dormitory
/ˈdɔː.mɪ.tɹi/US/ˈdɔɹ.mɪˌtɔɹ.i/
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dormitory noun: 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.
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.
- She will be much more likely to meet his wishes after a residence at the castle, than an imprisonment on short commons in her dormitory in Welbeck Street; for in one case she only learnt how much she could endure, in the other she will find how much she can enjoy.1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages...
- The foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova was responding to a report last week about an item in the 2024 US air force budget for building a dormitory at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk for personnel on a “potential surety mission” – military jargon for nuclear safety and security.2023 September 5, Julian Borger, Andrew Roth, “Return of US nuclear weapons to UK would be an escalation, says Russia”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2024
- Synonyms:
- dorm, dormitorium, dorter
- A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
- A dormitory town.
dormitory meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
dormitory in Hindi
- dormitory, bedchamber
- शयनागार śaynāgār
- dormitory
- ख़्वाबगाह xvābgāh
dormitory in Tamil
- room for sleeping
- ஹாஸ்டல் hāsṭal, விடுதி viṭuti
dormitory in Urdu
- dormitory
- شینککش śayankakṣ
dormitory in Bengali
- ছাত্রাবাস, শয়নাগার
More languagesFewer languages
- dormitory in Malayalam
- ഹോസ്റ്റലിലെയും മറ്റും പൊതു ഉറക്കറ, പൊതുശയനമുറി
- dormitory in Kannada
- ಪಕ್ಕೆ, ತಂಗುದಾಣ, ಧರ್ಮಶಾಲೆ
- dormitory in Punjabi
- ਡੌਰਮਿਟਰੀ, ਡੌਰਮੀਟਰੀ
- dormitory in Arabic
- مَهْجَع mahjaʕ
- dormitory in Malay
- asrama
- dormitory in Indonesian
- asrama
- dormitory in Thai
- หอพัก hɔ̌ɔ-pák
- dormitory in Vietnamese
- phòng ngủ, kí túc xá
Examples of dormitory in a sentence
- Though the majority wanted to expand the dormitory, the maior et sanior pars decided on increasing the library's collection.
- The women's sleeping quarters are on the left side of the dormitory, the men's are on the right; gender-neutral restrooms are located in the middle.
- It's become a bit of a dormitory town in some ways for Teesside.
Synonyms of dormitory
Forms of dormitory
| plural | dormitories |
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Origin of dormitory
From Middle English dormitory, dormytory, dormytorye, borrowed from Latin dormītōrium (“a sleeping-room”), from dormiō (“to sleep”). Doublet of dormitorium and dorter.
Words formed from dormitory
Phrases with dormitory
Questions about dormitory
- What does dormitory mean?
- Dormitory means 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.
- What is dormitory in Hindi?
- Dormitory in Hindi is शयनागार (śaynāgār), ख़्वाबगाह (xvābgāh). See Dormitory meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dormitory?
- Dormitory is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dormitory?
- Dormitory is pronounced /ˈdɔː.mɪ.tɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dormitory?
- The plural of dormitory is dormitories.
Words near dormitory in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dormitory (page history and authors); ख़्वाबगाह (Hindi) (page history and authors); شینککش (Urdu) (page history and authors); dormitory (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dormitory (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dormitory (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dormitory (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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