علبة

Senso (Inglese)

box, chest, trunk, can

Concetti

capsula

barattolo

lattina

scatola

📦

sinonimi

صندوق

عبوة

📦

حاوية

Traduzioni

box

📦

cápsula

capsule

cápsula

bote

⛵

caja

📦

packet

boîte

📦

Kasten

Schachtel

can

canister

capsule

Kiste

Etimologia (Inglese)

From the root ع ل ب (ʕ l b).
Compared by Paul Haupt to Akkadian 𒀀𒆷𒈪𒌅 (a-la-mi-tu /⁠alamittu, elamittu, alabattu⁠/, “a kind of palm-tree”), as عُلْبَة (ʕulba), عَلَبَة (ʕalaba), collective عُلَب (ʕulab), is also recorded as the name of a tall palm-tree, from which the box would have been made; comparing also the vessel name Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστος (alábastos), ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros).