room

CEFRA1

/ɹʊm/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A space inside a building with walls, a floor, and a ceiling.

  2. 02

    noun

    Space available for someone or something to fit or move.

Examples

  • If you don't have anything to do, look at the ceiling of your room.

  • I heard him enter the room.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɹuːm/
  • /ɹum/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A particular portion of space.

  2. Space for something, or to carry out an activity.

  3. An opportunity or scope (to do something).

More examples

In context

  • Wait in the waiting room.

  • He was good at reading rooms.

  • The room was on its feet.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English roum (“room, space”), from Old English rūm (“room, space”), from Proto-West Germanic *rūm (“room”), from Proto-Germanic *rūmą (“room”), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (“to root; to rip, tear”), from *Hrew- (“to tear out, open”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian rüm (“room, space”), Saterland Frisian and Low German Ruum (“room, space”), Dutch ruim (“open space; cargo hold”), German and Luxembourgish Raum (“room, space”), Vilamovian raojm (“room”), Danish and Swedish rum (“room, space”), Faroese and Icelandic rúm (“space, room”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk rom (“room, space”), Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼 (rum, “room, space”); also Irish rúsc (“bark”), Manx roost (“bar...