noun · verb · 8 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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American:/kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/
Received-Pronunciation:/kəmˈpɑːtmənt/
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CMU ARPABET:K AH0 M P AA1 R T M AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Two men were seated in a well-lit compartment of a third-class railway carriage.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The part of a protein that serves a specific function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: space
Narrower terms: cell, cubbyhole, pigeonhole, Post-Office box, PO Box, POB, call box, letter box
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *perh3-der.? Proto-Italic *partis Latin pars Latin partiō Latin partior Latin compartīrībor. Italian compartire Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Italian -mento Italian compartimentobor. Middle French compartimentder. English compartment First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri (“to divide with, to share with”), from com- + partiri (“to apportion, to divide, to share”).
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مَقْصُورَة
(maqṣūra)
— chamber
Belarusian:
аддзяле́нне
(addzjaljénnje)
— chamber
Belarusian:
адсе́к
(adsjék)
— chamber
Belarusian:
купэ́
(kupé)
— chamber
Bulgarian:
купе
(kupe)
— chamber
Bulgarian:
отделение
(otdelenie)
— chamber
Catalan:
compartiment
— chamber
Chinese Mandarin:
車廂 /车厢
(chēxiāng)
— chamber
Chinese Mandarin:
包房
(bāofáng)
— chamber
Czech:
oddělení
— chamber
Czech:
kupé
— chamber
Czech:
přihrádka
— chamber
Dutch:
ruimte
— chamber
Esperanto:
kupeo
— chamber
Esperanto:
kompartimento
— chamber
Finnish:
osasto
— chamber
Finnish:
aitio
— chamber
Finnish:
loosi
— chamber
Finnish:
kammio
— chamber
French:
compartiment
— chamber
Galician:
compartimento
— chamber
Georgian:
განყოფილება
(ganq̇opileba)
— chamber
German:
Abteil
— chamber
Hindi:
डिब्बा
(ḍibbā)
— chamber
Hungarian:
fülke
— chamber
Japanese:
仕切り
(shikiri)
— chamber
Japanese:
区画
(kukaku)
— chamber
Korean:
컴파트먼트
(keompateumeonteu)
— chamber
Macedonian:
о́тсек
(ótsek)
— chamber
Macedonian:
купе́
(kupé)
— chamber
Macedonian:
пре́града
(prégrada)
— chamber
Norwegian:
kupé
— chamber
Persian:
کوپه
(kupe)
— chamber
Polish:
przedział
— chamber
Portuguese:
compartimento
— chamber
Rarotongan:
piʻa
— chamber
Romanian:
compartiment
— chamber
Russian:
отделе́ние
(otdelénije)
— chamber
Russian:
отсе́к
(otsék)
— chamber
Russian:
купе́
(kupé)
— chamber
Spanish:
compartimiento
— chamber
Spanish:
compartimento
— chamber
Swedish:
avdelning
— chamber
Swedish:
kupé
— chamber
Turkish:
kompartıman
— chamber
Turkish:
bölme
— chamber
Ottoman Turkish:
حجره
(hücre)
— chamber
Ukrainian:
відді́лення
(viddílennja)
— chamber
Ukrainian:
відсі́к
(vidsík)
— chamber
Ukrainian:
купе́
(kupé)
— chamber
Afrikaans:
kompartement
— part into which an area is subdivided
Afrikaans:
kompartemente
— part into which an area is subdivided
Bulgarian:
отделение
(otdelenie)
— part into which an area is subdivided
Catalan:
compartiment
— part into which an area is subdivided
Esperanto:
fako
— part into which an area is subdivided
Finnish:
osa-alue
— part into which an area is subdivided
French:
compartiment
— part into which an area is subdivided
Galician:
compartimento
— part into which an area is subdivided
Irish:
urrann
— part into which an area is subdivided
Macedonian:
о́тсек
(ótsek)
— part into which an area is subdivided
Macedonian:
о́ддел
(óddel)
— part into which an area is subdivided
Rarotongan:
piʻa
— part into which an area is subdivided
Romanian:
compartiment
— part into which an area is subdivided
Romanian:
compartimente
— part into which an area is subdivided
Russian:
отделе́ние
(otdelénije)
— part into which an area is subdivided
Russian:
отсе́к
(otsék)
— part into which an area is subdivided
Spanish:
compartimiento
— part into which an area is subdivided
Spanish:
compartimento
— part into which an area is subdivided
Swedish:
fack
— part into which an area is subdivided
Turkish:
bölme
— part into which an area is subdivided
Finnish:
jakso
— biochemistry: part of a protein
Dutch:
ondergrond
— heraldry: mound beneath the shield
Finnish:
postamentti
— heraldry: mound beneath the shield
French:
terrasse
— heraldry: mound beneath the shield
German:
Postament
— heraldry: mound beneath the shield
Italian:
terrazza
— heraldry: mound beneath the shield
Italian:
zoccolo
— heraldry: mound beneath the shield
Polish:
postument
— heraldry: mound beneath the shield
Spanish:
terraza
— heraldry: mound beneath the shield
Swedish:
postament
— heraldry: mound beneath the shield
