dormitory

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˈdɔɹmɪˌtɔɹi/

Noun

dormitory (plural dormitories)

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.

Synonyms

• room for sleeping dorm (common abbreviation)

Related terms

• dorm
• dormant
• dormitive
• dormition

Translations

• French: (several sleepers) dortoir, (one or very few) cellule
• German: Schlafsaal, Dormitorium
• Italian: camerata
• Portuguese: dormitório
• Russian: общий
• Spanish: dormitorio

Translations

• French: résidence, foyer, cité universitaire
• German: Studentenwohnheim, Studentenheim, Wohnheim, Heim, Dormitorium
• Italian: dormitorio
• Portuguese: dormitório
• Russian: общежи́тие
• Spanish: residencia estudiantil, dormitorio

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