dormitory
/ˈdɔɹ.mɪˌtɔɹ.i/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.12 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
noun
A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
noun
Example Sentences
- "She will be much more likely to meet his wishes after a residence at the castle, than an imprisonment on short commons in her dormitory in Welbeck Street; for in one case she only learnt how much she could endure, in the other she will find how much she can enjoy."
- "The foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova was responding to a report last week about an item in the 2024 US air force budget for building a dormitory at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk for personnel on a “potential surety mission” – military jargon for nuclear safety and security."
Etymology
From Middle English dormitory, dormytory, dormytorye, borrowed from Latin dormītōrium (“a sleeping-room”), from dormiō (“to sleep”). Doublet of dormitorium and dorter.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: dormitory, dormītōrium
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɔɹ.mɪˌtɔɹ.i/
- British English: /ˈdɔː.mɪ.tɹi/