garret
UK/ˈɡæɹɪt//ˈɡæɹɪt/
garret noun: an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house.
Noun
garret (plural garrets)
- An attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house.
- This morning (we living lately in the garret,) I rose, put on my suit with great skirts, having not lately worn any other clothes but them.1660 January 10 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “January 1st, 1659–1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume...
- On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge.1866, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (translated by Constance Garnett), Crime and Punishment, Part I, Chapter I
Proper noun capitalized: Garret
Garret
- A male given name.
garret meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
garret in Hindi
- an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
- दुछत्ती duchattī, अटारी aṭārī
garret in Tamil
- அவதான கோபுரம், மச்சில்
garret in Bengali
- চিলেকোঠা
garret in Malayalam
- മേൽമാളികമുറി, ചന്ദ്രശാല, മച്ചിൻപുറം, തട്ടിൻപുറം
More languagesFewer languages
- garret in Kannada
- ಅಟ್ಟ
- garret in Punjabi
- ਬਰਸਾਤੀ barsātī
Forms of garret
| plural | garrets |
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Origin of garret
From Middle English garett, garite, from Old French garite, guerite (“watchtower”), from garir, guarir (“to defend, protect”) (compare English garrison), ultimately of Germanic origin (see English garage). Doublet of guerite.
Variant of Garrett.
Words formed from garret
Phrases with garret
Words that rhyme with garret
Questions about garret
- What does garret mean?
- Garret means an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house.
- What is garret in Hindi?
- Garret in Hindi is दुछत्ती (duchattī), अटारी (aṭārī). See Garret meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is garret?
- Garret can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce garret?
- Garret is pronounced /ˈɡæɹɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of garret?
- The plural of garret is garrets.
Words near garret in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: garret (page history and authors); Garret (page history and authors); garret (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); garret (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); garret (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); garret (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਬਰਸਾਤੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). 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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