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   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   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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