compartment
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri (“to divide with, to share with”), from com- + partiri (“to apportion, to divide, to share”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəmˈpɑːtmənt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: com‧part‧ment
Noun[edit]
compartment (plural compartments)
- A room, or section, or chamber
- Two men were seated in a well-lit compartment of a third-class railway carriage.
- One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
- (biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function.
- (heraldry) A mound (often of grass) beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
- (anatomy) A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
chamber
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part into which an area is subdivided
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heraldry: mound beneath the shield
Verb[edit]
compartment (third-person singular simple present compartments, present participle compartmenting, simple past and past participle compartmented)
- (transitive) To arrange in separate compartments.
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