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courtroom

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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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
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