"firkin" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \ˈfɜːɹkɪn\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-firkin.wav Forms: firkins [plural]
  1. Frequin, baril servant au transport des marchandises, comme le beurre ou les harengs. Tags: obsolete
  2. Ancienne unité britannique de volume, valant neuf gallons, soit 40,91481 litres. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: fr-firkin-en-noun-ZTVlEsIF Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de la métrologie, Anglais du Royaume-Uni Topics: metrology
  3. 56 livres, pour le beurre. Tags: broadly, obsolete
    Sense id: fr-firkin-en-noun-JBX3VkQy Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de la métrologie, Termes désuets en anglais Topics: metrology
  4. Unité de masse, valant la masse de 9 gallons d’eau, soit 40,8233133 kilogrammes, une des unités de base du système FFF (furlong, firkin, fortnight). Tags: broadly
    Sense id: fr-firkin-en-noun-gOh4VXPk Categories (other): Plaisanteries en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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