noun
Meaning 1
A room set aside for the use of staff.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Between lessons, the teachers relaxed in the staffroom.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
staffroom
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English staff 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 English staffroom From staff + room.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: стая на персонала (staja na personala) — room
- Czech: sborovna — room
- Dutch: personeelskamer — room
- Finnish: henkilöstötila — room
- German: Lehrerzimmer — room
- Hungarian: tanári — room
- Hungarian: tanári szoba — room