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A room in a public place for people to wait.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: ladies' room, women's room, gentlemen's room
a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lounge, waiting area
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: room
Narrower terms: cloakroom, departure lounge
From waiting + room. Compare Dutch wachtruimte (“waiting room, waiting area”), German Warterraum (“waiting room”).
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
غُرْفَةُ الاِنْتِظَار
(ḡurfatu l-intiẓār)
— room
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Armenian:
սպասասրահ
(spasasrah)
— room
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Armenian:
ընդունարան
(əndunaran)
— room
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Basque:
itxarongela
— room
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Belarusian:
за́ла чака́ння
(zála čakánnja)
— room
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Belarusian:
чака́льня
(čakálʹnja)
— room
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Belarusian:
прыёмная
(pryjómnaja)
— room
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Bengali:
বিশ্রামাগার
(bisramagar)
— room
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Bulgarian:
чака́лня
(čakálnja)
— room
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Chinese Mandarin:
候機室 /候机室
(hòujīshì)
— room
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Chinese Mandarin:
候診室 /候诊室
(hòuzhěnshì)
— room
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Chinese Mandarin:
候車室 /候车室
(hòuchēshì)
— room
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Chinese Mandarin:
接待室
(jiēdàishì)
— room
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Chinese Mandarin:
等候室
(děnghòuishì)
— room
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Czech:
čekárna
— room
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Danish:
venteværelse
— room
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Danish:
ventesal
— room
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Dutch:
wachtkamer
— room
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Dutch:
wachtzaal
— room
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Esperanto:
atendejo
— room
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Estonian:
ootesaal
— room
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Estonian:
ooteruum
— room
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Estonian:
ootetuba
— room
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Faroese:
bíðirúm
— room
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Finnish:
odotustila
— room
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Finnish:
odotushuone
— room
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Finnish:
odotussali
— room
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French:
salle d'attente
— room
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French:
chambre d'attente
— room
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French:
salle des pas perdus
— room
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Georgian:
მოსაცდელი
(mosacdeli)
— room
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Georgian:
მოსაცდელი დარბაზი
(mosacdeli darbazi)
— room
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German:
Wartezimmer
— room
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German:
Warteraum
— room
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German:
Wartesaal
— room
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Greek:
αίθουσα αναμονής
(aíthousa anamonís)
— room
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Hebrew:
חֲדַר הַמְתָּנָה
(khadár hamtaná)
— room
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Hindi:
प्रतीक्षालय
(pratīkṣālay)
— room
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Hindi:
प्रतीक्षागृह
(pratīkṣāgŕh)
— room
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Hindi:
ठहरने का कमरा
(ṭhaharne kā kamrā)
— room
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Hungarian:
váróterem
— room
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Icelandic:
biðstofa
— room
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Ido:
varteyo
— room
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Indonesian:
ruang tunggu
— room
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Irish:
seomra feithimh
— room
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Italian:
sala d'aspetto
— room
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Italian:
sala d'attesa
— room
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Japanese:
待合室
(machiaishitsu)
— room
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Kazakh:
күту бөлмесі
(kütu bölmesı)
— room
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Khmer:
សាលរងចាំ
(saal rɔɔng cam)
— room
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Korean:
대기실
(daegisil)
— room
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Macedonian:
чекалница
(čekalnica)
— room
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Māori:
rūma tatari
— room
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Navajo:
naʼiiztání
— room
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Norwegian Bokmål:
venterom
— room
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
venterom
— room
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Pannonian Rusyn:
чекальня
(čekalʹnja)
— room
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Persian:
اتاق انتظار
(otâq-e entezâr)
— room
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Polish:
poczekalnia
— room
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Portuguese:
sala de espera
— room
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Romanian:
sală de așteptare
— room
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Russian:
зал ожида́ния
(zal ožidánija)
— room
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Russian:
приёмная
(prijómnaja)
— room
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Scottish Gaelic:
seòmar-feitheimh
— room
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Serbo-Croatian:
чекао́ница
— room
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Serbo-Croatian:
čekaónica
— room
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Slovak:
čakáreň
— room
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Slovene:
čakalnica
— room
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Spanish:
sala de espera
— room
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Swedish:
väntrum
— room
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Swedish:
väntsal
— room
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Thai:
ห้องพัก
(hɔ̂ng-pák)
— room
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Turkish:
bekleme odası
— room
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Ukrainian:
зал очі́кування
(zal očíkuvannja)
— room
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Ukrainian:
чека́льня
(čekálʹnja)
— room
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Ukrainian:
прийма́льня
(pryjmálʹnja)
— room
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Vietnamese:
phòng chờ
— room
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Vietnamese:
phòng đợi
— room
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Volapük:
stebedalecem
— room
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Welsh:
ystafell aros
— room