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From Middle English, borrowed from Old French contenir, from Latin continēre (“to hold or keep together, comprise, contain”), combined form of con- (“together”) + teneō (“to hold”).

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِحْتَوَى (iḥtawā) — hold inside
• Arabic: تَضَمَّنَ (taḍammana) — hold inside
• Bulgarian: побирам (pobiram) — hold inside
• Catalan: contenir — hold inside
• Chinese Mandarin: 包含 (bāohán) — hold inside
• Chinese Mandarin: 含有 (hányǒu) — hold inside
• Chinese Mandarin: 含 (hán) — hold inside
• Chinese Mandarin: 蘊含 /蕴含 (yùnhán) — hold inside
• Czech: obsahovat — hold inside
• Danish: indeholde — hold inside
• Dutch: inhouden — hold inside
• Dutch: bevatten — hold inside
• Esperanto: enhavi — hold inside
• Finnish: rajoittaa — hold inside
• Finnish: rajata — hold inside
• Finnish: hillitä — hold inside
• Finnish: estää leviämästä — hold inside
• French: contenir — hold inside
• West-Frisian: befetsje — hold inside
• West-Frisian: ynhâlde — hold inside
• Galician: conter — hold inside
• German: enthalten — hold inside
• German: bergen — hold inside
• Greek: περιέχω (periécho) — hold inside
• Ancient Greek: χανδάνω (khandánō) — hold inside
• Hebrew: הכיל (heikhíl) — hold inside
• Icelandic: innihalda — hold inside
• Ido: kontenar — hold inside
• Indonesian: kandung — hold inside
• Indonesian: mengandung — hold inside
• Italian: contenere — hold inside
• Japanese: 含む (fukumu) — hold inside
• Kazakh: қамту (qamtu) — hold inside
• Kazakh: сыйғызу (syiğyzu) — hold inside
• Latin: teneo — hold inside
• Māori: roki — hold inside
• Norman: cont'nîn — hold inside
• Norwegian Nynorsk: innehalda — hold inside
• Occitan: conténer — hold inside
• Persian: دربرداشتن (darbardāštan) — hold inside
• Polish: zawierać — hold inside
• Portuguese: conter — hold inside
• Romanian: conține — hold inside
• Russian: содержа́ть (soderžátʹ) — hold inside
• Russian: вмеща́ть (vmeščátʹ) — hold inside
• Slovak: obsahovať — hold inside
• Slovene: vsebovati — hold inside
• Spanish: contener — hold inside
• Swedish: innehålla — hold inside
• Ukrainian: вміща́ти (vmiščáty) — hold inside
• Arabic: اِحْتَوَى (iḥtawā) — include as a part
• Bulgarian: съдържам (sǎdǎržam) — include as a part
• Catalan: contenir — include as a part
• Finnish: sisältää — include as a part
• Finnish: käsittää — include as a part
• French: contenir — include as a part
• German: enthalten — include as a part
• German: beinhalten — include as a part
• Greek: περιέχω (periécho) — include as a part
• Hebrew: כלל (kalál) — include as a part
• Italian: contenere — include as a part
• Norman: cont'nîn — include as a part
• Polish: zawierać — include as a part
• Portuguese: conter — include as a part
• Romanian: conține — include as a part
• Russian: содержа́ть (soderžátʹ) — include as a part
• Slovene: vsebovati — include as a part
• Slovene: vključevati — include as a part
• Spanish: contener — include as a part
• Swedish: innehålla — include as a part
• Yiddish: כּולל זײַן (koylel zayn) — include as a part
• Arabic: اِحْتَوَى (iḥtawā) — limit through restraint
• Bulgarian: сдържам (sdǎržam) — limit through restraint
• Bulgarian: въздържам (vǎzdǎržam) — limit through restraint
• Catalan: contenir — limit through restraint
• Finnish: hillitä — limit through restraint
• French: contenir — limit through restraint
• German: eingrenzen — limit through restraint
• Italian: contenere — limit through restraint
• Norman: cont'nîn — limit through restraint
• Portuguese: conter — limit through restraint
• Russian: сде́рживать (sdérživatʹ) — limit through restraint
• Russian: сдержа́ть (sderžátʹ) — limit through restraint
• Slovene: obvladovati — limit through restraint
• Slovene: obvladati — limit through restraint
• Spanish: contener — limit through restraint
• Spanish: dominar — limit through restraint