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Meaning of rooming house | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A house which rents out furnished apartments.
  2. A building with small, basic, inexpensive apartments for rent, often without en suite bathrooms.
  3. A house which rents out rooms and may also supply board for an added price: synonym of boarding house.

Equivalents

Deutsch Fremdenheim Mikroappartementhaus Wohnheim Zellenhaus
Suomi asuntola täysihoitola vuokratalo
Français maison de chambreurs
Kurdî pansiyon
Latina hospitium
Polski pensjonat
Русский меблиро́ванные ко́мнаты
Türkçe pansiyon

Examples

“From there, the scene shifted to the old Victorian rooming house at 710 Ashbury Street”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

rooming-in roomkeeper roomlessness roomlet Roommate roommatehood

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