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apartment

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /əˈpɑːt.mənt/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: ə-pärt'mənt
  • General-American: /əˈpɑɹt.mənt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tmənt
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 P AA1 R T M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Canada, Philippines, US

Examples

  • apartment dwellers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A room within a house.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 1883 April 23, Slawson v. Grand Street R. Co., 107 U.S. 649, 2 S.Ct. 663, 664, The specification described the ordinary fare-box used in street cars and omnibuses, consisting of two apartments, the one directly above the other.... [T]he passenger deposited his fare in an aperture in the top of the upper apartment. It fell upon and was arrested by a movable platform.... This platform turned on an axis acted on by a lever. When turned, the fare fell into the lower apartment, which was a receptacle for holding the fares accumulated....

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A conceptual space used for separation in the threading architecture. Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: COM

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: housing, lodging, living accommodations

Narrower terms: bedsitting room, bedsitter, bedsit, cold-water flat, duplex apartment, duplex, efficiency apartment, flatlet, maisonette, maisonnette, penthouse, railroad flat, studio apartment, studio, suite, rooms, walk-up apartment, walk-up

History

Etymology

From French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from Spanish apartamiento (“separation, seclusion”). See apart and -ment.

Across languages

Translations

192 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: woonstel — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Afrikaans: appartement — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Albanian: apartament — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Amharic: አፓርታማ (ʾäpartama) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Arabic: شَقَّة (šaqqa) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Arabic: شقة (šaʔʔa) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Arabic: شقة (šaqqa) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Arabic: شقة (šuqqa) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Arabic: برطمة (barṭma, parṭma) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Arabic: شقة (šaʔʔa) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Tunisian Arabic: برطمان (barṭamān) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܵܪܝܼܥܬܵܐ (yārīˁtā) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܫܟܲܢܬܵܐ (maškantā) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܦܲܪܬܡܵܢ (appartmān) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Armenian: բնակարան (bnakaran) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Asturian: pisu — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Azerbaijani: mənzil — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Bashkir: фатир (fatir) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Basque: etxebizitza — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Basque: bizitza — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Belarusian: кватэ́ра (kvatéra) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Belarusian: апартамэ́нт (apartamént) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Bengali: কক্ষ (kokkho) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Bengali: কামরা (kamra) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Bengali: ফ্ল্যাট (phlêṭ) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Breton: ranndi — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Bulgarian: апартаме́нт (apartamént) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Bulgarian: кварти́ра (kvartíra) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Burmese: တိုက်ခန်း (tuikhkan:) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Catalan: pis — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Chinese Cantonese: 公寓 (gung1 jyu6) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Chinese Cantonese: 柏文 (paak3 man4) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Chinese Cantonese: 雅柏文 — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Hakka Chinese: 公寓 (kûng-ngi) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Chinese: 公寓 (zh-min-nan) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Chinese: a-phá-tò — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公寓 (gōngyù) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Chinese Mandarin: 套間 /套间 (tàojiān) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Chinese Mandarin: 套房 (tàofáng) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Wu Chinese: 公寓 (1kon-gniu; 1kon-yu) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Chuvash: хваттер (hvatter) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Crimean Tatar: kvartira — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Czech: byt — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Danish: lejlighed — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Dutch: woning — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Dutch: appartement — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Dutch: flat — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Elfdalian: lägeniet — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Esperanto: apartamento — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Esperanto: ĉambraro — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Estonian: korter — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Faroese: íbúð — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Finnish: asunto — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Finnish: huoneisto — domicile occupying part of a building
  • French: appartement — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Galician: apartamento — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Galician: piso — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Georgian: ოთახი (otaxi) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Georgian: ბინა (bina) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Georgian: საცხოვრებელი (sacxovrebeli) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Georgian: აპარტამენტი (aṗarṭamenṭi) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • German: Wohnung — domicile occupying part of a building
  • German: Appartement — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Greek: διαμέρισμα (diamérisma) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Gujarati: ફ્લૅટ (phlěṭ) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Gujarati: ઘર (ghar) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Hebrew: דִירָה (dirá) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Hindi: अपार्टमेंट (apārṭamẽṭ) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Hindi: फ़्लैट (flaiṭ) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Hungarian: lakás — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Icelandic: íbúð — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Ido: apartamento — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Indonesian: apartemen — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Indonesian: flat — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Indonesian: rumah pangsa — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Ingrian: vatera — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Irish: árasán — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Italian: appartamento — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Italian: alloggio — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Italian: quartierino — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Japanese: アパート (apāto) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Japanese: マンション (manshon) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Japanese: 集合住宅 (shūgō jūtaku) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Japanese: 共同住宅 (kyōdō jūtaku) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Japanese: 長屋 (nagaya) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Kalmyk: патьр (patʹr) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Kashubian: mieszkanié — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Kazakh: пәтер (päter) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Kazakh: квартира (kvartira) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Khmer: ផ្ទះល្វែង (phtĕəh lvɛɛng) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Korean: 아파트 (apateu) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Korean: 맨션 (maensyeon) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Korean: 아빠트 (appateu) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Central Kurdish: ئاپارتمان (apartman) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Central Kurdish: شوقە (şuqe) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Northern Kurdish: apartman — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Northern Kurdish: lojman — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Kyrgyz: квартира (kvartira) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Kyrgyz: батир (batir) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Lao: ຄະຣຶຫະ (kha rư ha) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Lao: ອາພາດເມັນ (ʼā phāt men) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Latin: diaeta — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Latvian: dzīvoklis — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Lithuanian: butas — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Macedonian: стан (stan) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Malay: rumah pangsa — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Malay: pangsapuri — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Malay: apartmen — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Maltese: appartament — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Manx: arasane — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Māori: wharetō — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Māori: wharenoho — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Marathi: फ्लॅट (phlĕṭ) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Marathi: अपार्ट्मेंट (apārṭmeṇṭa) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Mongolian: байр (bajr) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Norman: appartément — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Norwegian Bokmål: leilighet — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: husvære — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leilegheit — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: promperom — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Occitan: apartament — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Ossetian: фатер (fater) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Pannonian Rusyn: квартель (kvartelʹ) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Pashto: اپارتمان (apārtomān) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Iranian Persian: آپارْتِمان (âpârtemân) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Plautdietsch: Pensjoon — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Polish: mieszkanie — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Portuguese: apartamento — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Portuguese: flate f/flete — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Romanian: apartament — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Russian: кварти́ра (kvartíra) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Russian: апартаме́нт (apartamént) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Northern Sami: visti — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Sanskrit: आगार (āgāra) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Sardinian: apartamentu — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Scottish Gaelic: lobhta — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Scottish Gaelic: flat — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Serbo-Croatian: ста̑н — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Serbo-Croatian: stȃn — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Sinhalese: අනුනිවස (anuniwasa) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Sinhalese: නිවස්කඩ (niwaskaḍa) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Slovak: byt — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Slovene: stanovanje — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Lower Sorbian: bydlenje — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Upper Sorbian: bydlenje — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Spanish: apartamento — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Spanish: departamento — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Spanish: piso — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Spanish: vivienda — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Spanish: depa — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Swahili: fleti — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Swedish: lägenhet — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Tagalog: apartment — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Tajik: хонаи истиқоматӣ (xona-yi istiqomati) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Tajik: манзил (manzil) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Tajik: истиқоматгоҳ (istiqomatgoh) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Tajik: квартира (kvartira) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Tatar: квартир (kwartir) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Tatar: фатир (fatir) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Telugu: అంకణము (aṅkaṇamu) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Thai: อพาร์ทเมนท์ (à-páat-mén) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Tigrinya: ክፍሊ-ገዛ (kəfli-gäza) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Turkish: daire — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Turkish: apartman dairesi — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Turkish: apartman — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Turkmen: kwartira — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Udmurt: кунокуа (kunokua) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Udmurt: квартира (kvarťira) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Ukrainian: кварти́ра (kvartýra) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Ukrainian: апартаме́нт (apartamént) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Urdu: اَپارْٹْمِنْٹ (apārṭminṭ) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Urdu: فْلَیٹ (flaiṭ) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Uyghur: ئىچكىرى-تاشقىرى ئۆي (ichkiri-tashqiri öy) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Uyghur: نېرىقى ئۆي (nëriqi öy) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Uyghur: يان ئۆي (yan öy) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Uyghur: يانداش ئۆيلەر (yandash öyler) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Uzbek: kvartira — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Vietnamese: căn hộ — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Welsh: fflat — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Welsh: rhandy — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Yiddish: וווינונג (voynung) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Yiddish: דירה (dire) — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Zhuang: ranzlaeuz — domicile occupying part of a building
  • Esperanto: ĉambraro — archaic: suite of rooms within a domicile
  • Finnish: huoneisto — archaic: suite of rooms within a domicile
  • French: appartements — archaic: suite of rooms within a domicile
  • Greek: ενδιαίτημα (endiaítima) — archaic: suite of rooms within a domicile
  • Irish: seomraí cónaithe — archaic: suite of rooms within a domicile
  • Latin: diaeta — archaic: suite of rooms within a domicile
  • Macedonian: одаи (odai) — archaic: suite of rooms within a domicile
  • Swedish: våning — archaic: suite of rooms within a domicile
  • Greek: διαμέρισμα (diamérisma) — obsolete: division of an enclosure
Real reading context

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