çöp kutusu
/t͡ʃøp kutusu/from spelling rules
The Turkish word for bin is çöp kutusu.
çöp kutusu is used to refer to a container for rubbish or a trash bin.
Meaning: container for rubbish (noun)
Which one should you use?
While çöp kutusu is the general term for a bin or box, çöp kovası is often used to describe smaller, portable bins or rubbish buckets.
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase is a noun compound construction where the second noun, kutu, takes the third-person possessive suffix -su. To say 'of the trash bin', you add the genitive suffix to this existing compound, which results in çöp kutusunun.
How do you pronounce it?
The pronunciation is /tʃøp kutusu/. The sound /tʃ/ is like the [ch] in [ch]ange, /p/ is like the [p] in [p]an, /k/ is like the [c] in [c]ore, /u/ is like the [oo] in c[oo]l and /s/ is like the [s] in [s]end.
Did you know?
- The word çöp is also used in the phrase çöp adam, which literally means 'straw man' but is the common term for a stick figure.
- The word çöp originally referred to any kind of straw or dried plant matter, which is why it can also mean 'straw' in a completely different context.
- While çöp kutusu is a formal compound, in very casual slang, someone might call a messy room a çöp deryası, meaning a 'sea of rubbish'.
Examples in context
- Kafan bir çöp kutusu değildir.Your head is not a trash bin.This sentence uses çöp kutusu to show a metaphor about a person's head.Tatoeba #5253543 by deyta, translation #3514858 by corvard
- Patlayıcılar bir çöp kutusunun içine saklanmıştı.The explosives were hidden in a trash bin.This sentence uses çöp kutusu to describe where something was hidden.Tatoeba #4659437 by bluwy, translation #4657588 by Objectivesea
- Çöp kutusundan silinmiş bir dosyayı geri getirmek mümkün mü?Is it possible to recover a file deleted from the bin?This sentence uses çöp kutusu in its genitive form to discuss recovering a deleted file.Tatoeba #5341387 by deyta, translation #2818325 by mervert1
- 1 more sentence on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Burak and Selin are cleaning the living room.
- BurakYeni bir çöp kutusu aldım.I bought a new bin.
- SelinNereye koyalım?Where should we put it?
- BurakMutfak köşesine koyabilirsin.You can put it in the kitchen corner.
- SelinTamam, hemen hallediyorum.Okay, I'll handle it right away.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry çöp kutusu, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Turkish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries çöp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
