containment

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• /kənˈteɪnmənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N T EY1 N M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tn̥-eh1-(ye)-tider. Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin contineōder. Latin continērelbor. Old French contenirbor. English contain Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English containment From contain + -ment.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: въздържане (vǎzdǎržane) — state of being contained
• Catalan: conteniment — state of being contained
• Catalan: contenció — state of being contained
• Finnish: rajoittuminen — state of being contained
• Finnish: pidättyminen — state of being contained
• Finnish: eristyminen — state of being contained
• French: confinement — state of being contained
• Italian: contenimento — state of being contained
• Portuguese: contenção — state of being contained
• Spanish: contenimiento — state of being contained
• Swedish: begränsning — state of being contained
• Swedish: hejdande — state of being contained
• Swedish: inneslutning — state of being contained
• Catalan: conteniment — state of containing
• Catalan: contenció — state of containing
• Danish: inddæmning — state of containing
• Estonian: piiramine — state of containing
• Finnish: rajoittaminen — state of containing
• Finnish: pidättäminen — state of containing
• Finnish: hillitseminen — state of containing
• Finnish: eristäminen — state of containing
• French: confinement — state of containing
• German: Eindämmung — state of containing
• Italian: contenimento — state of containing
• Portuguese: contenção — state of containing
• Spanish: contenimiento — state of containing
• Vietnamese: sự chứa đựng — state of containing
• Vietnamese: sự bao hàm — state of containing
• Vietnamese: sự gồm có — state of containing
• Vietnamese: sự bao gồm — state of containing
• Catalan: contingut — something contained
• Bulgarian: сдържане (sdǎržane) — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Catalan: conteniment — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Catalan: contenció — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Chinese Mandarin: 圍堵 /围堵 (wéidǔ) — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Chinese Mandarin: 遏制 (èzhì) — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Danish: inddæmningspolitik — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Finnish: patoamispolitiikka — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Finnish: patoaminen — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• German: Eindämmungspolitik — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Russian: сде́рживание (sdérživanije) — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Spanish: contención — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Swedish: uppdämning — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Swedish: uppdämningspolitik — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Swedish: tillbakahållning — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Swedish: tillbakahållningspolitik — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Swedish: återhållning — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Swedish: indämning — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Swedish: indämningspolitik — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Swedish: hejdande — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Ukrainian: стри́мування (strýmuvannja) — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Vietnamese: chính sách ngăn chặn — policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power
• Catalan: conteniment — physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials
• Catalan: contenció — physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials
• Finnish: eristysjärjestelmä — physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials
• German: Sicherheitsumschließung — physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials
• German: Sicherheitsbehälter — physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials
• Spanish: contención — physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials
• Catalan: inclusió — mathematical inclusion