bin

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.
2. A container for rubbish or waste.
3. Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc
4. Any of the fixed-size chunks into which airspace is divided for the purposes of radar.
5. (Multicultural-London-English, slang, uncommon) Jail or prison.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang) Ellipsis of loony bin (“lunatic asylum”).
7. A digital file folder for organising media in a non-linear editing program.

Verb

1. (British, informal) To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.
2. (British, informal) To throw away, reject, give up.
3. To convert continuous data into discrete groups.
4. (transitive) To place into a bin for storage.

Contraction

Contraction of being.

Verb

Alternative form of been.

Concepts

poubelle

boîte

📦

seau

bac

⛴️

coffre

corbeille

baquet

coffret

conteneur

pavé

ben

boîte à ordures

boîte de conserve

bin

panier à couvercle

boïte

benner

poubelliser

boite de conserve

canette

case

🛖

casier

cendrier

cuvette

huche

panier

🧺

Synonymes

container

binful

pot

receptacle

vessel

garbage can

chest

repository

cellar

box

📦

storehouse

granary

bucket

🪣

basket

🧺

barn

coffer

silo

trash can

bunker

stock room

storage

warehouse

potful

receiver

receptor

repertory

reservoir

rubbish

rubbish bin

stock

storage tank

store

storeroom

stowage

throw away

tidy

tin

tin can

toss

toss out

trash

trash bin

trashcan

trough

tub

vase

vault

wastebasket

🗑️

waste bin

Dumpster

Traductions

bidone

🥁

bote

⛵

Kasten

vuilnisbak

Abfalleimer

cubo

Behälter

cassone

afvalbak

galleda

🪣

Eimer

🪣

bak

σεντούκι

δοχείο

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: binne

Hérité de ancien anglais: binne

Appartenant à ancien irlandais: buinne

Appartenant à gallois: benn

Appartenant à Old Breton: benn

Appartenant à frison occidental: bin

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: benne

Appartenant à néerlandais: ben

Appartenant à allemand: Benne

In summary

From Middle English bynne, from Old English binn (“crib, manger”), from Proto-West Germanic *binnu, *binnā, from Gaulish benna (“four-wheeled cart; caisson”) (compare Old Irish buinne, Welsh ben (“cart”), Old Breton benn (“caisson”)). Cognate with West Frisian bin (“wicker basket”), Middle Dutch benne (“basket”), whence modern Dutch ben (“wicker basket”), German Benne (“wheelbarrow”).