roomy

roomy

English

Etymology

room +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːmi/, /ˈɹʊmi/

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• Rhymes: -uːmi, -ʊmi

Adjective

roomy (comparative roomier, superlative roomiest)

1. Spacious, expansive, comfortable.

   Our new apartment is roomy enough to accommodate all our furniture.

   • 1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Salute to the "Claud Hamiltons" & "Directors"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 115:

     The cab, with two side windows, was one of the most roomy and comfortable in the country at that time.

   • 2013 Dec. 22, Jad Mouawad and Martha C. White, "," New York Times (retrieved 23 December 2013):

     Over the last two decades, the space between seats — hardly roomy before — has fallen about 10 percent, from 34 inches to somewhere between 30 and 32 inches. Today, some airlines are pushing it even further, leaving only a knee-crunching 28 inches.

Translations

spacious

Arabic: وَاسِع‎ (wāsiʿ), رَحْب‎ (ar) (raḥb) Bashkir: иркен (irken) Bulgarian: просторен (bg) (prostoren) Catalan: espaiós Chinese: Mandarin: 寬敞／宽敞 (zh) (kuānchang), 廣闊／广阔 (zh) (guǎngkuò), 寬廣／宽广 (zh) (kuānguǎng), 寬大／宽大 (zh) (kuāndà), 敞 (zh) (chǎng) Dutch: ruim (nl) Esperanto: vasta (eo) Finnish: tilava (fi), väljä (fi) French: spacieux (fr), ample (fr), grand (fr), logeable (fr) Georgian: ფართე (parte), თავისუფალი (tavisupali) German: geräumig (rooms), weit (clothing) Gothic: 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rums) Japanese: 広い (ja) (hiroi), 広々とした (hirobiro to shita), 広々 (hirobiro) Latin: capax, laxus, spatiōsus Old English: rūm, ġēap Persian: راحَت‎ (fa), جادار‎ (fa), گُنجا‎ (fa) Plautdietsch: rumich Portuguese: espaçoso (pt) m, amplo (pt) m Romanian: spațios (ro), amplu (ro), încăpător (ro) Russian: просто́рный (ru) (prostórnyj) Sanskrit: विशाल (sa) (viśāla) Serbo-Croatian: pròstran (sh) Spanish: espacioso (es) m, amplio (es) m, desahogado (es) m Swedish: rymlig (sv) Ukrainian: просто́рий (prostóryj)

Noun

roomy (plural roomies)

1. Alternative spelling of roomie

Anagrams

• moory