darkroom

English

Etymology

From dark +‎ room.

Pronunciation

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Noun

darkroom (plural darkrooms)

1. (photography) A dark room, where photographs are developed.
2. A darkened room where sexual activity can take place, especially one in a gay club.

Alternative forms

• (photography) dark room

Hypernyms

• room

Translations

dark room where photographs are developed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暗房 (zh) (ànfáng)

• Czech: temná komora f
• Dutch: doka (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: kamero
• Finnish: pimiö (fi)
• French: chambre noire (fr) f
• German: Dunkelkammer (de) f
• Greek: σκοτεινός θάλαμος (el) m (skoteinós thálamos)
• Hungarian: sötétkamra (hu)
• Italian: camera oscura f
• Japanese: 暗室 (ja) (あんしつ, anshitsu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: tamsus kambariukas m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mørkerom n

  Nynorsk: mørkerom n

• Polish: ciemnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: câmara escura f
• Romanian: cameră obscură (ro) f
• Russian: тёмная ко́мната f (tjómnaja kómnata)
• Scottish Gaelic: seòmar dorcha m
• Slovene: temnica f
• Spanish: cuarto oscuro (es) m
• Swedish: mörkrum (sv) n
• Turkish: karanlık oda (tr)

darkened room for sexual activities

• Catalan: cambra fosca f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: darkroom (nl) m
• Finnish: darkroom (fi)
• French: darkroom (fr) f, backroom (fr) f
• German: Darkroom (de) m
• Polish: darkroom (pl) m
• Portuguese: quarto escuro m, darkroom m
• Russian: тёмная ко́мната f (tjómnaja kómnata)
• Spanish: cuarto oscuro (es) m
• Swedish: darkroom n