English
Etymology
From Middle English dormitory dormytory dormytorye Latin dormitorium ( “ a sleeping-room ” ) , neuter of dormitorius ( “ belonging to sleep ” ) , dormitor ( “ a sleeper ” ) , from dormire ( “ to sleep ” ) . Doublet of dorter
Pronunciation
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Noun
dormitory (plural dormitories
A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
A dormitory town .
Synonyms
( room for sleeping ) dorm (common abbreviation )
Translations
room for sleeping
Armenian: հանրակացարան (hy) ( hanrakacʻaran )
Bulgarian: о́бща спа́лня f ( óbšta spálnja )
Catalan: dormitori (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 臥室 ／ 卧室 (zh) ( wòshì ) , 卧室 (zh) ( wòshì )
Czech: noclehárna f
Dutch: ( several sleepers ) slaapzaal (nl) , ( one or very few ) slaapcel
Esperanto: amasloĝejo
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: makuusali makuuhuone (fi)
French: ( several sleepers ) dortoir (fr) m ( one or very few ) cellule (fr)
Georgian: საძინებელი ( saʒinebeli )
German: Schlafsaal (de) m Dormitorium (de) n
Greek: υπνοθάλαμος (el) m ( ypnothálamos ) , υπνωτήριο (el) n ( ypnotírio ) , υπνοδωμάτιο (el) n ( ypnodomátio )
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: hálóterem (hu)
Icelandic: svefnsalur m ( usually for students ) heimavist f kojuherbergi n
Ido: dormeyo (io)
Irish: suanlios m dórtúr m
Italian: camerata (it) f
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Japanese: 寝室 (ja) ( shinshitsu )
Khmer: សយនដ្ឋាន ( saʼyaʼnaʼtthaan )
Latin: dormitorium n
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: оюутны байр ( ojuutny bajr )
Old English: slǣpern n
Persian: خوابگاه (fa) ( xâbgâh )
Portuguese: dormitório (pt) m
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: о́бщая спа́льня f ( óbščaja spálʹnja ) , дортуа́р (ru) m ( dortuár ) ( dated ) , спа́льня (ru) f ( spálʹnja )
Scottish Gaelic: suain-lann f seòmar-cadail m
Spanish: dormitorio (es) m
Swahili: bweni
Swedish: sovsal c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: yatakhane (tr) , yurt (tr)
Ukrainian: почива́льня f ( počyválʹnja )
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: noswylfa f
building or part thereof
Arabic: مَهْجَع m ( mahjaʕ )
Armenian: հանրակացարան (hy) ( hanrakacʻaran ) , քնարան (hy) ( kʻnaran )
Azerbaijani: yataqxana
Belarusian: інтэрна́т m ( internát )
Bulgarian: общежи́тие (bg) n ( obštežítie )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 宿舍 (zh) ( sùshè ) , 寄宿舍 (zh) ( jìsùshè )
Czech: noclehárna f internát (cs) m
Esperanto: amasloĝejo
Finnish: asuntola (fi)
French: résidence (fr) f foyer (fr) , cité universitaire (fr) m
Georgian: საერთო საცხოვრებელი ( saerto sacxovrebeli )
German: Studentenwohnheim (de) n Studentenheim (de) n Wohnheim (de) n Heim (de) n Dormitorium (de) n
Greek: υπνωτήριο (el) n ( ypnotírio ) , κοιτώνας (el) m ( koitónas ) ( mostly in the army )
Hebrew: ( building for students ) מעונות m pl ( me'onot )
Hungarian: ( hostel in general ) szálló (hu) , ( for students ) diákszálló (hu) , ( for nuns/sisters/nurses ) nővérszálló ( for workers ) munkásszálló (hu) , ( for students ) diákotthon (hu) , kollégium (hu)
Icelandic: heimavist f
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
Italian: dormitorio (it) m
Japanese: 寮 (ja) ( りょう, ryō ) , 宿舎 ( しゅくしゃ, shukusha )
Khmer: និវាសដ្ឋាន (km) ( niviəsatthaan )
Korean: 기숙사 (ko) ( gisuksa ) (寄宿舍 (ko) )
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Persian: خوابگاه (fa) ( xâbgâh )
Polish: akademik (pl) m dormitorium (pl) n
Portuguese: dormitório (pt) m
Russian: общежи́тие (ru) n ( obščežítije ) , обща́га (ru) f ( obščága ) (( colloquial, slang )
Slovak: internát m
Spanish: residencia estudiantil f dormitorio (es) m
Thai: หอพัก ( hɔ̌ɔ-pák )
Turkish: yatakhane (tr) , yurt (tr)
Udmurt: огинъюрт ( oginjurt )
Ukrainian: гурто́житок m ( hurtóžytok )
Vietnamese: kí túc xá
Yakut: уопсай дьиэ ( uopsay jie )
See also
Further reading
“dormitory ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC “dormitory ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC “dormitory ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search . 