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refectory

noun · 2 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.

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  • /ɹɪˈfɛkt(ə)ɹi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A dining hall, especially in an institution such as a college or monastery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dining-hall

History

Etymology

Via Middle English refectori from Late Latin refectorium, from Latin reficere (“to remake, to rebuild”).

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: трапезария (trapezarija) — dining-hall
  • Bulgarian: столова (stolova) — dining-hall
  • Catalan: refectori — dining-hall
  • Catalan: refetor — dining-hall
  • Chinese Mandarin: 食堂 (shítáng) — dining-hall
  • Chinese Mandarin: 餐廳 /餐厅 (cāntīng) — dining-hall
  • Danish: refektorium — dining-hall
  • Dutch: refter — dining-hall
  • Dutch: eetzaal — dining-hall
  • Dutch: refectorium — dining-hall
  • Finnish: ruokala — dining-hall
  • Finnish: ruokasali — dining-hall
  • Finnish: refektorio — dining-hall
  • French: réfectoire — dining-hall
  • Galician: refectorio — dining-hall
  • German: Refektorium — dining-hall
  • German: Speisesaal — dining-hall
  • German: Mensa — dining-hall
  • German: Remter — dining-hall
  • Greek: τραπεζαρία (trapezaría) — dining-hall
  • Greek: τράπεζα (trápeza) — dining-hall
  • Irish: proinnteach — dining-hall
  • Italian: refettorio — dining-hall
  • Italian: mensa — dining-hall
  • Japanese: 食堂 (shokudō) — dining-hall
  • Korean: 구내식당 (gunaesikdang) — dining-hall
  • Korean: 식당 (sikdang) — dining-hall
  • Latin: cenatio — dining-hall
  • Latin: refectōrium — dining-hall
  • Macedonian: трпеза́рија (trpezárija) — dining-hall
  • Norwegian Bokmål: refektorium — dining-hall
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: refektorium — dining-hall
  • Plautdietsch: Ätstow — dining-hall
  • Polish: refektarz — dining-hall
  • Portuguese: refeitório — dining-hall
  • Russian: тра́пезная (trápeznaja) — dining-hall
  • Russian: столо́вая (stolóvaja) — dining-hall
  • Spanish: refectorio — dining-hall
  • Swedish: refektorium — dining-hall
  • Swedish: klostermatsal — dining-hall
  • Turkish: yemekhane — dining-hall
  • Welsh: ffreutur — dining-hall