrew ||
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| koofsa ||Hebrew ||
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| boksa ||Hindi ||
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| doboz ||Hungarian ||
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| lada ||Hungarian ||
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| kassi ||Icelandic ||
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| kotak ||Indonesian ||
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| peti ||Indonesian ||
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| bosca ||Irish ||
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| scatola ||Italian ||
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| contenitore ||Italian ||
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| cassa ||Italian ||
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| scrigno ||Italian ||
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| bokkusu ||Japanese ||
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| hako ||Japanese ||
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| sangja ||Korean ||
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| kaste ||Latvian ||
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| langelyje ||Lithuanian ||
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| buda ||Lithuanian ||
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| loze ||Lithuanian ||
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| kutija ||Macedonian, Serbian ||
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| tempat ||Malay ||
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| kaxxa ||Maltese ||
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| boks ||Norwegian ||
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| pole ||Polish ||
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| pudelko ||Polish ||
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| skrzynka ||Polish ||
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| caixa ||Portuguese ||
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| camarote ||Portuguese ||
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| estojo ||Portuguese ||
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| tabefe ||Portuguese ||
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| caseta ||Romanian ||
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| cutie ||Romanian ||
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| korobka ||Russian ||
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| yashchik ||Russian ||
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| lozha ||Russian ||
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| cuadro ||Spanish ||
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| caja ||Spanish ||
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| recuadro ||Spanish ||
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| estuche ||Spanish ||
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| palco ||Spanish ||
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| boj ||Spanish ||
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| sanduku ||Swahili ||
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| låda ||Swedish ||
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| ask ||Swedish ||
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| skrin ||Swedish ||
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| fack ||Swedish ||
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| buxbom ||Swedish ||
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| petti ||Tamil ||
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| kutu ||Turkish ||
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| loca ||Turkish ||
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| yumruk ||Turkish ||
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| korobka ||Ukrainian ||
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| skrin'ka ||Ukrainian ||
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| hop ||Vietnamese ||
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| blwch ||Welsh ||
|}

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