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Meaning of room | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR A1 Common
ɹʊm

Definitions

  1. room (separate part of a building)
  2. An opportunity or scope (to do something).
    archaic, countable, uncountable
  3. bedroom (room with a bed for sleeping)
  4. To occupy a room; lodge.
  5. Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
    uncountable
  6. A particular portion of space.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
  7. habitation (the act of inhabiting)
  8. Suitable opportunity to accept or allow something:elbowroom, latitude, leeway, margin, play, scope.
  9. Sufficient space for or to do something.
    figuratively, uncountable
  10. habitat (place where an organism occurs)
  11. To provide with often temporary lodging:accommodate, bed (down), berth, bestow, billet, board, bunk, domicile, harbor, house, lodge, put up, quarter.
  12. A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
    countable, uncountable
  13. a four-roomed house. kamer ذو غُرَف стаен de ( ) assoalhadas -pokojový -zimmerig -værelsers με συγκεκριμένο αριθμό δωματίων (ως β΄ συνθ.) de... habitaciones -toaline خانه .. اتاقه huoneen de (...) pièces בַּעַל - חֲדָרִים -sobni -szobás berkamar -herbergja di (...) camere/stanze -部屋の ...의 방이 있는 kambarių -istabu- berbilik met ... kamers -roms -pokojowy کوټه، کور de ( ) assoalhadas cu (...) ca­mere -комнатный -izbový ...-soben -sobni -rums, med ... rum ซึ่งมีจำนวนห้อง ... odalı 有...房間的 з певною...
  14. A place; a stead.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  15. He didn't feel like facing a roomful of people. kamer vol مِلء الغُرْفَه пълна стая sala cheia plný sál ein Zimmer voller Leute værelse fyldt med το γεμάτο δωμάτιο sala llena (de) toatäis حاضران huoneen täydeltä pleine salle (de) חֶדֶר מֵלא एक कमरे भर puna soba szobányi sekamar herbergisfylli (stanza piena) 部屋一杯 방 하나 그득한 pilnas kambarys pilna istaba/telpa penuh een kamer vol tettpakket rom, menneskemengde pełna sala حاضرین sala cheia sală plină (de) полная комната plná izba, plná miestnosť po...
  16. A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
    countable
  17. a set of rented rooms for living in. verblyfplek مَجموعَة غُرَف مُسْتأجَرَه квартири quartos byt die Räumlichkeiten(pl.) lejlighed ενοικιαζόμενα διαμερίσματα (πληθ.) alojamiento; habitaciones de alquiler korter مسکن؛ آپارتمان huoneisto appartement חֲדָרִים निवास sobe (bér)lakás kamar sewaan leiguherbergi appartamento 貸間 (한 조(組)의) 방 kambariai istabas beberapa bilik kamershybel wynajęte pokoje آپارتمان، ځای apartamento apartament квартира byt stanovanje iznajmljeni prostor hyresrum ห้องเช่า pan...
  18. (One's) bedroom.
    countable
  19. having plenty of room. roomy cupboards. ruim واسِع، رَحْب، فَسيح просторен espaçoso prostorný geräumig rummelig ευρύχωροςespacioso ruumikas وسیع؛ جادار tilava spacieuxמרווח लम्बा-चौड़ा, विस्त़त, बड़ा prostran tágas luas rúmgóður spazioso 広い 넓은 erdvus, talpus plašs; ietilpīgs banyak ruang ruimrommelig, som har god plass przestronny پراخ، ځای لرونکی espaçoso spaţios просторный priestorný prostoren prostran rymlig กว้าง geniş, ferah 寬敞的 просторий, вільний کھلا ہوا rộng rãi 宽敞的
  20. A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
    countable, in-plural, uncountable
  21. a person who shares a room with another person eg in a hostel for students etc. kamermaat شَريك الغُرْفَه съквартирант companheiro de quarto spolubydlící der Zimmergenosse, die Zimmergenossin bofælle συγκάτοικος compañero de cuarto/habitación toakaaslane هم اتاقی kämppäkaveri camarade de chambre חָבֵר לַחֶדֶר साथी netko tko dijeli sobu(e) s drugim, „cimer“ szobatárs teman sekamar herbergisfélagi compagno di stanza 同室者 방을 함께 쓰는 친구 kambario draugas istabas biedrs rakan sebilik kamergenootromkam...
    eg
  22. The people in a room.
    countable, metonymically, singular, uncountable, usually
  23. cuarto, sala;bath ___ → ___ de baño;
  24. An area for working in a coal mine.
    countable, uncountable
  25. A space that is or may be occupied: That easy chair takes up too much room.
  26. A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
    countable, uncountable
  27. An IRC or chat room.
    Internet, countable
  28. A place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
    countable, uncountable
  29. A quantity of furniture sufficient to furnish one room.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Afrikaans kamer vertrek
አማርኛ ክፍል
Azərbaycanca otaq
Беларуская ме́сца ну́мар пакой прастора
Català cambra espai habitació lloc peça sala
Čeština místnost místo pokoj prostor
Cymraeg ystafell
Deutsch Gemach Kammer Platz Raum Zimmer
Esperanto ĉambro
Eesti tuba
Français chambre espace pièce place Room Salle
Gaeilge seomra spás
Gàidhlig rùm seòmar
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi lumi
עברית חדר מקום
Magyar hely szoba tér
Bahasa Indonesia bilik kamar ruang
Íslenska herbergi rúm
日本語 空間 部屋
ქართული ადგილი ოთახი
Қазақша бөлме
ខ្មែរ បន្ទប់
한국어 겨를 공간 여유 자리
Kurdî Rûm Rûma spas têr ter ter wahî
Кыргызча бөлмө
Lëtzebuergesch Plaz Raum
ລາວ ຫ້ອງ
Lietuvių kambarys
Latviešu istaba
Te Reo Māori rūma wāhi
Македонски простор соба
Монгол өрөө
मराठी खोली जागा
Bahasa Melayu bilik kamar ruang رواڠ
Malti kamra
မြန်မာဘာသာ အခန်း
Nederlands kamer ruimte vertrek zaal
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਕਮਰਾ ਕੋਠਾ
Português cómodo lugar quarto sala
Română camera încăpere loc odaie spațiu
سنڌي ڪمرو
සිංහල කාමරය
Slovenčina bývať izba miestnosť miesto priestor
Slovenščina prostor soba
Gagana Sāmoa potu
Shqip dhomë kthinë
Svenska plats rum utrymme
తెలుగు గది చోటు
Тоҷикӣ утоқ ҳуҷра ҷо
ไทย ห้อง
Türkmençe otag
Tagalog kuwarto silid
Türkçe oda yer
ئۇيغۇرچە ئۆي
Oʻzbekcha uy
Tiếng Việt buồng chợ không gian phồng

Examples

“Thou lorde whiche knowest the hertes of all men, shewe whether thou hast chosen of these two, that the one maye take the roume of this ministracion, and apostleshippe from the which Judas by transgression fell, that he myght goo to his awne place.”
“Nor shalt thou give me room to doubt whether it be necessity or love, that inspires this condescending impulse.”
“He explains they have enough room to stand and lie down, points out the "little cup to brush our teeth", and the place where they pray.”
“If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse.”
“When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room.”
“There was no prince in the empire who had room for such an alliance.”
“There are major disagreements within the Coalition and politicians always want to retain room for manoeuvre.”
“For this purpose I have shown that no acquisitions of guilt can compensate the loss of that solid inward comfort of mind, which is the sure companion of innocence and virtue; nor can in the least balance the evil of that horror and anxiety which, in their room, guilt introduces into our bosoms.”
“A ram was accepted as a vicarious sacrifice in room of the royal victim.”
“Miss Bingley made no answer, and soon afterwards she got up and walked about the room.”
“He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.”
“Go to your room!”
“She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.”
“‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’”
“The room was on its feet.”
“He was good at reading rooms.”
“It was fun to watch her work the room.”
“Some users may not be able to access the AOL room.”
“Here in the room we are as one / Together you and me, together you and me / Hours connect / As we switch on”
“When ſhee that rules in Rhamnis golden gates, […] Shall make me ſolely Emperour of Aſia, Then ſhall your meeds and vallours be aduaunſt To roomes of honour and Nobilitie.”
“Let Bianca take her sister's room.”
“When he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod.”
“Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven.”
““I understand you need some furniture and can’t get no credit.” I liked to fell over. He say, “I’ll give you all the credit you want, but you got to pay the interest on it.” I told him, “Give me three rooms worth and charge whatever you want.””

CEFR level

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Beginner
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