compartment

US /kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/ UK /kəmˈpɑːtmənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #8214

Meanings

1

noun
A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.

Two men were seated in a well-lit compartment of a third-class railway carriage.
2

noun
a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
3

noun
a space into which an area is subdivided
4

noun
One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.

Thesaurus

Word family

Derived forms biocompartmentcompartmentablecompartmentalcompartmentationcompartmentectomycompartmentfulcompartmentizecompartmentlesscompartmentlikeintercompartmentmicrocompartmentmulticompartment

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Phrases (1)

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glove compartment
a small storage space built into a car's dashboard

Noun + noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.? Proto-Italic *partis Latin pars Latin partiō Latin partior Latin compartīrībor. Italian compartire Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Italian -mento Italian compartimentobor. Middle French compartimentder. English compartment First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri (“to divide with, to share with”), from com- + partiri (“to appo...

Topics

House & Home Word Formation & Derivatives

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# compartment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/
**IPA (UK):** /kəmˈpɑːtmənt/
**Frequency rank:** 8214

## Meanings
1. A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.
2. a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
3. a space into which an area is subdivided
4. One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.

## Examples
- Two men were seated in a well-lit compartment of a third-class railway carriage.

## Derived Forms
- biocompartment
- compartmentable
- compartmental
- compartmentation
- compartmentectomy
- compartmentful
- compartmentize
- compartmentless
- compartmentlike
- intercompartment
- microcompartment
- multicompartment

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.? Proto-Italic *partis Latin pars Latin partiō Latin partior Latin compartīrībor. Italian compartire Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Italian -mento Italian compartimentobor. Middle French compartimentder. English compartment First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri (“to divide with, to share with”), from com- + partiri (“to appo...

## Topics
- House & Home
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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