dormitorium

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin dormītōrium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔrmɪˈtoːriʏm/

Noun

dormitorium n (plural dormitoria or dormitoriums, diminutive dormitoriumpje n)

1. dormitory

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Latin

Etymology

Substantive of dormītōrius (“of or for sleeping”).

Noun

dormītōrium n (genitive dormītōriī or dormītōrī); second declension

1. a sleeping-room, dormitory

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dormītōrium	dormītōria
Genitive	dormītōriī dormītōrī1	dormītōriōrum
Dative	dormītōriō	dormītōriīs
Accusative	dormītōrium	dormītōria
Ablative	dormītōriō	dormītōriīs
Vocative	dormītōrium	dormītōria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• English: dormitory, dorter
• French: dortoir
• Italian: dormitorio
• Middle French: dormoir
• Portuguese: dormitório
• Romanian: dormitor
• Spanish: dormidero, dormitorio

References

• “dormitorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dormitorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “dormitorium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dormitorium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin dormītōrium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔr.miˈtɔ.rjum/

Noun

dormitorium n

1. dormitory

Declension

Declension of dormitorium

	singular	plural
nominative	dormitorium	dormitoria
genitive	dormitorium	dormitoriów
dative	dormitorium	dormitoriom
accusative	dormitorium	dormitoria
instrumental	dormitorium	dormitoriami
locative	dormitorium	dormitoriach
vocative	dormitorium	dormitoria

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin dormītōrium.

Noun

dormitorium n

1. dormitory

Declension

Declension of dormitorium
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dormitorium	dormitoriet	dormitorier	dormitorierna
Genitive	dormitoriums	dormitoriets	dormitoriers	dormitoriernas

Further reading

• dormitorium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dormitorium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)