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a⋅part⋅ment
[uh-pahrt-muh
nt] 
–noun
| 1. | a room or a group of related rooms, among similar sets in one building, designed for use as a dwelling. |
| 2. | a building containing or made up of such rooms. |
| 3. | any separated room or group of rooms in a house or other dwelling: We heard cries from an apartment at the back of the house. |
| 4. | apartments, British. a set of rooms used as a dwelling by one person or one family. |
Origin:
1635–45; < F appartement < It appartamento, equiv. to apparta(re) to separate, divide (v. deriv. of a parte apart, to one side) + -mento -ment
1635–45; < F appartement < It appartamento, equiv. to apparta(re) to separate, divide (v. deriv. of a parte apart, to one side) + -mento -ment
Related forms:
a⋅part⋅men⋅tal [uh-pahrt-men-tl] , adjective
[uh-pahrt-men-tl] , adjective Synonyms:
1. Apartment, compartment agree in denoting a space enclosed by partitions or walls. Apartment, however, emphasizes the idea of separateness or privacy: one's own apartment. Compartment suggests a section of a larger space: compartments in a ship's hold, in an orange crate.
1. Apartment, compartment agree in denoting a space enclosed by partitions or walls. Apartment, however, emphasizes the idea of separateness or privacy: one's own apartment. Compartment suggests a section of a larger space: compartments in a ship's hold, in an orange crate.
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| a·part·ment (ə-pärt'mənt) n.
[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
A*part"ment\, n. [F. appartement; cf. It. appartamento, fr. appartare to separate, set apart; all fr. L. ad + pars, partis, part. See Apart.]1. A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions. --Fielding. 2. A set or suite of rooms. --De Quincey. 3. A compartment. [Obs.] --Pope.
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Language Translation for : apartment
Spanish:
cuarto,
German:
das Zimmer,
Japanese:
貸間
apartment
1641, "private rooms for the use of one person within a house," from Fr. appartement, from It. appartimento, lit. "a separated place," from appartere "to separate," from a "to" + parte "side, place" (see apart). Sense of "set of private rooms in a building entirely of these" (the U.S. equivalent of British flat) is first attested 1874.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Santa Monica Collection
Beachfront Luxury & Convenience. 1-2 Rooms in Santa Monica, CA.
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Beachfront Luxury & Convenience. 1-2 Rooms in Santa Monica, CA.
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