dormitory
Meaning
- 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.
- A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
- A dormitory town.
Synonyms
student residence
dorm room
dormitory room
lodging house
bedroom suburb
dorm term hall
student hostel
sleeping place
student lodging
dormitory suburb
living quarters
Translations
dortoir
Schlafsaal
dormitorio
yatakhaneFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɔː.mɪ.tɹi/
Etymology
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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