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Dictionary: cab·in   (kăb'ĭn) pronunciation
n.
  1. A small, roughly built house; a cottage.
  2. Nautical.
    1. A room in a ship used as living quarters by an officer or passenger.
    2. An enclosed compartment in a boat that serves as a shelter or as living quarters.
  3. The enclosed space in an aircraft or spacecraft for the crew, passengers, or cargo.
tr. & intr.v., -ined, -in·ing, -ins.
To confine or live in or as if in a small space or area.

[Middle English caban, from Old French cabane, from Old Provençal cabana, from Late Latin capanna.]


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Architecture: cabin
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A simple one-story cottage or hut, often of relatively crude construction; see center-hall cabin, continental cabin, dog-run cabin, dogtrot cabin, double-pen cabin, log cabin, possum-trot cabin, saddlebag cabin, single-pen cabin, stone cabin, tourist cabin, vertical-log cabin, Virginia cabin.


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IN BRIEF: A small house. Also: The space in an airplane where the passengers ride.

pronunciation The cabin was made out of wood from the surrounding forest.

Wikipedia: Cabin (ship)
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A cabin or berthing is an enclosed room generally on a ship or an aircraft. A cabin which protrudes above the level of a ship's deck may be referred to as a "deckhouse."

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Sailing ships

Grand cabin on the Grand Turk a replica of a three-masted English frigate.

In sailing ships, the officers and paying passengers would have an individual or shared cabin.

The captain or commanding officer would occupy the "grand cabin" that normally spanned width of the stern with large windows. On a warship it would be separated from the rest of the ship, and further subdivided into daytime and night-time cabins with movable panels that could be removed down in time of battle to leave the deck clear the whole length of the ship.

Modern warships

Bunks of aircraft carrier Clemenceau.

In most modern warships the commanding officer has a main cabin, the in-port cabin, often adjacent to the ship's central control room (operations room), and a sea cabin adjacent to the bridge. Thus, when likely to be called from sleep or attending to administration, the CO can be at the Bridge or Ops room instantly. The sea cabin is sparsely equipped, containing just a bunk, a desk, and basic toilet facilities. The in-port cabin is more lavishly furnished, with separate bedroom and combination sitting room/office, and more elaborate toiletry facilities.[1][2]

For ships intended to act as flagships, like the aircraft carrier the USS Lexington (CV-16), the admiral also has a sea cabin (adjacent to the captain's sea cabin) and an in-port cabin, in addition to the captain. Admiral Fletcher's sea cabin in the USS Yorktown (CV-5) in the Second World War had a bed, an easy chair, a table, and a shower.[3][4]

In the Star Trek science fiction series, the captain's sea cabin is called the "ready room". (On real ships, the ready room is in fact where flight squadron pilots "stand by" their aeroplanes.)

Officers will normally have their own cabins, which doubles as their office. Some senior petty officers may have a cabin for similar reasons.

Passenger ships

A sky suite on board Celebrity Cruises' Constellation.

In ships carrying passengers, they are normally accommodated in cabins, taking the terminology familiar to seafarers. First class cabins were traditionally referred to as staterooms, and today many cruise lines now prefer to refer to passenger cabins as staterooms or suites.

References

  1. ^ James L. Holloway III (2007). Aircraft Carriers at War. Naval Institute Press. pp. 201. ISBN 9781591143918. 
  2. ^ C. Snelling Robinson (2000). 200,000 Miles Aboard the Destroyer Cotten. The Kent State University Press. pp. 11. ISBN 0873386981. 
  3. ^ Hugh Irvin Power (1996). Carrier Lexington. Texas A&M University Press. pp. 100. ISBN 9780890966815. 
  4. ^ John B. Lundstrom (2006). Black Shoe Carrier Admiral: Frank Jack Fletcher at Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal. Naval Institute Press. pp. 83. ISBN 9781591144755. 

Translations: Cabin
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hus, hytte, kabine, kahyt, kammer
v. tr. - overdække
v. intr. - bo som sild i en tønde

idioms:

  • cabin class    anden klasse
  • cabin crew    kabinepersonale
  • cabin cruiser    større motorbåd med kahyt

Nederlands (Dutch)
hut, kajuit, scheepshut, cabine, optrekje

Français (French)
n. - maisonnette, hutte, cabane, chalet, (Aviat) cabine de pilotage, (Naut) cabine, soute (cargo), (GB, Rail) cabine d'aiguillage, (GB) cabine (du conducteur)
v. tr. - confiner, enfermer
v. intr. - être confiné, vivre/loger dans un espace exigu

idioms:

  • cabin class    classe intermédiaire entre première et touriste sur les bateaux
  • cabin crew    (Aviat) personnel de bord, navigants, commerciaux
  • cabin cruiser    cruiser

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kabine, Kajüte, Hütte
v. - in der Kabine wohnen, auf engem Raum unterbringen

idioms:

  • cabin class    zweite Klasse
  • cabin crew    Flugzeugpersonal
  • cabin cruiser    (mar.) Kabinenkreuzer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καμπίνα, θαλαμίσκος, καμπίνα κυβερνήτη ή επιβατών (σε αεροσκάφος), (ξύλινη) καλύβα, ξυλόσπιτο

idioms:

  • cabin class    δεύτερη θέση (σε πλοίο)
  • cabin crew    προσωπικό/πλήρωμα καμπίνας (οι αεροσυνοδοί)
  • cabin cruiser    ταχύπλοο σκάφος με καμπίνες

Italiano (Italian)
casetta, baita, chalet, cabina, capanna

idioms:

  • cabin class    classe cabina
  • cabin crew    equipaggio di cabina di pilotaggio
  • cabin cruiser    cabinato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cabine (f), beliche (m)

idioms:

  • cabin class    segunda classe (f)
  • cabin crew    camareiros (m pl) de navio
  • cabin cruiser    cruzeiro (m) com cabinas

Русский (Russian)
хижина, кабина, каюта

idioms:

  • cabin class    каютный класс
  • cabin crew    команда, проводники
  • cabin cruiser    катер

Español (Spanish)
n. - bungalow, cabina, camarote, rancho, cabaña, choza
v. tr. - encerrar en cabaña o parte estrecha
v. intr. - vivir en cabaña o choza

idioms:

  • cabin class    segunda clase
  • cabin crew    tripulación de pilotaje
  • cabin cruiser    yate de recreo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hytt, kajuta

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
小屋, 客舱, 关在小屋, 住在小屋里

idioms:

  • cabin class    特别二等舱
  • cabin crew    飞机上的服务人员
  • cabin cruiser    机动船, 游船

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小屋, 客艙
v. tr. - 關在小屋
v. intr. - 住在小屋裡

idioms:

  • cabin class    特別二等艙
  • cabin crew    飛機上的服務人員
  • cabin cruiser    機動船, 遊船

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 오두막, 선실, 조종실
v. tr. - 오두막에 살다, 가두다
v. intr. - 오두막에 살다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小屋, 信号所, 船室, 客室, 操縦室
v. - 小屋に住む, 小屋に閉じこもる

idioms:

  • cabin class    特別2等
  • cabin crew    乗組員
  • cabin cruiser    クルーザー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حجرة قيادة الطائرة, كوخ, حجرة صغيرة في مركب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ביתן, תא, קבינה‬
v. tr. - ‮הגביל, סגר על‬
v. intr. - ‮גר בביתן‬


 
 
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