Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

living room

/ˈlɪvɪŋ ɹuːm/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.04 in modern English

Syllables: liv-ing -room
IPA: /ˈlɪvɪŋ ɹuːm/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A room in a private house used for general social and leisure activities.

Countable

noun

Land intended for settlers.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: lounge (esp. UK), loungeroom, lounge room (esp. Australia), sitting room, parlour, parlor, foreroom, front room, drawing room, zitkamer"
"We relax in the living room."
"But in the quest for ‘lebensraum’ — the Nazi quest for living room for the German people — he was to find to his ultimate cost the Russians were made of sterner stuff than he had envisaged."

Etymology

Doublet of Lebensraum.

Usage

Inflected Forms

living rooms (plural) livingroom (alternative) living-room (alternative)

Phrases

living-dining room living-roomful living room group living-roomy pope's living room

Frequently Paired Words

bedsit great room salon saloon family room den rec room dining room

Synonyms

lounge loungeroom lounge room sitting room parlour parlor foreroom front room drawing room zitkamer Lebensraum living space

Questions

How do you pronounce living room?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɪvɪŋ ɹuːm/.
What does living room mean?: A room in a private house used for general social and leisure activities.
Where does living room come from?: Doublet of Lebensraum.

How to pronounce living room

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