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{{also|Cab|CAB|сав}}
==Translingual==

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol}}

# {{ISO 639|3}}

===See also===
* {{langcat|cab}}

==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/kæb/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-cab.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|æb|s=1}}
* {{hyphenation|en|cab}}

===Etymology 1===
{{clipping|en|cabriolet}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A [[compartment]] at the front of a [[truck]] or [[train]] for the [[driver]].
#: {{syn|en|driver's compartment}}
#: {{co|en|a '''cab''' ride}}
## A similar compartment for  other vehicles.
##*{{RQ:Walliams Bad Dad|text=Dad looked up to catch sight of the man in the crane’s '''cab'''. He knew that smirk anywhere. It was Fingers.}}
# A [[shelter]] at the top of an [[air traffic control]] [[tower]] or [[fire lookout tower]].
# Any of several [[four-wheeled]] [[carriage]]s; a [[cabriolet]].
#* {{RQ:Sewell Black Beauty|page=158|text=Captain went out in the '''cab''' all the morning. Harry came in after school to feed me and give me water. In the afternoon I was put into the '''cab'''. Jerry took as much pains to see if the collar and bridle fitted comfortably, as if he had been John Manly over again. When the crupper was let out a hole or two, it all fitted well. There was no bearing rein—no curb—nothing but a plain ring snaffle. What a blessing that was!}}
# {{synonym of|en|taxi}}

[[File:Steam locomotive.svg|thumb|Diagram of a steam locomotive. Cab is #5.]]

=====Hyponyms=====
* {{sense|compartment}} {{l|en|crew cab}}, {{l|en|Eurocab}}, {{l|en|sleeper cab}}
* {{sense|four-wheeled carriage, taxi}} {{l|en|black cab}}, {{l|en|hackney cab}}, {{l|en|Hansom cab}}, {{l|en|king cab}}, {{l|en|yellow cab}}, {{l|en|taxicab}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|en|aerocab|aircab|autocab|cabber|cabby|cabdriving|cabless|cabman|cabover|cabowner|cabstand|cabulance|cabwoman|gyrocab|helicab|minicab|motorcab|supercab|cabbie|cabdriver|cab forward|cab signal|[[cab signalling]], [[cab signaling]]|cab unit|centercab|steeple cab|taxicab|tender cab|yellow cab|bike cab|cab driver|cab off the rank|cab rank|cab sav|cab-rank rule|call a cab|gypsy cab|double cab|dual cab|extended cab|day cab}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|compartment}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|кабина|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|cabina|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|kabina|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ohjaamo}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|cabina}}
* German: {{t+|de|Führerhaus|n}}, {{t|de|Fahrerhaus|n}}, {{t|de|Führerkabine|f}}, {{t+|de|Fahrerkabine|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|vezetőfülke}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|cabina|f}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|kabina maszynisty|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cabine|f}}, {{t+|pt|boleia|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|каби́на|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cabina}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|förarhytt|c}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kabin}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# To [[travel]] by [[taxicab]].

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|en|he|קב|tr=káv}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|kab}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|historical|_|units of measure}} A [[former]] [[Hebrew]] [[unit]] of [[volume]], [[about]] [[equal]] to 1.3{{nbsp}}[[L]] as a [[dry]] [[measure]] or 1.25{{nbsp}}[[L]] as a [[liquid]] [[measure]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1646|author=Sir Thomas Browne|title=Pseudodoxia Epidemica|section=III.3
|passage={{...}} in the famine of Samaria {{...}} the fourth part of a '''cab''' of pigeon's dung was sold for five pieces of silver {{...}}}}

=====Meronyms=====
* {{sense|liquid volume}} {{l|en|log}} {{qualifier|{{frac|4}} cab}}; {{l|en|hin}} {{qualifier|3 cabs}}; {{l|en|bath}} {{qualifier|18 cabs}}; {{l|en|cor}}, {{l|en|kor}}, {{l|en|homer}}, {{l|en|chomer}} {{qualifier|180 cabs}}
* {{sense|dry volume}} {{l|en|seah}} {{qualifier|6 cabs}}; {{l|en|ephah}} {{qualifier|18 cabs}}; {{l|en|lethek}}, {{l|en|lethech}} {{qualifier|90 cabs}}; {{l|en|homer}}, {{l|en|chomer}}, {{l|en|cor}}, {{l|en|kor}} {{qualifier|180 cabs}}

===Etymology 3===
{{clipping|en|cabinet}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|video games|informal}} An [[arcade]] [[cabinet]], the [[unit]] in which a [[video game]] is housed in a gaming arcade.
# {{lb|en|software|[[Windows]]}} {{alternative form of|en|CAB}}; {{clipping of|en|cabinet file}}; a compress library archive file.

===Etymology 4===

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{alternative form of|en|Cab}}

===References===
* "[http://www.oxfordbiblicalstudies.com/resource/WeightsAndMeasures.xhtml Weights and Measures]" at ''Oxford Biblical Studies Online''
* [http://groups.google.co.uk/groups/search?q=%22arcade+cabs%22&btnG=Search&sitesearch=groups.google.com]

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=abc|B. C. A.|B.C.A.|bac|CBA|BAC|ABC|cba|A. B. C.|-bac-|BCA|A.B.C.}}

{{cln|en|three-letter words}}
{{C|en|Vehicles}}

==Irish==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ga|mga|cab}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ga|a=Munster,Aran|/kɑbˠ/}}
* {{IPA|ga|a=Connemara,Mayo,Ulster|/kabˠ/|ref={{R:ga:Quiggin|125|370}}}}

===Noun===
{{ga-noun|m|caib|~anna}}

# [[mouth]]
# [[muzzle]]

====Declension====
{{ga-decl-m1|c|ab|aib|pl=abanna|strong=yes}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ga|cabaire}}

===Mutation===
{{ga-mut}}

===References===
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===Further reading===
* {{R:DIL|7494}}

{{C|ga|Face}}

==Italian==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|it|en|cab}}.

===Noun===
{{it-noun|m|#}}

# [[Hansom cab]]

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=abc|abc}}

==Scottish Gaelic==

===Etymology===
From {{der|gd|mga|cab}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gd|/kʰap/}}

===Noun===
{{gd-noun|g=m|gen=caib|pl=caban}}

# [[mouth]]
#: {{ux|gd|Dùin do '''chab'''!|Shut your '''mouth'''!}}

===Mutation===
{{gd-mut-cons|c|ab}}

==Somali==

===Verb===
{{head|so|verb}}

# [[drink]]

==Swedish==

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|c}}

# a [[convertible]] car, one with a foldable roof; ''short for {{l|sv|cabriolet}}''

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-ar|2=cabb}}