XPost: sci.lang, alt.usage.english
On 20-Apr-24 20:32, Marco Moock wrote:
Hello!
Is there a special term for the beep that sounds at the checkstand in
the supermarket when the cashier scans the products?
Scanner beep:
Checkout beep:
Barcode beep:
Bleep: A more informal and onomatopoeic way to represent the sound.
_____________________French:
Bip (pronounced "bee") -
Signal sonore du scanner (pronounced "seeg-nahl so-nohr dy skan-nehr") -
_____________________German:
Piepton (pronounced "pee-ep-ton") -
Scannerpiepton (pronounced "skan-nehr-pee-ep-ton") -
In both French and German, you could also use a verb like "faire bip"
(French) or "piepsen" (German) to indicate that something is beeping.
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