dormitory

EnglishEdit

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dormitory

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English dormitory, dormytory, dormytorye, borrowed from Latin dormītōrium (“a sleeping-room”), from dormiō (“to sleep”). Doublet of dorter.

PronunciationEdit

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔɹmɪˌtɔɹi/
Audio (southern England) (file)

NounEdit

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 1000392275, 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.

SynonymsEdit

(room for sleeping) dorm (common abbreviation)

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

room for sleeping

Armenian: հանրակացարան (hy) (hanrakacʿaran)
Bulgarian: о́бща спа́лня f (óbšta spálnja)
Catalan: dormitori (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 臥室／卧室 (zh) (wòshì)
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
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

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: студентски дом m (studentski dom)
Malay: asrama (ms)
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)