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by: HenHanna - Thu, 25 Apr 2024 06:32 UTC

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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