• IPA: /ˈtɛnɪmənt/

tenement (plural tenements)

1. A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.
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2. (legal) Any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned.

   The island of Brecqhou is a tenement of Sark.

3. (figurative) Dwelling; abode; habitation.
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• (building) tenement house, apartment building

• French: appartement, logement
• German: Mietskaserne, Wohnungsblock; (any house for rent) Mietshaus,
• Italian: casamento, condominio, case popolari, casermone
• Portuguese: cortiço
• Spanish: casa de vecindad, vecindad, bloque de viviendas, inquilinato, (Peru) solar, conventillo

• Russian: арендованное иму́щество