adj
Meaning 1
Spacious, expansive, comfortable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Our new apartment is roomy enough to accommodate all our furniture.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
roomy
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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UK: /ˈɹuːmi/
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UK: /ˈɹʊmi/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -uːmi
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rhymes with -ʊmi
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homophone: rheumy
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homophone: Rumi
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CMU ARPABET: R UW1 M IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Alternative spelling of roomie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
(of buildings and rooms) having ample space
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a roomy but sparsely furnished apartment
- a spacious ballroom
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spacious
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
an associate who shares a room with you
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: roommate, roomie
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: friend
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English roomy From room + -y.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: وَاسِع (wāsiʕ) — spacious
- Arabic: رَحْب (raḥb) — spacious
- Bashkir: иркен (irken) — spacious
- Bulgarian: просторен (prostoren) — spacious
- Catalan: espaiós — spacious
- Chinese Mandarin: 寬敞 /宽敞 (kuānchang) — spacious
- Chinese Mandarin: 廣闊 /广阔 (guǎngkuò) — spacious
- Chinese Mandarin: 寬廣 /宽广 (kuānguǎng) — spacious
- Chinese Mandarin: 寬大 /宽大 (kuāndà) — spacious
- Chinese Mandarin: 敞 (chǎng) — spacious
- Czech: prostorný — spacious
- Dutch: ruim — spacious
- Esperanto: vasta — spacious
- Finnish: tilava — spacious
- Finnish: väljä — spacious
- French: spacieux — spacious
- French: ample — spacious
- French: grand — spacious
- French: logeable — spacious
- Georgian: ფართე (parte) — spacious
- Georgian: თავისუფალი (tavisupali) — spacious
- German: geräumig — spacious
- German: weit — spacious
- Gothic: 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rums) — spacious
- Japanese: 広い (hiroi) — spacious
- Japanese: 広々とした (hirobiro to shita) — spacious
- Japanese: 広々 (hirobiro) — spacious
- Latin: capax — spacious
- Latin: laxus — spacious
- Latin: spatiōsus — spacious
- Old English: rūm — spacious
- Old English: ġēap — spacious
- Persian: راحَت — spacious
- Persian: جادار — spacious
- Persian: گُنجا — spacious
- Plautdietsch: rumich — spacious
- Polish: obszerny — spacious
- Polish: przestronny — spacious
- Portuguese: espaçoso — spacious
- Portuguese: amplo — spacious
- Romanian: spațios — spacious
- Romanian: amplu — spacious
- Romanian: încăpător — spacious
- Russian: просто́рный (prostórnyj) — spacious
- Sanskrit: विशाल (viśāla) — spacious
- Serbo-Croatian: pròstran — spacious
- Spanish: espacioso — spacious
- Spanish: amplio — spacious
- Spanish: desahogado — spacious
- Swedish: rymlig — spacious
- Ukrainian: просто́рий (prostóryj) — spacious