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apartment
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a·part·ment  (-pärtmnt)
n.
1. A room or suite of rooms designed as a residence and generally located in a building occupied by more than one household.
2. An apartment house: a row of high-rise apartments.
3. A room.
4. apartments Chiefly British A suite of rooms within a larger building set aside for a particular purpose or person.

[French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from appartare, to separate, from a parte, apart : a, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + parte, side (from Latin pars, part-; see part).]

apartment
Noun
1. any room in a building, usually one of several forming a suite, used as living accommodation
2. Chiefly US & Canad Also called (Brit): (flat) a set of rooms forming a home within a building usually incorporating other similar homes [French appartement]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.apartmentapartment - a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
apartment building, apartment house - a building that is divided into apartments
bedsit, bedsitter, bedsitting room - a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing)
cold-water flat - an apartment without modern conveniences
duplex apartment, duplex - an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase
efficiency apartment - a furnished apartment with a kitchenette and bathroom
flatlet - a tiny flat
housing, living accommodations, lodging - structures collectively in which people are housed
kitchenette - small kitchen
maisonette, maisonnette - a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside
penthouse - an apartment located on the top floors of a building
railroad flat - an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them
studio apartment, studio - an apartment with a living space and a bathroom and a small kitchen
rooms, suite - apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
walk-up, walk-up apartment - an apartment in a building without an elevator

apartment
noun 1. U.S. flat, room, suite, compartment, penthouse, duplex U.S., Canad. crib, bachelor apartment Canad.
noun 2. rooms, quarters, chambers, accommodation, living quarters
Translations
apartment [əˈpɑːtmənt] n (US) → piso, departamento (LAM); apartamento (= room); cuarto

apartment [əˈpɑːtmənt] n (US) → appartement m, logement m (= room); chambre f

apartment [əˈpɑːtmənt] n (US) (flat) → Wohnung f;
(room) → Raum m, Zimmer nt

apartment [əˈpɑːtmənt] n (US) → appartamento;
apartments nplappartamento ammobiliato

apartment
n apartment [əˈpaːtmənt]
1 a room, usually rented, in a private house. kamer غُرْفَة مُسْتَأجَرَه жилище pokoj rum das Zimmer διαμέρισμα cuarto üürituba آپارتمان huone chambre דִירָה किसी निजी घर में किराए का कमरा soba lakosztály kamar sewaan, flat herbergi camera; appartamento ammobiliato 貸間 셋방 kambarys istaba pangsapuri kamer hybel, rom pokój apartamento apartament комната внаём izba soba apartman rum ห้องชุดให้เช่า oda, daire 房間 кімната, житло ایک کمرہ căn phòng
2 a flat. woonstel شَقَّة سَكَنِيَّه апартамент byt lejlighed die Wohnung διαμέρισμα apartamento, piso korter آپارتمان huoneisto appartement דִירָה फ्लैट stan lakás apartemen íbúð appartamento アパート 아파트 butas dzīvoklis pangsapuri flat leilighet mieszkanie apartamento apar­tament квартира byt stanovanje stan våning, lägenhet อพาร์ทเมนท์ daire, apartman dairesi 一套公寓房間 квартира ایک فلیٹ căn hộ 一套公寓
3 a single room in a house a five-apartment house. vyf-kamer-huis مُكَوَّن من خَمس أو خمسَه с пет pěti- fem- fünf-... πεντα- (ως α΄ συνθ.) de cinco... viie- پنج تایی viisi- à cinq (...) חָמֵש - पांच koji se sastoji od pet dijelova öt- lima með fimm di/con cinque (...) 5- 「5의」라는 뜻의 연결형 penkių piec- lima vijf- fem- pięcio- de cinco cu cinci (...) пяти- päť- pet-... peto- fem- มีอยู่ห้า beş 有五(套)的 п'яти- پانچ کا بنا ہونا thuộc số năm )的


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