self-contained

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlf.kənˌteɪnd/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• CMU ARPABET: S EH1 L F K AH0 N T EY1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- Latin contineōder. Latin continērelbor. Old French contenirbor. English contain Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English contained English self-contained From self- + contained.

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: самостоятелен (samostojatelen) — not requiring external or additional support
• Bulgarian: автономен (avtonomen) — not requiring external or additional support
• Chinese Mandarin: 設施齊全的 /设施齐全的 (shèshī qíquán de) — not requiring external or additional support
• Chinese Mandarin: 獨立 /独立 (dúlì) — not requiring external or additional support
• Chinese Mandarin: 自給 /自给 (zìjǐ) — not requiring external or additional support
• Finnish: omavarainen — not requiring external or additional support
• French: autonome — not requiring external or additional support
• French: indépendant — not requiring external or additional support
• German: autark — not requiring external or additional support
• German: autonom — not requiring external or additional support
• German: selbstständig — not requiring external or additional support
• Greek: αυτόνομος (aftónomos) — not requiring external or additional support
• Greek: αυτοτελής (aftotelís) — not requiring external or additional support
• Greek: ανεξάρτητος (anexártitos) — not requiring external or additional support
• Hungarian: önálló — not requiring external or additional support
• Japanese: 自給の (jikyū no) — not requiring external or additional support
• Portuguese: independente — not requiring external or additional support
• Russian: автоно́мный (avtonómnyj) — not requiring external or additional support
• Russian: незави́симый (nezavísimyj) — not requiring external or additional support
• Russian: самостоя́тельный (samostojátelʹnyj) — not requiring external or additional support
• Vietnamese: khép kín — not requiring external or additional support