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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɡu.rit
"Le gardien s'est abrité de la pluie dans la guérite."
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A small, usually one-room structure used by a security guard or watchman to shelter from the weather while monitoring an entrance or perimeter.
"The security officer checked visitor IDs from inside the heated guard-shack at the factory entrance." - 2
A small checkpoint building at the entry point of a secured facility, gated community, or parking lot.
"Vehicles must stop briefly at the guard-shack before receiving clearance to enter the campus."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word is a compound combining 'guard' (derived from Old French 'garder', ultimately of Germanic origin) and 'shack' (a small, crudely built shelter or cabin of uncertain origin, possibly related to Scandinavian dialects). It emerged in North American industrial and military contexts during the late 19th or early 20th century to designate a temporary or permanent small shelter for security personnel.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Guard-shack" is said worldwide
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gurite
Transliteration: ɡu.rit
"Le gardien s'est abrité de la pluie dans la guérite."
Pförtnerhäuschen
Transliteration: ˈp͡fœʁt.nɐˌhɔɪ̯ç.çən
"Der Wachmann saß im Pförtnerhäuschen am Tor."
casotto
Transliteration: kaˈzɔt.to
"La guardia di sicurezza è rimasta nel casotto durante la notte."
caseta de vigilancia
Transliteration: kaˈse.ta de bi.ɣiˈlan.sja
"El vigilante espera a los visitantes en la caseta de vigilancia."
guarita
Transliteration: ɡwaˈɾi.tɐ
"O guarda permaneceu na guarita controlando o acesso."
चौकी
Transliteration: chauki
"सुरक्षा guard चौकी के अंदर बैठा है।"
传达室
Transliteration: chuán dá shì
"保安坐在传达室里检查进出车辆。"
초소
Transliteration: choso
"경비원이 초소에서 방문객을 맞이하고 있다."
衛視詰所
Transliteration: eishi tsumusho
"警備員が門の衛視詰所で待機しています。"
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