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Kabine

cabin (on a ship or plane)

noun kah-BEE-neh Rare
Travel & Places Accommodation

Origin: from French cabine

Also means

changing cubicle

Usage Note

Kabine primarily refers to a passenger cabin on a ship or cruise vessel, or a small compartment on a cable car. On flights, it refers to the passenger cabin (Flugzeugkabine). The word also means a changing cubicle at a pool or shop.

Examples

"Wir buchten eine Außenkabine mit Bullauge auf dem Kreuzfahrtschiff."

Natural Translation

We booked an outside cabin with a porthole on the cruise ship.

Literal Translation

We booked an outside-cabin with porthole on the cruise-ship.

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