room

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See also rõõm, rom, Rom, and ROM

[edit] English

stood « large « within « #263: room » power » mother » often

[edit] Etymology

Old English rūm.

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /ru:m/, /rʊm/, SAMPA: /ru:m/, /rUm/

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Rhymes: -ʊm or Rhymes: -uːm

[edit] Noun

Singular
room

Plural
rooms

room (plural rooms)

(countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling. ^syn.^transl.

He went to the next room.
(uncountable) Space for something or to carry out an activity. ^syn.^transl.

Give me some room, I can't breathe.
(uncountable) Opportunity or possibility to do something.

This is good, but there is a lot of room for improvement.
(always singular) The people in a room.

The room was on its feet.
(Internet, countable) A forum or chat room.

Some users may not be able to access the AOL room.
(Internet, countable) The basic unit of virtual space in interactive fiction.

Each character is always in exactly one room.
(caving, countable) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage. ^syn.
(sailing, uncountable) The amount of open water needed for a boat to complete a maneuver in proper fashion.

[edit] Synonyms

(space ^def.): elbow room, legroom, space
(part of a building ^def.): chamber, quarters
(part of a cave ^def.): chamber
See also Wikisaurus:room

[edit] Derived terms

Terms derived from the room (noun)

[edit] Translations

space ^def.^syn.

Armenian: տարածություն (taraçut'yun)
Chinese: 空間, 空间 (kōngjiān)
Croatian: próstor hr(hr) m.
Danish: rum da(da) n.
Dutch: ruimte nl(nl) f., kamer nl(nl) f., vertrek nl(nl) n.
Finnish: tila fi(fi)
French: espace fr(fr) f.
Georgian: ადგილი ka(ka) (adgili)
German: Raum m. Platz m.
Hungarian: tér hu(hu)
Indonesian: ruang id(id)
Interlingua: spatio
Italian: spazio it(it) m.
Japanese: 空間 (くうかん, kūkan)

Korean: 자리 (jari), 겨를 (gyeoreul), 틈 (teum), 짬 (jjam), 여유 (餘裕, yeoyu)
Kurdish: ژوور ku(ku) (jur)
Macedonian: простор mk(mk) (próstor) m.
Norwegian: rom no(no) n., plass no(no) m.
Old English: rūm ang(ang)
Persian: جا (ja)
Polish: miejsce pl(pl), przestrzeń pl(pl)
Portuguese: espaço pt(pt) m.
Romanian: spaţiu ro(ro)
Russian: пространство ru(ru) (prostránstvo) n.
Slovene: prostor sl(sl) m.
Spanish: espacio es(es)
Swedish: plats sv(sv) c., utrymme sv(sv) n., rum sv(sv) n.
Turkish: yer tr(tr), oda tr(tr)

division in a building ^def.^syn.

Ainu: ツ゜ンプ (tunpu)
American Sign Language: FlatB@InsideChesthigh-PalmAcross-FlatB@InsideChesthigh-PalmAcross FlatB@InsideTrunkhigh-FlatB@InsideTrunkhigh FlatB@DistalCenterChesthigh-PalmBack-FlatB@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmBack FlatB@DistalCenterTrunkhigh-PalmBack-FlatB@NearCenterTrunkhigh-PalmBack, R@InsideChesthigh-PalmAcross-R@InsideChesthigh-PalmAcross R@InsideTrunkhigh-R@InsideTrunkhigh R@DistalCenterChesthigh-PalmBack-R@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmBack R@DistalCenterTrunkhigh-PalmBack-R@NearCenterTrunkhigh-PalmBack
Arabic: غُرْفة ar(ar) (ghurfa(t)) f.

Egyptian Arabic: أوضة ('uuDa(t)) f.
Armenian: սենյակ (senyak)
Azeri: otaq az(az)
Belarusian: пакой be(be) (pakój) m.
Chamicuro: c̈hupune
Chinese: 屋子 (wūzi); 房間, 房间 (fángjiān),
Croatian: sȍba hr(hr) f.
Czech: pokoj cs(cs) m., místnost cs(cs) f.
Danish: rum da(da) n.
Dutch: ruimte nl(nl) f., kamer nl(nl) f., zaal nl(nl) m., vertrek nl(nl) n.
Esperanto: ĉambro eo(eo)
Finnish: huone fi(fi)
French: pièce f., salle f., chambre f. (a bedroom)
Georgian: ოთახი ka(ka) (ot’axi)
German: Raum de(de) m., Zimmer de(de) n.
Hindi: कमरा hi(hi) (kamrā) m.
Hungarian: szoba hu(hu)

Ido: chambro
Indonesian: ruang id(id), kamar id(id)
Interlingua: camera
Irish: seomra ga(ga) m.
Italian: stanza f., camera f. (a bedroom), sala f.
Japanese: 部屋 (へや, heya)
Korean: 방 (bang) ^
Lao: ຫັອງ lo(lo) (höng)
Lithuanian: kambarys lt(lt) m.
Luhya: erumu
Macedonian: соба mk(mk) (sóba) f.
Norwegian: rom no(no) n., værelse no(no) n.
Old English: rūm ang(ang)
Persian: اتاق (otagh)
Polish: pokój pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: sala m., aposento m., quarto m. (especially a bedroom), câmara f.
Romanian: cameră ro(ro) f., odaie ro(ro) f.
Russian: комната ru(ru) (kómnata) f.
Scottish Gaelic: seòmar gd(gd) m.
Serbian: soba sr(sr) f., odaja sr(sr) f.
Slovene: soba sl(sl) f.
Spanish: cuarto es(es) m., habitación es(es) f., pieza es(es) f., sala es(es) f.
Swahili: chumba sw(sw)
Swedish: rum sv(sv) n.
Thai: ห้อง (hông)
Turkish: oda tr(tr)
Ukrainian: кімната uk(uk) (kimnáta) f., покій uk(uk) (pokíj) m., (colloquially) хата uk(uk) (xáta)

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to room

Third person singular
rooms

Simple past
roomed

Past participle
roomed

Present participle
rooming

to room (third-person singular simple present rooms, present participle rooming, simple past and past participle roomed)

To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.

Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street.

[edit] Derived terms

Terms derived from the room (verb)

[edit] External links

See also the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica's article on:

space.

Room on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

[edit] Anagrams

moor

[edit] Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Room

Wikipedia ^nl

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /ʀoːm/

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[edit] Noun

room m.

cream (of milk)

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room

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