dormitorium
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dormītōrium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdɔrmiˈtoːriʏm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dor‧mi‧to‧ri‧um
- Rhymes: -oːriʏm
Noun
dormitorium n (plural dormitoria or dormitoriums, diminutive dormitoriumpje n)
- A dormitory, especially in a monastery.
- Synonym: slaapzaal
- (historical) An early Christian cemetery or necropolis.
Latin
Etymology
Substantive of dormītōrius (“of or for sleeping”), from the verb dormire, present active infinitive of dormio (“I sleep”).
Noun
dormītōrium n (genitive dormītōriī or dormītōrī); second declension
- a sleeping-room, dormitory
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dormītōrium | dormītōria |
| Genitive | dormītōriī dormītōrī1 | dormītōriōrum |
| Dative | dormītōriō | dormītōriīs |
| Accusative | dormītōrium | dormītōria |
| Ablative | dormītōriō | dormītōriīs |
| Vocative | dormītōrium | dormītōria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- → English: dormitory
- French: dortoir
- → English: dorter
- Middle French: dormoir
- → Italian: dormitorio
- → Portuguese: dormitório
- Romanian: dormitor
- Spanish: dormidero
- → Spanish: dormitorio
References
- “dormitorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dormitorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “dormitorium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “dormitorium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
dormitorium n (definite singular dormatoriet, indefinite plural dormatorier, definite plural dormatoria or dormatoriene)
- dormitory
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
dormitorium n (definite singular dormatoriet, indefinite plural dormitorium, definite plural dormatoria)
- dormitory
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dormītōrium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔr.miˈtɔ.rjum/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔrjum
- Syllabification: dor‧mi‧to‧rium
Noun
dormitorium n
- dormitory (building or part thereof)
- Synonym: dormitarz
Declension
Declension of dormitorium
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dormitorium | dormitoria |
| genitive | dormitorium | dormitoriów |
| dative | dormitorium | dormitoriom |
| accusative | dormitorium | dormitoria |
| instrumental | dormitorium | dormitoriami |
| locative | dormitorium | dormitoriach |
| vocative | dormitorium | dormitoria |
Further reading
- dormitorium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- dormitorium in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin dormītōrium.
Noun
dormitorium n
- dormitory
Declension
| Declension of dormitorium | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | dormitorium | dormitoriet | dormitorier | dormitorierna |
| Genitive | dormitoriums | dormitoriets | dormitoriers | dormitoriernas |
Further reading
- dormitorium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- dormitorium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)