carton

carton

See also: cartón and Carton

English

A one-litre carton of Arla brand semi-skimmed milk

Etymology

Borrowed from French carton, from Italian cartone. Doublet of cartoon.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːtən/, /ˈkɑːtn̩/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹtn̩/, [ˈkʰɑɹʔn̩]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tən

Noun

carton (countable and uncountable, plural cartons)

1. An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.

   Synonyms: cardboard box, container, package

   a carton of milk or eggs

2. A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.

   Synonym: pack

3. (Australia) A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.

   Synonym: case

   • 2009 October 19, Oliver O'Connell, in "Message From Mr Yunupingu"

     Mr Yunupingu was referred to the clinic where I was working at that time, Northside Clinic, for treatment of his alcohol problem. I think he described drinking between one and four cartons every single day - it's quite a phenomenal amount.

4. (archaic) A kind of thin pasteboard.
5. (archaic) A small disc within the bullseye of a target.
6. (archaic) A shot that strikes this disc.

Derived terms

• carton girl
• carton-pierre
• egg carton
• juice carton

 

Translations

box-like container

Bulgarian: кашон m (kašon) Burmese: ကာတွန်း (my) (ka-twan:) Catalan: bric (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 紙箱／纸箱 (zh) (zhǐxiāng) Dutch: karton (nl) Finnish: pakkaus (fi), kartonki (fi), tölkki (fi), laatikko (fi), rasia (fi), kenno (fi) French: carton (fr) m German: Karton (de) m Icelandic: ferna (is) f Indonesian: karton (id) Japanese: 紙パック (かみパック, kamipakku) Khmer: ប្រអប់ (km) (prɑʼɑp) Korean: 갑 (ko) (gap) Lao: ຫີບເຈັ້ຍ (hīp chia) Maori: kātene Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: kartong Persian: کارتن‎ (fa) (kârton) Portuguese: caixa/embalagem de papel f Russian: коро́бка (ru) f (koróbka), паке́т (ru) m (pakét) Spanish: caja (es) Swahili: katoni Swedish: kartong (sv) c Thai: กล่อง (th) (glɔ̀ng) Tibetan: ཤོག་སྒམ (shog sgam) Vietnamese: hộp (vi), hộp giấy, hộp các-tông

a carton of cigarette packs

Armenian: բլոկ (hy) (blok) Belarusian: блок m (blok) Bulgarian: стек m (stek) Dutch: slof (nl) Finnish: kartonki (fi) French: cartouche (fr) f German: Stange (de) f Indonesian: slop Italian: stecca (it) f Khmer: សុង (km) (song) Polish: blok (pl) m Romanian: cartuș (ro) n Russian: блок (ru) (blok) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ште̏ка f Roman: štȅka (sh) f Spanish: cajetilla (es) f Swedish: limpa (sv) c Ukrainian: блок (uk) m (blok)

Verb

carton (third-person singular simple present cartons, present participle cartoning, simple past and past participle cartoned)

1. To put in a carton.

Anagrams

• Cantor, Carnot, Catron, Contra, TRACON, cantor, contra, contra-, corant, craton, tracon

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French

Etymology

From Italian cartone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.tɔ̃/

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• Homophone: cartons

Noun

carton m (plural cartons)

1. cardboard
2. carton, cardboard box
3. target
4. (art) sketch; cartoon
5. (cartography) inset map
6. card

Derived terms

• carton jaune
• cartonner
• carton rouge
• en carton
• faire un carton

 

Further reading

• “carton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• contra

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Romanian

Etymology

From French carton.

Noun

carton n (plural cartoane)

1. cardboard

Declension

Declension of carton

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) carton	cartonul	(niște) cartoane	cartoanele
genitive/dative	(unui) carton	cartonului	(unor) cartoane	cartoanelor
vocative	cartonule		cartoanelor

Related terms

• cartona
• cartonabil
• cartonaj
• cartonare
• cartonaș
• cartonat
• necartonat