noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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noun
Meaning 1
The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury.
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 which a lawcourt sits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
television cameras were admitted in the courtroom
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: court
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: room
History
Etymology
From court + room.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
قَاعَةُ مَحْكَمَة
(qāʕatu maḥkama)
— room where a judge presides
Arabic:
قَاعَةُ الْمَحْكَمَة
(qāʕatu l-maḥkama)
— room where a judge presides
Belarusian:
за́ла суда́
(zála sudá)
— room where a judge presides
Bulgarian:
съде́бна за́ла
(sǎdébna zála)
— room where a judge presides
Chinese Mandarin:
法庭
(fǎtíng)
— room where a judge presides
Czech:
soudní síň
— room where a judge presides
Danish:
retssal
— room where a judge presides
Dutch:
rechtszaal
— room where a judge presides
Dutch:
zittingszaal
— room where a judge presides
Esperanto:
juĝejo
— room where a judge presides
Estonian:
kohtusaal
— room where a judge presides
Finnish:
oikeussali
— room where a judge presides
French:
salle d'audience
— room where a judge presides
German:
Gerichtssaal
— room where a judge presides
German:
Sitzungssaal
— room where a judge presides
Hebrew:
אולם משפטים
('ulám mishpatím)
— room where a judge presides
Hungarian:
tárgyalóterem
— room where a judge presides
Italian:
aula
— room where a judge presides
Italian:
sala d'udienza
— room where a judge presides
Japanese:
裁判廷
(saibantei)
— room where a judge presides
Japanese:
公判廷
(kōhantei)
— room where a judge presides
Korean:
재판정
(jaepanjeong)
— room where a judge presides
Korean:
공판정
(gongpanjeong)
— room where a judge presides
Latvian:
tiesas zāle
— room where a judge presides
Lithuanian:
teismo salė
— room where a judge presides
Macedonian:
судница
(sudnica)
— room where a judge presides
Norwegian Bokmål:
rettssal
— room where a judge presides
Norwegian Nynorsk:
rettssal
— room where a judge presides
Pannonian Rusyn:
суднїца
(sudnjica)
— room where a judge presides
Pannonian Rusyn:
судска сала
(sudska sala)
— room where a judge presides
Iranian Persian:
اُتاقِ دادْگاه
(otâġ-e dâdgâh)
— room where a judge presides
Polish:
sala sądowa
— room where a judge presides
Polish:
sala rozpraw
— room where a judge presides
Portuguese:
corte
— room where a judge presides
Romanian:
sală de judecată
— room where a judge presides
Russian:
зал суда́
(zal sudá)
— room where a judge presides
Russian:
зал суде́бных заседа́ний
(zal sudébnyx zasedánij)
— room where a judge presides
Russian:
суде́бный зал
(sudébnyj zal)
— room where a judge presides
Serbo-Croatian:
су́дница
— room where a judge presides
Serbo-Croatian:
súdnica
— room where a judge presides
Slovak:
súdna sieň
— room where a judge presides
Slovene:
sodna dvorana
— room where a judge presides
Spanish:
sala de un tribunal
— room where a judge presides
Swedish:
rättssal
— room where a judge presides
Swedish:
tingssal
— room where a judge presides
Ukrainian:
за́ла суду́
(zála sudú)
— room where a judge presides
Ukrainian:
за́ла судови́х засі́дань
(zála sudovýx zasídanʹ)
— room where a judge presides
Ukrainian:
судова́ за́ла
(sudová zála)
— room where a judge presides
Urdu:
کَمْرَۂ عَدَالَت
(kamra-yi 'adālat)
— room where a judge presides