apartment

== English == === Alternative forms === APT (The US Postal Service prefers this variant) apt. === Etymology === From French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from Spanish apartamiento (“separation, seclusion”). See apart. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈpɑːt.mənt/ (General American) enPR: ə-pärt'mənt, IPA(key): /əˈpɑɹt.mənt/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tmənt Hyphenation: a‧part‧ment === Noun === apartment (plural apartments) (chiefly Canada, US, Australia, Philippines) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat. 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain) I am Jonathan. I am in apartment B4. — I am in apartment C2. (archaic) A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom. A room within a house. (obsolete) A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment. 1883 April 23, Slawson v. Grand Street R. Co., 107 U.S. 649, 2 S.Ct. 663, 664, The specification described the ordinary fare-box used in street cars and omnibuses, consisting of two apartments, the one directly above the other.... [T]he passenger deposited his fare in an aperture in the top of the upper apartment. It fell upon and was arrested by a movable platform.... This platform turned on an axis acted on by a lever. When turned, the fare fell into the lower apartment, which was a receptacle for holding the fares accumulated.... (computing, COM) A conceptual space used for separation in the threading architecture. Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy. ==== Synonyms ==== (domicile occupying part of a building): flat (UK); unit; (compare with) condominium ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: アパートメント (apātomento), アパート (apāto) → Hokkien: a-phá-tò → Korean: 아파트 (apateu) → Malay: اڤرتمن (apartmen) → Thai: อพาร์ทเมนท์ (à-páat-mén) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== tenement == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === apartmen — dated === Etymology === Borrowed from English apartment, from French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from Spanish apartamiento (“separation, seclusion”). Doublet of apartamento. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈpaɾtment/ [ʔɐˈpaɹt̪.mɛn̪t̪] Rhymes: -aɾtment Syllabification: a‧part‧ment === Noun === apartment (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜇ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔) apartment (domicile occupying part of a building) Synonyms: bahay-paupahan, apartamento, aksesorya, posesyon ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “apartment”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “apartment”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018