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a·part·ment

(ə-pärt′mənt)

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 building: 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).]

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apartment

(əˈpɑːtmənt)

1. (often plural) any room in a building, usually one of several forming a suite, esp one that is spacious and well furnished and used as living accommodation, offices, etc

a. another name (esp US and Canadian) for flat²¹

b. (as modifier): apartment building; apartment house.

[C17: from French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from appartare to set on one side, separate]

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a•part•ment

(əˈpɑrt mənt)

n.

1. a room or a group of related rooms, usu. among similar sets in one building, having housekeeping facilities and used as a dwelling.

2. a building made up of such rooms; apartment house.

[1635–45; < French appartement < Italian appartamento]

a•part•men′tal (-ˈmɛn tl) adj.

flat

– apartment

1. 'flat'

In British English, a flat is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.

She lived in a tiny furnished flat near Sloane Square.

2. 'apartment'

In American English, a set of rooms like this is usually called an apartment.

It is a six-story building with 20 luxury two- and three-bedroom apartments.

3. 'block of flats'

In British English, a large building containing flats is usually called a block of flats.

The building was pulled down to make way for a block of flats.

4. 'apartment block' and 'apartment building'

In American English, and sometimes in British English, it is called an apartment building or an apartment block.

He lives on the ninth story of an apartment block on Charlesgate East.

Several apartment buildings were destroyed in the fire.

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Noun

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

flat

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, crib She has her own apartment and her own car.

2. rooms, quarters, chambers, accommodation, living quarters the private apartments of the Prince of Wales at St James's Palace

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Translations

شقةشَقَّةشَقَّة سَكَنِيَّهغُرْفَة في شَقَّة سَكَنِيَّهغُرْفَة مُسْتَأجَرَه

bytmístnostpokoj

lejlighedrum

Wohnung Zimmer

διαμέρισμα ενδιαίτημα

apartamento

apartamento departamento piso

asunto

appartement chambre pièce

stan

lakosztály

herbergiíbúî

appartamento alloggio

アパートフラットマンション

아파트아파트식 주거지

butaskambarys

dzīvoklisistaba

stanovanje

lägenhet

แฟลตอพาร์ตเมนต์

apartman dairesi daire oda

квартира

căn hộ

公寓公寓住宅套房房间一套公寓房间

apartment

[əˈpɑːtmənt]

A. N

1. (US) (= flat) → piso m, departamento m (LAm)

2. (Brit) (= room) → cuarto m, aposento m (liter)
see also state

B. CPD apartment hotel N (US) → aparthotel m
apartment house N (US) → casa f de apartamentos

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

apartment

[əˈpɑː^rtmənt] n (US) → appartement m, logement mapartment building apartment block, apartment house (US) n → immeuble m, maison f divisée en appartementsapartment complex n → complexe m immobilier

apartment

(Brit: = room) → Raum m

apartments pl (Brit: = suite of rooms) → Appartement nt

(esp US: = flat) → Wohnung f; apartment house or block or building → Wohnblock m

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apartment

[əˈpɑːtmənt] n (esp Am) (flat) → appartamento (Brit) (room in palace) → sala

apartment

(əˈpaːtmənt) noun

1. a room, usually rented, in a private house.

2. a flat.

3. a single room in a house. a five-apartment house.

apartment

→ شَقَّة byt lejlighed Wohnung διαμέρισμα apartamento, departamento, piso asunto appartement stan appartamento アパート, フラット 아파트, 아파트식 주거지 appartement, flat leilighet mieszkanie apartamento квартира lägenhet แฟลต, อพาร์ตเมนต์ apartman dairesi, daire căn hộ 公寓, 公寓住宅

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