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classroom

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈklɑːsɹʊm/
  • Northern-England: /ˈklæsruːm/
  • Northern-England: /ˈklasruːm/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K L AE1 S R UW2 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A room, often in a school, where classes take place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a room in a school where lessons take place

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: schoolroom

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: room

Narrower terms: home room, homeroom, lecture room, study hall

History

Etymology

From class + room.

Across languages

Translations

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: klasë mësimore — room in a school
  • Arabic: صَفّ (ṣaff) — room in a school
  • Arabic: غُرْفَة التَّدْرِيس (ḡurfat at-tadrīs) — room in a school
  • Arabic: فَصْل (faṣl) — room in a school
  • Arabic: فَصْل مَدْرَسِيّ (faṣl madrasiyy) — room in a school
  • Armenian: դասարան (dasaran) — room in a school
  • Azerbaijani: sinif — room in a school
  • Azerbaijani: sinif otağı — room in a school
  • Belarusian: кла́сны пако́й (klásny pakój) — room in a school
  • Belarusian: клас (klas) — room in a school
  • Bulgarian: кла́сна ста́я (klásna stája) — room in a school
  • Burmese: စာသင်ခန်း (casanghkan:) — room in a school
  • Catalan: classe — room in a school
  • Catalan: aula — room in a school
  • Chinese Cantonese: 教室 (gaau3 sat1) — room in a school
  • Chinese Cantonese: 課堂 /课堂 (fo3 tong4) — room in a school
  • Chinese Cantonese: 課室 /课室 (fo3 sat1) — room in a school
  • Chinese: 教室 (zh-min-nan) — room in a school
  • Chinese: 課室 /课室 (khò-sek) — room in a school
  • Chinese Mandarin: 教室 (jiàoshì) — room in a school
  • Chinese Mandarin: 課堂 /课堂 (kètáng) — room in a school
  • Chinese Mandarin: 課室 /课室 (kèshì) — room in a school
  • Czech: třída — room in a school
  • Czech: učebna — room in a school
  • Danish: klasselokale — room in a school
  • Danish: klasseværelse — room in a school
  • Dhivehi: ކުލާސްރޫމް (kulāsrūm̊) — room in a school
  • Dutch: klaslokaal — room in a school
  • Esperanto: klasĉambro — room in a school
  • Estonian: klassiruum — room in a school
  • Finnish: luokkahuone — room in a school
  • Finnish: luokka — room in a school
  • French: salle de classe — room in a school
  • German: Klassenzimmer — room in a school
  • German: Klassenraum — room in a school
  • Greek: αίθουσα διδασκαλίας (aíthousa didaskalías) — room in a school
  • Hindi: कक्षा (kakṣā) — room in a school
  • Hindi: अध्ययनकक्ष (adhyayankakṣ) — room in a school
  • Hungarian: osztályterem — room in a school
  • Hungarian: tanterem — room in a school
  • Hungarian: terem — room in a school
  • Icelandic: skólastofa — room in a school
  • Indonesian: ruang kelas — room in a school
  • Italian: classe — room in a school
  • Italian: aula — room in a school
  • Japanese: 教室 (kyōshitsu) — room in a school
  • Japanese: 教場 (kyōjō) — room in a school
  • Kazakh: сынып бөлмесі (synyp bölmesı) — room in a school
  • Kazakh: оқу бөлмесі (oqu bölmesı) — room in a school
  • Khmer: ថ្នាក់រៀន (thnak riən) — room in a school
  • Khmer: បន្ទប់រៀន (bɑɑntup riən) — room in a school
  • Korean: 교실 (gyosil) — room in a school
  • Korean: 교장 (gyojang) — room in a school
  • Kyrgyz: класс бөлмөсү (klass bölmösü) — room in a school
  • Kyrgyz: класс комнатасы (klass komnatası) — room in a school
  • Lao: ຫ້ອງຮຽນ (hǭng hīan) — room in a school
  • Latin: odos — room in a school
  • Latin: odor — room in a school
  • Latin: aula magna — room in a school
  • Latvian: klase — room in a school
  • Lithuanian: klasė — room in a school
  • Luganda: ekibiina — room in a school
  • Luxembourgish: Klassesall — room in a school
  • Macedonian: училница (učilnica) — room in a school
  • Malay: bilik darjah — room in a school
  • Māori: akomanga — room in a school
  • Marathi: वर्ग (varga) — room in a school
  • Marathi: वर्गखोली (vargakholī) — room in a school
  • Mongolian: анги (angi) — room in a school
  • Norwegian Bokmål: klasserom — room in a school
  • Norwegian Bokmål: klasseværelse — room in a school
  • Iranian Persian: کِلاسِ دَرْس (kelâs-e dars) — room in a school
  • Iranian Persian: کِلاس (kelâs) — room in a school
  • Polish: aula — room in a school
  • Polish: klasa — room in a school
  • Polish: sala lekcyjna — room in a school
  • Portuguese: sala de aula — room in a school
  • Romanian: clasă — room in a school
  • Romanian: sală de clasă — room in a school
  • Russian: класс (klass) — room in a school
  • Russian: кла́ссная ко́мната (klássnaja kómnata) — room in a school
  • Russian: кла́ссная (klássnaja) — room in a school
  • Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-teagaisg — room in a school
  • Serbo-Croatian: учио́ница — room in a school
  • Serbo-Croatian: učiónica — room in a school
  • Shan: ပၢင်သွၼ် (pǎang sǎun) — room in a school
  • Slovak: trieda — room in a school
  • Slovak: učebňa — room in a school
  • Slovene: učilnica — room in a school
  • Southern Altai: класс (klass) — room in a school
  • Spanish: aula — room in a school
  • Spanish: sala de clases — room in a school
  • Spanish: salón de clases — room in a school
  • Swahili: darasa — room in a school
  • Swedish: klassrum — room in a school
  • Tagalog: silid-aralan — room in a school
  • Tagalog: klasrum — room in a school
  • Tajik: синфхона (sinfxona) — room in a school
  • Telugu: తరగతిగది (taragatigadi) — room in a school
  • Thai: ห้องเรียน (hɔ̂ng-riian) — room in a school
  • Turkish: sınıf — room in a school
  • Turkish: derslik — room in a school
  • Ottoman Turkish: درسخانه (dershâne) — room in a school
  • Ottoman Turkish: صنف (sınf, sınıf) — room in a school
  • Ukrainian: клас (klas) — room in a school
  • Ukrainian: кла́сна кімна́та (klásna kimnáta) — room in a school
  • Urdu: کَمْرَۂ جَماعَت (kamra-yi jamā'at) — room in a school
  • Urdu: کِلاس رُوم (kilās rūm) — room in a school
  • Uyghur: دەرسخانا (dersxana) — room in a school
  • Uzbek: darsxona — room in a school
  • Uzbek: sinf — room in a school
  • Uzbek: sinfxona — room in a school
  • Vietnamese: lớp học — room in a school
  • Vietnamese: phòng học — room in a school
  • Vietnamese: lớp — room in a school
  • Volapük: kladalecem — room in a school
Real reading context

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