apartment

English

/əˈpɑːt.mənt/, /əˈpɑɹt.mənt/

noun
Definitions
  • A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
  • (archaic) A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.
  • (obsolete) A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment
  • (computing) 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.

Etymology

Borrowed from French appartement derived from Italian appartamento derived from Spanish, Castilian apartamiento (separation, seclusion).

Origin

Spanish

apartamiento

Gloss

separation, seclusion

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