kanister

Borrowed from English canister, from Middle English canustyr (“basket”), from Latin canistrum.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kaˈnistər/ [kaˈnis.t̪ər]
• Rhymes: -istər
• Syllabification: ka‧nis‧ter

kanister (plural kanister-kanister)

1. canister
   1. a cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches); any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top

• “kanister” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from German Kanister, from English canister, from Latin canistrum, from Ancient Greek κάναστρον (kánastron, “basket of reeds”).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɲis.tɛr/

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• Rhymes: -istɛr
• Syllabification: ka‧nis‧ter

kanister m inan

1. jerrycan, petrol can

• kanister in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kanister in Polish dictionaries at PWN