Phrase guide

reading room

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A dedicated space in a library, or similar institution of learning, set aside for reading.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: athenaeum

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A reference library.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a room set aside for reading

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: room

Narrower terms: newsroom

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَاعَة ٱلْمُطَالَعَة (qāʕat al-muṭālaʕa) — space set aside for reading
  • Armenian: ընթերցասրահ (əntʻercʻasrah) — space set aside for reading
  • Basque: irakurgela — space set aside for reading
  • Bulgarian: читалня (čitalnja) — space set aside for reading
  • Catalan: sala de lectura — space set aside for reading
  • Chinese Mandarin: 閱覽室 /阅览室 (yuèlǎnshì) — space set aside for reading
  • Chinese Mandarin: 閱讀室 /阅读室 (yuèdúshì) — space set aside for reading
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圖書室 /图书室 (túshūshì) — space set aside for reading
  • Czech: čítárna — space set aside for reading
  • Danish: læsesal — space set aside for reading
  • Dutch: leeszaal — space set aside for reading
  • Estonian: lugemissaal — space set aside for reading
  • Finnish: lukusali — space set aside for reading
  • French: salle de lecture — space set aside for reading
  • German: Lesesaal — space set aside for reading
  • Greek: αναγνωστήριο (anagnostírio) — space set aside for reading
  • Hungarian: olvasóterem — space set aside for reading
  • Italian: sala di lettura — space set aside for reading
  • Japanese: 読書室 (dokushoshitsu) — space set aside for reading
  • Japanese: 閲覧室 (etsuranshitsu) — space set aside for reading
  • Korean: 독서실 (dokseosil) — space set aside for reading
  • Korean: 열람실 (yeollamsil) — space set aside for reading
  • Latvian: lasītava — space set aside for reading
  • Macedonian: читалница (čitalnica) — space set aside for reading
  • Macedonian: читална (čitalna) — space set aside for reading
  • Pannonian Rusyn: читальня (čitalʹnja) — space set aside for reading
  • Plautdietsch: Lässtow — space set aside for reading
  • Polish: czytelnia — space set aside for reading
  • Portuguese: sala de leitura — space set aside for reading
  • Russian: чита́льный зал (čitálʹnyj zal) — space set aside for reading
  • Russian: чита́льня (čitálʹnja) — space set aside for reading
  • Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-leughaidh — space set aside for reading
  • Serbo-Croatian: čitaónica — space set aside for reading
  • Slovene: čitalnica — space set aside for reading
  • Slovene: bralnica — space set aside for reading
  • Spanish: sala de lectura — space set aside for reading
  • Swedish: läsesal — space set aside for reading
  • Tagalog: silid-basahan — space set aside for reading
  • Unami: èhènta ahkënsink — space set aside for reading