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(Corrected italian. Removed stuff that doesn't mean "box" as in "container" and added some more synonyms.) |
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| kassie ||Afrikaans || | |||
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| Kuti ||Albanian || | | Kuti ||Albanian || | ||
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| aitio ||Finnish || | | aitio ||Finnish || | ||
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| koppi ||Finnish || | | koppi ||Finnish || | ||
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| Dose ||German || can mean "box" in the sense of a socket or an outlet, can also mean can. | | 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 | | Kasten ||German || used as a common word for quadratic objects | ||
Latest revision as of 23:06, 24 February 2022
The word 'box' in many languages.
| Word | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| boks | Afrikaans | |
| doos | Afrikaans | |
| kis | Afrikaans | |
| kassie | Afrikaans | |
| Kuti | Albanian | |
| arkgh | Armenian | |
| qutusu | Azerbaijani | |
| koadroan | Basque | |
| akno | Belarusian | |
| kutiya | Bulgarian He | |
| quadre | Catalan | |
| Hé | Chinese | |
| kutija | Croatian | |
| krabice | Czech | |
| kasse | Danish | |
| doos | Dutch | |
| kist | Dutch | |
| koffer | Dutch | |
| bus | Dutch | |
| kast | Estonian | |
| toos | Estonian | |
| puks | Estonian | |
| kahon | Filipino | |
| kaha | Filipino | |
| suntok | Filipino | |
| laatikko | Finnish | |
| kotelo | Finnish | |
| rasia | Finnish | |
| lipas | Finnish | |
| aitio | Finnish | |
| koppi | Finnish | |
| boîte | French | |
| zone | French | |
| coffre | French | |
| caisse | French | |
| tronc | French | |
| banc | French | |
| caixa | Galician | |
| gut'i | Georgian | |
| Dose | German | can mean "box" in the sense of a socket or an outlet, can also mean can. |
| Feld | German | means "field" in German, i.e. it is a "box" in the sense of an "input box" (think <input type="text">) |
| Kasten | German | used as a common word for quadratic objects |
| Kiste | German | a crate |
| Packung | German | means "package" or "packing", so it's a "box" in the sense of "cereal box" |
| Schachtel | German | usually smaller and lighter, the kind of box a singular, specific object is in - e.g. a present or a hat |
| Zelle | German | equivalent to "cell" |
| koutí | Greek | |
| pyxis | Greek | |
| bwat | Haitian Creole | |
| argaz | Hebrew | |
| koofsa | Hebrew | |
| boksa | Hindi | |
| doboz | Hungarian | |
| lada | Hungarian | |
| kassi | Icelandic | |
| kotak | Indonesian | |
| peti | Indonesian | |
| bosca | Irish | |
| scatola | Italian | |
| contenitore | Italian | |
| cassa | Italian | |
| scrigno | Italian | |
| bokkusu | Japanese | |
| hako | Japanese | |
| sangja | Korean | |
| kaste | Latvian | |
| langelyje | Lithuanian | |
| buda | Lithuanian | |
| loze | Lithuanian | |
| kutija | Macedonian, Serbian | |
| tempat | Malay | |
| kaxxa | Maltese | |
| boks | Norwegian | |
| pole | Polish | |
| pudelko | Polish | |
| skrzynka | Polish | |
| caixa | Portuguese | |
| camarote | Portuguese | |
| estojo | Portuguese | |
| tabefe | Portuguese | |
| caseta | Romanian | |
| cutie | Romanian | |
| korobka | Russian | |
| yashchik | Russian | |
| lozha | Russian | |
| cuadro | Spanish | |
| caja | Spanish | |
| recuadro | Spanish | |
| estuche | Spanish | |
| palco | Spanish | |
| boj | Spanish | |
| sanduku | Swahili | |
| låda | Swedish | |
| ask | Swedish | |
| skrin | Swedish | |
| fack | Swedish | |
| buxbom | Swedish | |
| petti | Tamil | |
| kutu | Turkish | |
| loca | Turkish | |
| yumruk | Turkish | |
| korobka | Ukrainian | |
| skrin'ka | Ukrainian | |
| hop | Vietnamese | |
| blwch | Welsh |