compartment

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri "to divide," from com- + part.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: [kəm-pärtmənt]

[edit] Noun

compartment

1. A room, or section, or chamber

   • "Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class carriage."

2. One of the parts in which an area is subdivided.
3. (biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function.

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