tenement

English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenement, from Medieval Latin tenementum, from Latin verb teneo.

Noun

tenement (plural tenements)

1. a building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one
2. (law) any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned

Synonyms

• (building): tenement house

Translations

a building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: huurwoning (nl)
• French: appartement (fr), logement (fr) m
• German: Mietshaus (de) n, Mietskaserne (de) f

• Hungarian: bérház (hu)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: casa de vecindad (es) f, vecindad (es) f, bloque de viviendas (es) m, (Peru) solar (es) m, conventillo (es) m

any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned

• Dutch: verpachting (nl)
• Hungarian: bérlet (hu), bérlemény (hu)

• Russian: арендованное имущество (ru) (arendovannoje imuščestvo) n

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Translations to be checked

• Portuguese: cortiço (pt)

References

• tenement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Old French

Etymology

Medieval Latin tenementum, from Latin verb teneo.

Noun

tenement m (oblique plural tenemenz, nominative singular tenemenz, nominative plural tenement)

1. holding (of land)