dormitory

Significat (Anglès)

  1. 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.
  2. A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
  3. A dormitory town.

Conceptes

residència d’estudiants

alberg de joventut

Freqüència

C2
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈdɔː.mɪ.tɹi/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Middle English dormitory, dormytory, dormytorye, borrowed from Latin dormītōrium (“a sleeping-room”), from dormiō (“to sleep”). Doublet of dormitorium and dorter.

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