Phrase guide

living room

noun · 3 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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  • /ˈlɪvɪŋ ɹuːm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A room in a private house used for general social and leisure activities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: lounge (esp. UK), loungeroom, lounge room (esp. Australia), sitting room, parlour, parlor, foreroom, front room, drawing room, zitkamer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lounge, loungeroom, lounge room, sitting room, parlour, parlor, foreroom, front room, drawing room, zitkamer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: room, space, place, site, location

2

noun

Meaning 2

Land intended for settlers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Lebensraum, living space

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: living-room, sitting room, front room, parlor, parlour

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: room

Narrower terms: common room, morning room, salon

History

Etymology

Doublet of Lebensraum.

Across languages

Translations

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غُرْفَةْ الاِسْتِقْبَال (ḡurfat al-istiqbāl) — room in a private house
  • Arabic: غُرْفَةْ جُلُوس (ḡurfat julūs) — room in a private house
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܨܵܠܘܿܢܵܐ (ṣālōnā) — room in a private house
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܲܘܵܢ ܝܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (tawwān ṯāḇtā) — room in a private house
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܲܘܵܢ ܐܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ (tawwān arḥē) — room in a private house
  • Armenian: հյուրասենյակ (hyurasenyak) — room in a private house
  • Azerbaijani: qonaq otağı — room in a private house
  • Azerbaijani: əl otağı — room in a private house
  • Basque: egongela — room in a private house
  • Belarusian: гасцёўня (hascjównja) — room in a private house
  • Belarusian: гасьцёўня (hasʹcjównja) — room in a private house
  • Belarusian: гасці́ная (hascínaja) — room in a private house
  • Belarusian: гасьці́ная (hasʹcínaja) — room in a private house
  • Belarusian: сало́н (salón) — room in a private house
  • Belarusian: салён (saljón) — room in a private house
  • Bulgarian: дне́вна (dnévna) — room in a private house
  • Burmese: ဧည့်ခန်း (e-ny.hkan:) — room in a private house
  • Catalan: sala d'estar — room in a private house
  • Catalan: cambra d'estar — room in a private house
  • Catalan: sala — room in a private house
  • Chinese Mandarin: 客廳 /客厅 (kètīng) — room in a private house
  • Chinese Mandarin: 起居室 (qǐjūshì) — room in a private house
  • Choctaw: aboha aiasha — room in a private house
  • Ngazidja Comorian: ɓanɗa — room in a private house
  • Crimean Tatar: ayat — room in a private house
  • Czech: obývací pokoj — room in a private house
  • Czech: obývák — room in a private house
  • Danish: stue — room in a private house
  • Danish: dagligstue — room in a private house
  • Dutch: woonkamer — room in a private house
  • Dutch: huiskamer — room in a private house
  • Dutch: kamer — room in a private house
  • Dutch: zitkamer — room in a private house
  • Dutch: living — room in a private house
  • Dutch: voorzaal — room in a private house
  • Esperanto: salono — room in a private house
  • Esperanto: loĝoĉambro — room in a private house
  • Esperanto: vivoĉambro — room in a private house
  • Estonian: elutuba — room in a private house
  • Faroese: stova — room in a private house
  • Finnish: olohuone — room in a private house
  • French: séjour — room in a private house
  • French: salon — room in a private house
  • French: salle de séjour — room in a private house
  • Georgian: სასტუმრო ოთახი (sasṭumro otaxi) — room in a private house
  • Georgian: მისაღები ოთახი (misaɣebi otaxi) — room in a private house
  • Georgian: საცხოვრებელი ოთახი (sacxovrebeli otaxi) — room in a private house
  • German: Wohnzimmer — room in a private house
  • German: Salon — room in a private house
  • German: Schtube — room in a private house
  • Greek: σαλοτραπεζαρία (salotrapezaría) — room in a private house
  • Greek: σαλόνι (salóni) — room in a private house
  • Greenlandic: ini — room in a private house
  • Greenlandic: inersuaq — room in a private house
  • Gujarati: દીવાનખાનું (dīvānkhānũ) — room in a private house
  • Hebrew: סָלוֹן (salón) — room in a private house
  • Hebrew: חֲדַר אוֹרְחִים (ẖadár orẖím) — room in a private house
  • Hindi: बैठकख़ाना (baiṭhakxānā) — room in a private house
  • Hungarian: nappali — room in a private house
  • Icelandic: stofa — room in a private house
  • Indonesian: ruang keluarga — room in a private house
  • Ingrian: pertti — room in a private house
  • Ingrian: tupa — room in a private house
  • Interlingua: salon — room in a private house
  • Irish: seomra suí — room in a private house
  • Italian: soggiorno — room in a private house
  • Italian: salotto — room in a private house
  • Japanese: 居間 (ima) — room in a private house
  • Japanese: リビング (ribingu) — room in a private house
  • Khoekhoe: ǁkhan ǃnâ-oms — room in a private house
  • Korean: 거실 (geosil) — room in a private house
  • Latin: sessōrium — room in a private house
  • Latvian: viesistaba — room in a private house
  • Latvian: dzīvojamā istaba — room in a private house
  • Luxembourgish: Stuff — room in a private house
  • Macedonian: дневна соба (dnevna soba) — room in a private house
  • Macedonian: дневна (dnevna) — room in a private house
  • Maltese: salott — room in a private house
  • Māori: rūma noho — room in a private house
  • Norman: salle — room in a private house
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stue — room in a private house
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppholdsrom — room in a private house
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stue — room in a private house
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: opphaldsrom — room in a private house
  • Occitan: salon — room in a private house
  • Occitan: sala — room in a private house
  • Old English: hēahclēofa — room in a private house
  • Oromo: gorduba — room in a private house
  • Iranian Persian: نِشیمَن (nešiman) — room in a private house
  • Iranian Persian: اُتاقِ نِشیمَن (otâġ-e nešiman) — room in a private house
  • Iranian Persian: پَذیرائی (pazirâ'i) — room in a private house
  • Iranian Persian: سالُن (sâlon) — room in a private house
  • Plautdietsch: Spaziastow — room in a private house
  • Plautdietsch: Wonstow — room in a private house
  • Polish: salon — room in a private house
  • Polish: duży pokój — room in a private house
  • Polish: pokój gościnny — room in a private house
  • Polish: pokój dzienny — room in a private house
  • Portuguese: sala de estar — room in a private house
  • Quechua: samana wasi — room in a private house
  • Romanian: sufragerie — room in a private house
  • Romanian: cameră de zi — room in a private house
  • Romanian: living — room in a private house
  • Romansh: stiva — room in a private house
  • Russian: гости́ная (gostínaja) — room in a private house
  • Russian: зал (zal) — room in a private house
  • Russian: сало́н (salón) — room in a private house
  • Northern Sami: beaivelatnja — room in a private house
  • Southern Sami: ståapa — room in a private house
  • Southern Sami: ståapoe — room in a private house
  • Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-còmhnaidh — room in a private house
  • Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-suidhe — room in a private house
  • Serbo-Croatian: дневна соба — room in a private house
  • Serbo-Croatian: dnevna soba — room in a private house
  • Slovak: obývacia izba — room in a private house
  • Slovene: dnevna soba — room in a private house
  • Lower Sorbian: bydleńska śpa — room in a private house
  • Southern Altai: гостиный (gostinïy) — room in a private house
  • Southern Altai: салон (salon) — room in a private house
  • Spanish: salón — room in a private house
  • Spanish: sala de estar — room in a private house
  • Spanish: sala — room in a private house
  • Spanish: living — room in a private house
  • Swahili: sebule — room in a private house
  • Swedish: vardagsrum — room in a private house
  • Swedish: finrum — room in a private house
  • Swedish: stora rummet — room in a private house
  • Tagalog: salas — room in a private house
  • Telugu: దేశం గది (dēśaṁ gadi) — room in a private house
  • Thai: ห้องนั่งเล่น (hɔ̂ng-nâng-lên) — room in a private house
  • Turkish: oturma odası — room in a private house
  • Turkish: salon — room in a private house
  • Ukrainian: віта́льня (vitálʹnja) — room in a private house
  • Ukrainian: зал (zal) — room in a private house
  • Ukrainian: сало́н (salón) — room in a private house
  • Urdu: بَیْٹَھک خانَہ (bayṭhak xāna) — room in a private house
  • Vietnamese: phòng khách — room in a private house
  • Welsh: lolfa — room in a private house
  • Welsh: ystafell fyw — room in a private house
  • Yiddish: וווינצימער (voyntsimer) — room in a private house
  • Yiddish: זאַל (zal) — room in a private house