bin

Signification (Anglais)

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. (slang) Jail or prison.
6. (slang) Short for loony bin (“lunatic asylum”).
7. A digital file folder for organising media in a non-linear editing program.

poubelle

boîte

boîte à ordures

panier à couvercle

boïte

benner

poubelliser

boite de conserve

receptor

storage tank

Dumpster

stockhouse

promptuary

caseful

still room

charging spout

storage magazine

charging bucket

magnetic tape filing cabinet

rubish bin

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɪn/

From Middle English binne, from Old English binne (“crib, manger”), from Proto-West Germanic *binnu, *binnā, from Gaulish benna (“four-wheeled cart; caisson”) (compare Old Irish buinne, Welsh benn (“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”).