bedsit

(ˈbɛdˌsɪt)

(Social Welfare) a furnished sitting room containing sleeping accommodation and sometimes cooking and washing facilities. Also called: bedsitter, bedsitting room or bed-sitting room

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Noun

bedsit - a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing)

bedsitter, bedsitting room

apartment, flat - a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

Translations

غُرْفَةٌ اِسْتُودِيُو

garsonka

lejet værelse

Einzimmerappartement

γκαρσονιέρα

estudio amueblado habitación amueblada

kalustettu yksiö

chambre de bonne

jednosobni stan

monolocale

ワンルームのアパート

침실 겸 거실

enrummare

buồng vừa để ngủ vừa để tiếp khách

卧室兼起居室

bedsit

[ˈbɛdsɪt] n (British) → chambre f meublée, studio mbedsitter [ˈbɛdsɪtə^r] bed-sitting room [bɛdˈsɪtɪŋ] n (British) → chambre f meublée, studio m

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bedsit(ter)

(inf), bedsitting room (geh)

n (Brit)

(one-room flat) → Einzimmerappartement nt

(rented room) → möbliertes Zimmer

→ Wohnschlafzimmer nt; (for teenager etc) → Jugendzimmer nt

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bedsit

→ غُرْفَةٌ اِسْتُودِيُو garsonka lejet værelse Einzimmerappartement γκαρσονιέρα estudio amueblado, habitación amueblada kalustettu yksiö chambre de bonne jednosobni stan monolocale ワンルームのアパート 침실 겸 거실 zit-slaapkamer hybel kawalerka estúdio, quitinete жилая комната enrummare ห้องเดี่ยวที่รวมเป็นทั้งห้องนอนและนั่งเล่น kiralık oda buồng vừa để ngủ vừa để tiếp khách 卧室兼起居室

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"There are local parks but in the winter people want somewhere to sit in their own home and to be cooped up in a bedsit is, I think, an unhealthy lifestyle.

Plan to convert old building into flats withdrawn; FEARS OF 'CRAMMING IN TOO MANY PEOPLE'

There are local parks etc but in the winter people want somewhere to sit in their own home and to be cooped up in a bedsit is, I think, an unhealthy lifestyle.

U-turn on bedsits bid amid crowding fears

Richard Wilshaw, 38, appeared in court for stealing a DVD from WH Smith in Stockton to sell for bus fare so he could escape his bedsit and visit his parents in Billingham.

Man stole DVD to get bus fare to visit parents

Pals say he received the message: "Why don't you just do it?" The inquest heard he was found in the bedsit where he lived in Roath, Cardiff, on July 26, after a website administrator alerted police.

Chatroom dad who filmed his own hanging on web is named

A bedsit withja bedroom in the kitchen has gone on the market for a staggering [pounds sterling]1,100-a-month.

Bedsit with bedroom in the kitchen goes on the market for staggering [pounds sterling]1,100-a-month; Locals in Hampstead - where tiny studio flats sell for more than [pounds sterling]350,000 and five-bed homes sell for close to [pounds sterling]4m - were outraged at the price

If it turns out we are already oversubscribed with these bedsits, to prevent a collapse in the market, with units laying dormant, would it not be a good idea to ensure that any further bedsit applications be subject to them being easily converted to affordable housing for the local community?

Student flats question

A 500.BED accommodation block for students branded a "huge bedsit" looks set to be built at a key gateway into Swansea after a Welsh Government inspector overruled city councillors.

Inspector backs student block; NEWS IN BRIEF

Sally Jenkins, (pictured) whose maiden name is Mumby, has written Bedsit Three, a tale of murder, mystery and love set in a fictional area of north Birmingham, where she now lives.

It's a novel success for Sally

VICTORIA Wood has revealed how her Christmas TV musical spectacular was inspired by a documentary she watched almost 40 years ago while living in a Birmingham bedsit.

Brum inspired Xmas musical

A YOUNG man who rented out his bedsit to a friend but kept a key to go back and burgle it has been jailed.

Jailed... for burgling his own friends

Three of the paintings - called Bedsit I, Bedsit II and Bedsit III - recall the Australian-born artist's memories of moving to the UK when she was just nine.

Marking a milestone; GALLERIES

Michelle, who famously had sex under a table in BB5, and self-styled Jungle Cat Victor, had been watching the house activities from a "bedsit" next door since Friday.

'Bedsit' pair's BB surprise