dormitory

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɔː.mɪ.tɹi/
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• General-American: /ˈdɔɹ.mɪˌtɔɹ.i/
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• Canada: /ˈdɔɹ.mɪˌtɔɹ.i/
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• Canada: /ˈdɔɹ.mɪ.tɹi/
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• Australian: /ˈdoː.mɪ.tɹi/
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• CMU ARPABET: D AO1 R M AH0 T AO2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English dormitory, dormytory, dormytorye, borrowed from Latin dormītōrium (“a sleeping-room”), from dormiō (“to sleep”). Doublet of dormitorium and dorter.

158 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: հանրակացարան (hanrakacʻaran) — room for sleeping
• Bulgarian: о́бща спа́лня (óbšta spálnja) — room for sleeping
• Catalan: dormitori — room for sleeping
• Chinese Mandarin: 寢室 /寝室 (qǐnshì) — room for sleeping
• Chinese Mandarin: 宿舍 (sùshè) — room for sleeping
• Czech: noclehárna — room for sleeping
• Danish: sovesal — room for sleeping
• Dutch: slaapzaal — room for sleeping
• Dutch: slaapcel — room for sleeping
• Esperanto: dormejo — room for sleeping
• Esperanto: amasloĝejo — room for sleeping
• Estonian: ühikas — room for sleeping
• Estonian: ühiselamu — room for sleeping
• Finnish: makuusali — room for sleeping
• Finnish: makuuhuone — room for sleeping
• French: dortoir — room for sleeping
• French: cellule — room for sleeping
• Georgian: საძინებელი (saʒinebeli) — room for sleeping
• German: Schlafsaal — room for sleeping
• German: Dormitorium — room for sleeping
• Greek: υπνοθάλαμος (ypnothálamos) — room for sleeping
• Greek: υπνωτήριο (ypnotírio) — room for sleeping
• Greek: υπνοδωμάτιο (ypnodomátio) — room for sleeping
• Hebrew: חדר שינה (khadár shená) — room for sleeping
• Hungarian: hálóterem — room for sleeping
• Icelandic: svefnsalur — room for sleeping
• Icelandic: heimavist — room for sleeping
• Icelandic: kojuherbergi — room for sleeping
• Ido: dormeyo — room for sleeping
• Irish: suanlios — room for sleeping
• Irish: dórtúr — room for sleeping
• Italian: camerata — room for sleeping
• Japanese: 寝室 (shinshitsu) — room for sleeping
• Khmer: សយនដ្ឋាន (saʼyaʼnaʼdthaan) — room for sleeping
• Korean: 침실 (chimsil) — room for sleeping
• Latin: dormitorium — room for sleeping
• Macedonian: спа́лна со́ба (spálna sóba) — room for sleeping
• Malay: asrama — room for sleeping
• Mongolian: оюутны байр (ojuutny bajr) — room for sleeping
• Old English: slǣpern — room for sleeping
• Iranian Persian: خوابْگاه (xâbgâh) — room for sleeping
• Polish: akademik — room for sleeping
• Portuguese: dormitório — room for sleeping
• Romanian: dormitor — room for sleeping
• Russian: о́бщая спа́льня (óbščaja spálʹnja) — room for sleeping
• Russian: дортуа́р (dortuár) — room for sleeping
• Russian: спа́льня (spálʹnja) — room for sleeping
• Scottish Gaelic: suain-lann — room for sleeping
• Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-cadail — room for sleeping
• Southern Altai: уйуктаар кып (uyuktaar kïp) — room for sleeping
• Spanish: dormitorio — room for sleeping
• Swahili: bweni — room for sleeping
• Swedish: sovsal — room for sleeping
• Tamil: ஹாஸ்டல் (hāsṭal) — room for sleeping
• Tamil: விடுதி (viṭuti) — room for sleeping
• Turkish: yatakhane — room for sleeping
• Turkish: yurt — room for sleeping
• Ottoman Turkish: یاتاقخانه (yatakhâne) — room for sleeping
• Ottoman Turkish: قوغوش (koğuş) — room for sleeping
• Ukrainian: почива́льня (počyválʹnja) — room for sleeping
• Vietnamese: phòng ngủ — room for sleeping
• Welsh: noswylfa — room for sleeping
• Albanian: konvikt — building or part thereof
• Arabic: مَهْجَع (mahjaʕ) — building or part thereof
• Armenian: հանրակացարան (hanrakacʻaran) — building or part thereof
• Armenian: քնարան (kʻnaran) — building or part thereof
• Azerbaijani: yataqxana — building or part thereof
• Belarusian: інтэрна́т (internát) — building or part thereof
• Bulgarian: общежи́тие (obštežítie) — building or part thereof
• Chinese Mandarin: 宿舍 (sùshè) — building or part thereof
• Chinese Mandarin: 寄宿舍 (jìsùshè) — building or part thereof
• Czech: noclehárna — building or part thereof
• Czech: internát — building or part thereof
• Danish: internat — building or part thereof
• Dutch: internaat — building or part thereof
• Dutch: studentenhuis — building or part thereof
• Esperanto: dormejo — building or part thereof
• Esperanto: studenta loĝejo — building or part thereof
• Estonian: ühikas — building or part thereof
• Estonian: ühiselamu — building or part thereof
• Estonian: internaat — building or part thereof
• Finnish: asuntola — building or part thereof
• French: résidence — building or part thereof
• French: foyer — building or part thereof
• French: cité universitaire — building or part thereof
• Georgian: საერთო საცხოვრებელი (saerto sacxovrebeli) — building or part thereof
• German: Studentenwohnheim — building or part thereof
• German: Studentenheim — building or part thereof
• German: Wohnheim — building or part thereof
• German: Heim — building or part thereof
• German: Dormitorium — building or part thereof
• Greek: υπνωτήριο (ypnotírio) — building or part thereof
• Greek: κοιτώνας (koitónas) — building or part thereof
• Hebrew: מעונות (me'onot) — building or part thereof
• Hungarian: szálló — building or part thereof
• Hungarian: diákszálló — building or part thereof
• Hungarian: nővérszálló — building or part thereof
• Hungarian: munkásszálló — building or part thereof
• Hungarian: diákotthon — building or part thereof
• Hungarian: kollégium — building or part thereof
• Icelandic: heimavist — building or part thereof
• Indonesian: asrama — building or part thereof
• Italian: residenza universitaria — building or part thereof
• Italian: studentato — building or part thereof
• Italian: casa dello studente — building or part thereof
• Italian: dormitorio — building or part thereof
• Japanese: 寮 (ryō) — building or part thereof
• Japanese: 宿舎 (shukusha) — building or part thereof
• Kazakh: жатақхана (jataqxana) — building or part thereof
• Khmer: និវាសដ្ឋាន (niviəsatthaan) — building or part thereof
• Korean: 기숙사 (gisuksa) — building or part thereof
• Kyrgyz: жатакана (jatakana) — building or part thereof
• Latin: dormitorium — building or part thereof
• Latvian: internāts — building or part thereof
• Latvian: kopmītne — building or part thereof
• Lithuanian: bendrabutis — building or part thereof
• Macedonian: сту́дентски дом (stúdentski dom) — building or part thereof
• Malay: asrama — building or part thereof
• Māori: wharemoe — building or part thereof
• Khiamniungan Naga: pōu — building or part thereof
• Norwegian Bokmål: internat — building or part thereof
• Norwegian Bokmål: studenthjem — building or part thereof
• Iranian Persian: خوابْگاه (xâbgâh) — building or part thereof
• Polish: akademik — building or part thereof
• Polish: dormitorium — building or part thereof
• Polish: internat — building or part thereof
• Portuguese: dormitório — building or part thereof
• Romanian: cămin — building or part thereof
• Russian: общежи́тие (obščežítije) — building or part thereof
• Russian: обща́га f ( (obščága) — building or part thereof
• Serbo-Croatian: студентски дом — building or part thereof
• Serbo-Croatian: studentski dom — building or part thereof
• Slovak: internát — building or part thereof
• Slovak: nocľaháreň — building or part thereof
• Slovene: študentski dom — building or part thereof
• Southern Altai: общежитие (obščežitiye) — building or part thereof
• Southern Altai: јадын-јӱрӱм (ǰadïn-ǰürüm) — building or part thereof
• Spanish: residencia estudiantil — building or part thereof
• Spanish: dormitorio — building or part thereof
• Spanish: apartamento estudiantino — building or part thereof
• Spanish: vivienda universitaria — building or part thereof
• Spanish: casalicio colegial — building or part thereof
• Spanish: casa escolar — building or part thereof
• Swedish: studenthem — building or part thereof
• Tajik: хобгоҳ (xobgoh) — building or part thereof
• Thai: หอพัก (hɔ̌ɔ-pák) — building or part thereof
• Turkish: yatakhane — building or part thereof
• Turkish: yurt — building or part thereof
• Ottoman Turkish: یاتاقخانه (yatakhâne) — building or part thereof
• Ottoman Turkish: قوغوش (koğuş) — building or part thereof
• Turkmen: ýatakhana — building or part thereof
• Udmurt: огинъюрт (oginjurt) — building or part thereof
• Ukrainian: гурто́житок (hurtóžytok) — building or part thereof
• Uyghur: ياتاقخانا (yataqxana) — building or part thereof
• Uzbek: yotoqxona — building or part thereof
• Vietnamese: kí túc xá — building or part thereof
• Yakut: уопсай дьиэ (uopsay jie) — building or part thereof
• Yiddish: אינטערנאַט (internat) — building or part thereof