Phrase guide

waiting room

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A room in a public place for people to wait.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: ladies' room, women's room, gentlemen's room

2

noun

Meaning 2

a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lounge, waiting area

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: room

Narrower terms: cloakroom, departure lounge

History

Etymology

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.

  • Arabic: غُرْفَةُ الاِنْتِظَار (ḡurfatu l-intiẓār) — room
  • Armenian: սպասասրահ (spasasrah) — room
  • Armenian: ընդունարան (əndunaran) — room
  • Basque: itxarongela — room
  • Belarusian: за́ла чака́ння (zála čakánnja) — room
  • Belarusian: чака́льня (čakálʹnja) — room
  • Belarusian: прыёмная (pryjómnaja) — room
  • Bengali: বিশ্রামাগার (bisramagar) — room
  • Bulgarian: чака́лня (čakálnja) — room
  • Chinese Mandarin: 候機室 /候机室 (hòujīshì) — room
  • Chinese Mandarin: 候診室 /候诊室 (hòuzhěnshì) — room
  • Chinese Mandarin: 候車室 /候车室 (hòuchēshì) — room
  • Chinese Mandarin: 接待室 (jiēdàishì) — room
  • Chinese Mandarin: 等候室 (děnghòuishì) — room
  • Czech: čekárna — room
  • Danish: venteværelse — room
  • Danish: ventesal — room
  • Dutch: wachtkamer — room
  • Dutch: wachtzaal — room
  • Esperanto: atendejo — room
  • Estonian: ootesaal — room
  • Estonian: ooteruum — room
  • Estonian: ootetuba — room
  • Faroese: bíðirúm — room
  • Finnish: odotustila — room
  • Finnish: odotushuone — room
  • Finnish: odotussali — room
  • French: salle d'attente — room
  • French: chambre d'attente — room
  • French: salle des pas perdus — room
  • Georgian: მოსაცდელი (mosacdeli) — room
  • Georgian: მოსაცდელი დარბაზი (mosacdeli darbazi) — room
  • German: Wartezimmer — room
  • German: Warteraum — room
  • German: Wartesaal — room
  • Greek: αίθουσα αναμονής (aíthousa anamonís) — room
  • Hebrew: חֲדַר הַמְתָּנָה (khadár hamtaná) — room
  • Hindi: प्रतीक्षालय (pratīkṣālay) — room
  • Hindi: प्रतीक्षागृह (pratīkṣāgŕh) — room
  • Hindi: ठहरने का कमरा (ṭhaharne kā kamrā) — room
  • Hungarian: váróterem — room
  • Icelandic: biðstofa — room
  • Ido: varteyo — room
  • Indonesian: ruang tunggu — room
  • Irish: seomra feithimh — room
  • Italian: sala d'aspetto — room
  • Italian: sala d'attesa — room
  • Japanese: 待合室 (machiaishitsu) — room
  • Kazakh: күту бөлмесі (kütu bölmesı) — room
  • Khmer: សាលរងចាំ (saal rɔɔng cam) — room
  • Korean: 대기실 (daegisil) — room
  • Macedonian: чекалница (čekalnica) — room
  • Māori: rūma tatari — room
  • Navajo: naʼiiztání — room
  • Norwegian Bokmål: venterom — room
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: venterom — room
  • Pannonian Rusyn: чекальня (čekalʹnja) — room
  • Persian: اتاق انتظار (otâq-e entezâr) — room
  • Polish: poczekalnia — room
  • Portuguese: sala de espera — room
  • Romanian: sală de așteptare — room
  • Russian: зал ожида́ния (zal ožidánija) — room
  • Russian: приёмная (prijómnaja) — room
  • Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-feitheimh — room
  • Serbo-Croatian: чекао́ница — room
  • Serbo-Croatian: čekaónica — room
  • Slovak: čakáreň — room
  • Slovene: čakalnica — room
  • Spanish: sala de espera — room
  • Swedish: väntrum — room
  • Swedish: väntsal — room
  • Thai: ห้องพัก (hɔ̂ng-pák) — room
  • Turkish: bekleme odası — room
  • Ukrainian: зал очі́кування (zal očíkuvannja) — room
  • Ukrainian: чека́льня (čekálʹnja) — room
  • Ukrainian: прийма́льня (pryjmálʹnja) — room
  • Vietnamese: phòng chờ — room
  • Vietnamese: phòng đợi — room
  • Volapük: stebedalecem — room
  • Welsh: ystafell aros — room