name
Meaning 1
A surname from Irish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dormer
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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/ˈdɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)/
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homophone: dormer
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General-American: /ˈdɔɹmɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɔːmə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: D AO1 R M ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
Ellipsis of dormer-window.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: architecture
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noun
Meaning 4
A resident of a dormitory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines
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noun
Meaning 5
a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dormer window
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: window
History
Etymology
Most probably an English habitational surname, but if so the place of origin has not been identified. It could also be a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Díorma.
From Middle French dormoir (“sleeping room”), from dormir (“to sleep”).
Etymology tree English dorm Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English dormer From dorm + -er.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: капандура (kapandura) — roofed projection
- Catalan: llucana — roofed projection
- Czech: vikýř — roofed projection
- Danish: kvist — roofed projection
- Dutch: dakkapel — roofed projection
- Faroese: kvistur — roofed projection
- Finnish: kattolyhty — roofed projection
- German: Dachgaube — roofed projection
- Icelandic: kvistur — roofed projection
- Italian: abbaìno — roofed projection
- Norwegian Bokmål: ark — roofed projection
- Norwegian Bokmål: kvist — roofed projection
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ark — roofed projection
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kvist — roofed projection
- Slovak: vikier — roofed projection
Real reading context