Meaning of dormitory | Babel Free
ˈdɔː.mɪ.tɹiDefinitions
- A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
- bedroom (a room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping)
- A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
- A dormitory town.
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
yataqxana
Беларуская
інтэрнат
Bosanski
akademik
Català
dormitori
Dansk
sovesal
Español
apartamento estudiantino
casa escolar
casalicio colegial
dormitorio
residencia estudiantil
vivienda universitaria
Eesti
ühikas
Gaeilge
suanlios
עברית
חדר שינה
Hrvatski
akademik
Հայերեն
հանրակացարան
Bahasa Indonesia
asrama
ქართული
საერთო საცხოვრებელი
Қазақша
жатақхана
Latina
dormitorium
Lietuvių
bendrabutis
Latviešu
kopmītne
Македонски
спална соба
Монгол
оюутны байр
Bahasa Melayu
asrama
Português
dormitório
Shqip
konvikt
Српски
akademik
Svenska
sovsal
Kiswahili
bweni
ไทย
หอพัก
ئۇيغۇرچە
ياتاقخانا
Українська
гуртожиток
Examples
“She will be much more likely to meet his wishes after a residence at the castle, than an imprisonment on short commons in her dormitory in Welbeck Street; for in one case she only learnt how much she could endure, in the other she will find how much she can enjoy.”
“The foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova was responding to a report last week about an item in the 2024 US air force budget for building a dormitory at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk for personnel on a “potential surety mission” – military jargon for nuclear safety and security.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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