Feminine
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Dose

Meaning

  1. (feminine) box (container made from metal or plastic, less often wood)
  2. (feminine) tin, can (air-tight container for food)
  3. (diminutive, feminine, informal, often) vagina, vulva

Concepts

power socket

canned goods

electric socket

receptacle for human waste

power outlet

electrical socket

electric outlet

electric plug

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

biggse

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdoːzə/
Etymology

Spread via the Lower Rhineland from Middle Low German dōse and Middle Dutch dose. Probably from Latin dosis (“dose”), with semantic shift "a small amount (dose) of medicine" > "a container of such a dose of medicine" > "containers in general".

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