Cabinet

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English

Etymology

From cabin +‎ -et, influenced by French cabinet. In sense of “a government group”, compare salon, also named for a room used to gather.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'kæbɪnɪt/

Noun

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Singular Cabinet

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1. A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
2. Template:Historical A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".
   • 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal In Bohemia, Norton (2005), p. 19,

     Holmes took a note of it. “One other question,” said he. “Was the photograph a cabinet?”

3. A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
4. Template:Politics In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.
5. (archaic) A small chamber or private room.
6. (often capitalized) a collection of art or ethnographic objects
7. Template:Dialectal milkshake

Related terms

• pie safe

Translations

A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall

Armenian: պահարան hy(hy) (paharan) Bulgarian: стенен шкаф bg(bg) German: Wandschränkchen n.

Japanese: キャビネット ja(ja) (kyabinetto) Kurdish: کابینه‌ت Maltese: armarju mt(mt) m.

A group of advisors to a government or business entity

French: cabinet fr(fr) German: Kabinett de(de) n.

Hebrew: קבינט he(he) (kabinet) m. Japanese: キャビネット ja(ja) (kyabinetto), 内閣 ja(ja) (naikaku) (in politics)

the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy

Bulgarian: кабинет bg(bg) m. German: Kabinett de(de) n. Greek: υπουργικό συμβούλιο el(el) n.

Hebrew: קבינט he(he) (kabinet) m. Maltese: gabinet mt(mt) m. Polish: rząd pl(pl) m.

See also

• armoire
• kitchen cabinet
• salon

Anagrams

• abceint,
• bacinet

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French

Etymology

From Italian gabinetto.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /kabinɛ/

Noun

Cabinet m. (plural Cabinets)

1. (archaic) a study
2. an office, a surgery
3. a cabinet
4. a cabinet of government advisors
5. (in plural) the toilet, lavatory