Added 1 October 2026

room

/ɹʊm/ noun

In Latin: spatium Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about room at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

An opportunity or scope (to do something). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
A particular portion of space.

verb

To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street.
To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.

adjective

Wide; spacious; roomy.

adverb

Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.
Off from the wind.

Origin

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”).

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