CANTEEN - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Noun
a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers
Categories: Flask
📖 Fun Facts About Canteen
- • Field canteens and communal mess gear helped armies standardize food service and reduce disease during campaigns.
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Noun
sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.
Categories: Shop, Store
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Noun
a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen
Categories: Restaurant, Eating house, Eating place, Eatery
Meaning 4
Part of speech: Noun
a recreation room in an institution
Categories: Recreation room, Rec room
Meaning 5
Part of speech: Noun
restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat
Categories: Restaurant, Eating house, Eating place, Eatery
Synonyms
Mobile canteen, Canteen
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "canteen" comes from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ndʰ-. It started in Proto-Celtic *cantos. Then it appeared in Gaulish *cantos. Later, people used it in Vulgar Latin canthus. After that, it was Italian cantina, which was borrowed from French cantine.
🔗 Related Words
cantina – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
Each language in this chain added phonetic changes that transformed the original sound.