appartement

See also: Appartement and appartément

English

Etymology

From French appartement.

Noun

appartement (plural appartements)

1. (non-native speakers' English) Misspelling of apartment.
   • 1996 June 11, Ammadj Sedik, “exchange of flat Paris-London (échange d'appartement)”, in soc.culture.british‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-01:

     I am a French student of litterature who would like to visit London during the month of August. Maybe you would like to visit Paris in this period. I propose you to exchange my appartement with yours. I live in the near suburb of Paris (5 minutes from the center by the tube). My appartement is modest, but with all acommodities: to live, to sleep, to cook, to wash, to read, to dream,...

   • 1998 September 20, DJB, “Man at my bed”, in alt.folklore.ghost-stories‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-01:

     The strange woman went right up to my appartement (I live in the highest) and stood right in front of my door. And she was just standing there, staring. Of course, I didn't notice that, so my girlfriend rang me using the intercom and said that a strange women was standing at my door.

   • 1999 November 3, bou...@nomade.fr, “For Rent Appartement for Chrismas in Paris”, in japan.travel.abroad‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-01:

     I leave my appartement in Paris, durin chrismas, and i would like to rent it for 1 week.
     Situated near the "Père Lachaise cemetary" and near bus and metro.
     3 rooms, it means 2 bedrooms.
     Well furnished
     With a quite big garden.
     Nice residence, very green.
     Do not hesitate to let me a proposition.
     Thanks

   • 2000 June 29, egy...@internetegypt.com, “appartement in Cairo”, in alt.culture.egyptian‎^[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-01:

     Now you all can enjoy your time in cairo , without incurring very expensive hotel charge . I offer you to spend your lovely time in cairo as my guest , it`s charge is 10 $ for single room 15 $ for double room . I live in nasr city , my appartement is 120 m ..

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from Spanish apartamiento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˌpɑrtəˈmɛnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ap‧par‧te‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

appartement n (plural appartementen, diminutive appartementje n)

1. an apartment

   Het appartement was erg klein.

   The apartment was very small.

Derived terms

• appartementencomplex

Descendants

• → Indonesian: apartemen

French

Alternative forms

• apartement (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian appartamento, from Spanish apartamiento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.paʁ.tə.mɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

appartement m (plural appartements)

1. apartment, flat

Derived terms

• appart

Descendants

• → Czech: apartmá
• → Dutch: appartement
• → English: apartment (see there for further descendants)
• → German: Appartement
• → Luxembourgish: Appartement
• → Persian: آپارتمان (âpârtemân) (see there for further descendants)
• → Romanian: apartament
• → Serbo-Croatian: apartman
• → Turkish: apartman
  • → Laz: აფართუმანი (apartumani)

Further reading

• “appartement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.