waiting room
waiting room noun: a room in a public place for people to wait.
Noun
waiting room (plural waiting rooms)
- A room in a public place for people to wait.
- In the third place, by its situation it serves only for a waiting-room, and a passage to the principal apartments, instead of being reserved, as it ought to be, for entertaining company […]1817, Henry Horne, Elements of criticism
- A blind bearing the monogram G.V.T. is pulled down over the waiting room window as if still in mourning for the passing of the railway.1941 June, “Notes and News: The Derelict Glyn Valley Tramway”, in Railway Magazine, page 279
waiting room meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
waiting room in Hindi
- room
- प्रतीक्षालय pratīkṣālay, प्रतीक्षागृह pratīkṣāgŕh, ठहरने का कमरा ṭhaharne kā kamrā
waiting room in Tamil
- காத்திருக்கும் அறை, காவறை
waiting room in Urdu
- انتظار کا کمرہ
waiting room in Bengali
- room
- বিশ্রামাগার bisramagar
More languagesFewer languages
- waiting room in Kannada
- ಪ್ರತೀಕ್ಷಾಲಯ, ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಾಕೋಣೆ
- waiting room in Arabic
- غُرْفَةُ الاِنْتِظَار ḡurfatu l-intiẓār
- waiting room in Indonesian
- ruang tunggu
- waiting room in Persian
- اتاق انتظار otâq-e entezâr
- waiting room in Thai
- ห้องพัก hɔ̂ng-pák
- waiting room in Vietnamese
- phòng chờ, phòng đợi
Examples of waiting room in a sentence
- A new waiting room is being installed on Platform 2, while the one on Platform 3 is being refurbished.2020 March 25, “Network News: Step-free access introduced at four Transport for London stations”, in RAIL, page 18:
- The swan-necked iron lamps, the porte-cochère and outstanding decoration in the Royal waiting room set the station apart."2022 June 29, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Wonderful waiting rooms on the waiting list”, in RAIL, number 960, pages 59–60:
Forms of waiting room
| plural | waiting rooms |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | waiting-room |
Origin of waiting room
From waiting + room. Compare Dutch wachtruimte (“waiting room, waiting area”), German Warterraum (“waiting room”).
Words formed from waiting room
Questions about waiting room
- What does waiting room mean?
- Waiting room means a room in a public place for people to wait.
- What is waiting room in Hindi?
- Waiting room in Hindi is प्रतीक्षालय (pratīkṣālay), प्रतीक्षागृह (pratīkṣāgŕh), ठहरने का कमरा (ṭhaharne kā kamrā). See Waiting room meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use waiting room in a sentence?
- A new waiting room is being installed on Platform 2, while the one on Platform 3 is being refurbished.
- What part of speech is waiting room?
- Waiting room is a noun.
- What is the plural of waiting room?
- The plural of waiting room is waiting rooms.
Words near waiting room in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: waiting room (page history and authors); waiting room (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); waiting room (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); waiting room (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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