dormitorium

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dormītōrium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɔrmiˈtoːriʏm/

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• Hyphenation: dor‧mi‧to‧ri‧um
• Rhymes: -oːriʏm

Noun

dormitorium n (plural dormitoria or dormitoriums, diminutive dormitoriumpje n)

1. a dormitory, especially in a monastery

   Synonym: slaapzaal

2. (historical) an early Christian cemetery or necropolis

Latin

Etymology

Substantive of dormītōrius (“of or for sleeping”), from the verb dormire, present active infinitive of dormio (“I sleep”).

Noun

dormītōrium n (genitive dormītōriī or dormītōrī); second declension

1. a sleeping-room, dormitory

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dormītōrium	dormītōria
Genitive	dormītōriī dormītōrī1	dormītōriōrum
Dative	dormītōriō	dormītōriīs
Accusative	dormītōrium	dormītōria
Ablative	dormītōriō	dormītōriīs
Vocative	dormītōrium	dormītōria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → English: dormitory
• French: dortoir
  • → English: dorter
• Middle French: dormoir
• → Italian: dormitorio
• → Portuguese: dormitório
• Romanian: dormitor
• Spanish: dormidero
• → Spanish: dormitorio

References

• “dormitorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dormitorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “dormitorium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dormitorium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

dormitorium n (definite singular dormatoriet, indefinite plural dormatorier, definite plural dormatoria or dormatoriene)

1. dormitory

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dormitorium n (definite singular dormatoriet, indefinite plural dormitorium, definite plural dormatoria)

1. dormitory

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dormītōrium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔr.miˈtɔ.rjum/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrjum
• Syllabification: dor‧mi‧to‧rium

Noun

dormitorium n

1. dormitory (building or part thereof)

   Synonym: dormitarz

Declension

Declension of dormitorium

	singular	plural
nominative	dormitorium	dormitoria
genitive	dormitorium	dormitoriów
dative	dormitorium	dormitoriom
accusative	dormitorium	dormitoria
instrumental	dormitorium	dormitoriami
locative	dormitorium	dormitoriach
vocative	dormitorium	dormitoria

Further reading

• dormitorium in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin dormītōrium.

Noun

dormitorium n

1. dormitory

Declension

Declension of dormitorium

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dormitorium	dormitoriums
	definite	dormitoriet	dormitoriets
plural	indefinite	dormitorier	dormitoriers
	definite	dormitorierna	dormitoriernas

Further reading

• dormitorium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dormitorium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)