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cabina

cabin

noun kah-BEE-nah Rare
Travel & Places Accommodation

Origin: From French cabine, possibly from Dutch kabine or Medieval Latin cabanna (hut).

Also means

booth

Usage Note

Cabina is feminine and covers many small enclosed spaces: cabina telefonica (phone booth), cabina di guida (driver's cab), cabina dell'aereo (aircraft cockpit or cabin), and cabina balneare (beach changing hut). The plural is regular cabine. Learners should note that 'cabin' on a ship is cabina di bordo or simply cabina.

Examples

"Ha chiamato dalla cabina telefonica all'angolo."

Natural Translation

He called from the phone booth on the corner.

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