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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieschaminé de lixo
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʃɐmiˈnɛ dʒi ˈliʃu
"O lixo deve ser ensacado antes de descer pela chaminé de lixo."
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A vertical pipe or channel in a multi-story building used for disposing of garbage from upper floors to a collection point below.
"Residents are requested to tie their trash securely before dropping it down the garbage chute."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'garbage', derived from Old French 'garbage' meaning refuse or offal, and 'chute', from French 'chute' meaning a fall or descending channel, dating back to the late 19th century with the rise of multi-story apartment buildings.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Garbage Chute" is said worldwide
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chute à ordures
Transliteration: ʃyt a ɔʁ.dyʁ
"Il a jeté le sac poubelle dans la chute à ordures."
Müllschlucker
Transliteration: ˈmʏlˌʃlʊkɐ
"Der Müllschlucker befindet sich am Ende des Flurs."
scivolo per rifiuti
Transliteration: ˈʃiːvolo per riˈfiuti
"Buttate i sacchetti nello scivolo per rifiuti."
vertedero de basura
Transliteration: berteˈdeɾo de βaˈsuɾa
"El edificio moderno cuenta con un vertedero de basura en cada piso."
chaminé de lixo
Transliteration: ʃɐmiˈnɛ dʒi ˈliʃu
"O lixo deve ser ensacado antes de descer pela chaminé de lixo."
कचरा नाली
Transliteration: kachrā nālī
"ऊपर की मंजिल से कचरा फेंकने के लिए कचरा नाली का उपयोग करें।"
垃圾滑道
Transliteration: lājī huá dào
"请把垃圾扔进垃圾滑道里。"
쓰레기 슈트
Transliteration: sseuregi syuteu
"고층 아파트 각 층마다 쓰레기 슈트가 설치되어 있다."
ゴミシューター
Transliteration: gomi shuūtā
"各階にゴミシューターが完備されています。"
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