Etymology
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From Middle English dormitory, dormytory, dormytorye, borrowed from Latin dormītōrium (“a sleeping-room”), from dormiō (“to sleep”). Doublet of dorter.
Pronunciation
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dormitory (plural dormitories)
- 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.
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 150–151:She will be much more likely to meet his wishes after a residence at the castle, than an imprisonment on short commons in her dormitory in Welbeck Street; for in one case she only learnt how much she could endure, in the other she will find how much she can enjoy.
- A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
- A dormitory town.
Synonyms
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- (room for sleeping) dorm (common abbreviation)
Related terms
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Translations
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room for sleeping
- Armenian: հանրակացարան (hy) (hanrakacʿaran)
- Bulgarian: о́бща спа́лня f (óbšta spálnja)
- Catalan: dormitori (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 寢室/寝室 (zh) (qǐnshì), 宿舍 (zh) (sùshè)
- Czech: noclehárna f
- Danish: sovesal c
- Dutch: (several sleepers) slaapzaal (nl), (one or very few) slaapcel
- Esperanto: amasloĝejo
- Estonian: ühikas, ühiselamu
- Finnish: makuusali, makuuhuone (fi)
- French: (several sleepers) dortoir (fr) m, (one or very few) cellule (fr)
- Georgian: საძინებელი (saʒinebeli)
- German: Schlafsaal (de) m, Dormitorium (de) n
- Greek: υπνοθάλαμος m (ypnothálamos), υπνωτήριο (el) n (ypnotírio), υπνοδωμάτιο (el) n (ypnodomátio)
- Hebrew: חדר שינה m (khadár shená)
- Hungarian: hálóterem (hu)
- Icelandic: svefnsalur m, (usually for students) heimavist f, kojuherbergi n
- Ido: dormeyo (io)
- Irish: suanlios m, dórtúr m
- Italian: camerata (it) f
- Japanese: 寝室 (ja) (shinshitsu)
- Khmer: សយនដ្ឋាន (saʼyaʼnaʼtthaan)
- Latin: dormitorium n
- Macedonian: спа́лна со́ба f (spálna sóba)
- Malay: please add this translation if you can
- Mongolian: оюутны байр (ojuutny bajr)
- Old English: slǣpern n
- Persian: خوابگاه (fa) (xâbgâh)
- Polish: akademik (pl) m
- Portuguese: dormitório (pt) m
- Romanian: dormitor (ro) n
- Russian: о́бщая спа́льня f (óbščaja spálʹnja), дортуа́р (ru) m (dortuár) (dated), спа́льня (ru) f (spálʹnja)
- Scottish Gaelic: suain-lann f, seòmar-cadail m
- Spanish: dormitorio (es) m
- Swahili: bweni
- Swedish: sovsal c
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: yatakhane (tr), yurt (tr)
- Ukrainian: почива́льня f (počyválʹnja)
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: noswylfa f
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building or part thereof
- Albanian: konvikt (sq) m
- Arabic: مَهْجَع m (mahjaʕ)
- Armenian: հանրակացարան (hy) (hanrakacʿaran), քնարան (hy) (kʿnaran)
- Azerbaijani: yataqxana
- Belarusian: інтэрна́т m (internát)
- Bulgarian: общежи́тие (bg) n (obštežítie)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 宿舍 (zh) (sùshè), 寄宿舍 (zh) (jìsùshè)
- Czech: noclehárna f, internát (cs) m
- Danish: internat n
- Dutch: internaat (nl) n, studentenhuis (nl) n
- Esperanto: amasloĝejo
- Estonian: ühikas, ühiselamu, internaat
- Finnish: asuntola (fi)
- French: résidence (fr) f, foyer (fr), cité universitaire (fr) m
- Georgian: საერთო საცხოვრებელი (saerto sacxovrebeli)
- German: Studentenwohnheim (de) n, Studentenheim (de) n, Wohnheim (de) n, Heim (de) n, Dormitorium (de) n
- Greek: υπνωτήριο (el) n (ypnotírio), κοιτώνας (el) m (koitónas) (mostly in the army)
- Hebrew: (building for students) מעונות m pl (me'onot)
- Hungarian: (hostel in general) szálló (hu), (for students) diákszálló (hu), (for nuns/sisters/nurses) nővérszálló, (for workers) munkásszálló (hu), (for students) diákotthon (hu), kollégium (hu)
- Icelandic: heimavist f
- Indonesian: asrama (id)
- Italian: dormitorio (it) m
- Japanese: 寮 (ja) (りょう, ryō), 宿舎 (ja) (しゅくしゃ, shukusha)
- Kazakh: жатақхана (jataqxana)
- Khmer: និវាសដ្ឋាន (km) (niviəsatthaan)
- Korean: 기숙사(寄宿舍) (ko) (gisuksa)
- Kyrgyz: жатакана (ky) (jatakana)
- Latin: dormitorium n
- Latvian: internāts m, kopmītne f
- Lithuanian: bendrabutis m
- Macedonian: сту́дентски дом m (stúdentski dom)
- Malay: asrama (ms)
- Maori: wharemoe
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: internat n, studenthjem n
- Persian: خوابگاه (fa) (xâbgâh)
- Polish: akademik (pl) m, dormitorium (pl) n, internat (pl) m
- Portuguese: dormitório (pt) m
- Romanian: cămin (ro) n
- Russian: общежи́тие (ru) n (obščežítije), обща́га (ru) f (obščága) ((colloquial, slang)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: студентски дом m
- Roman: studentski dom m
- Slovak: internát m, nocľaháreň f
- Slovene: študentski dom m
- Spanish: residencia estudiantil f, dormitorio (es) m
- Swedish: studenthem (sv) n
- Tajik: хобгоҳ (xobgoh)
- Thai: หอพัก (hɔ̌ɔ-pák)
- Turkish: yatakhane (tr), yurt (tr)
- Turkmen: ýatakhana
- Udmurt: огинъюрт (oginjurt)
- Ukrainian: гурто́житок m (hurtóžytok)
- Uyghur: ياتاقخانا (yataqxana)
- Uzbek: yotoqxona (uz)
- Vietnamese: kí túc xá
- Yakut: уопсай дьиэ (uopsay jie)
- Yiddish: אינטערנאַט (internat)
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See also
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Further reading
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- “dormitory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “dormitory”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “dormitory”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.