tenement C2+ Topic:Places & Geography US /ˈtɛnəmənt/ UK /ˈtɛnəmənt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a run-down apartment building, especially in a poor urban area The family shared two rooms in a crowded tenement. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a run-down apartment... apartmentflatdwellinglodgingslumbuilding Word family Related forms tenanttenancytenabletenure Etymology AI details From Anglo-Norman tenement and Medieval Latin tenementum ('a holding, property held'), from Latin tenere ('to hold'). tenementum Latin tenere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # tenement **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtɛnəmənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtɛnəmənt/ ## Meanings 1. a run-down apartment building, especially in a poor urban area ## Examples - The family shared two rooms in a crowded tenement. ## Synonyms - apartment - flat - dwelling - lodging - slum - building ## Related Forms - tenant - tenancy - tenable - tenure ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tenementum - Root: tenere ## Etymology From Anglo-Norman tenement and Medieval Latin tenementum ('a holding, property held'), from Latin tenere ('to hold'). ## AI Etymology Tenement is from Anglo-Norman tenement and Medieval Latin tenementum ('a holding, property held'), from Latin tenere ('to hold'). Important recorded forms include tenementum (Latin) and tenere (Latin). The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a run-down apartment building, especially in a poor urban area. The wider family includes related words such as tenant, tenancy, tenable, and tenure. ## Topics - Places & Geography - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown