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Proto-West Germanic*rūm
Old Englishrūm
Middle Englishroum
Englishroom

    FromMiddle Englishroum(“room, space”), fromOld Englishrūm(“room, space”), fromProto-West Germanic*rūm(“room”), fromProto-Germanic*rūmą(“room”), fromProto-Indo-European*(H)rewH-(“to dig out, root”).

    Cognate withLow GermanRuum(“space, room”),Dutchruim(“cargo load”),GermanRaum(“space, room”),Danishrum(“room, space”),Faroeserúm(“space, room”),Icelandicrúm(“bed, room, space”),Nornrum(“room”),Norwegianrom(“room, space”),Swedishrum(“room, space”), and also withLatinrūs(“country, field, farm”) through Indo-European; more atrural.Doublet ofRaum, a surname from German.

    The word superficially appears to be an exception to theGreat Vowel Shift, which might have produced the pronunciation/ɹaʊm/, but the retention of Middle English/uː/ before/m/ is regular. In fact,/aʊ/ does not occur before non-coronal consonants in Standard Modern English native vocabulary. Some dialects did undergo diphthongization in such a position and the pronunciation/ɹaʊm/ occurs, for example, inLancashire.[1]

    Aroom (part of a building) in ahotel.

    Noun

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    room (countable anduncountable,pluralrooms)

    1. (now rare) Anopportunity orscope (to do something).[from 9th c.]
    2. (uncountable) Spacefor something, orto carry out an activity.[from 10th c.]
      • 2010 August 27, Jonathan Franklin,The Guardian:
        He explains they have enoughroom to stand and lie down, points out the "little cup to brush our teeth", and the place where they pray.
    3. (archaic) A particularportion ofspace.[from 11th c.]
    4. (uncountable, figuratively) Sufficient spacefor ortodo something.[from 15th c.]
      • 1716 March 13 (Gregorian calendar),Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 21. Friday, March 2.[1716.]”, inThe Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published1721,→OCLC:
        There was no prince in the empire who hadroom for such an alliance.
      • 2010 September 12, Roger Bootle,The Telegraph:
        There are major disagreements within the Coalition and politicians always want to retainroom for manoeuvre.
    5. (nautical) Aspace between the timbers of a ship's frame.[from 15th c.]
    6. (obsolete) Aplace; astead.
      • 1749, Henry Fielding,The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
        For this purpose I have shown that no acquisitions of guilt can compensate the loss of that solid inward comfort of mind, which is the sure companion of innocence and virtue; nor can in the least balance the evil of that horror and anxiety which, in theirroom, guilt introduces into our bosoms.
      • 1900, James George Frazer,The Golden Bough, 2nd edition, volume 2, page37:
        A ram was accepted as a vicarious sacrificein room of the royal victim.
    8. (countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.[from 15th c.]
      • 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen],Pride and Prejudice: […], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] forT[homas] Egerton, […],→OCLC:
        Miss Bingley made no answer, and soon afterwards she got up and walked about theroom.
      • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
        He looked round the poorroom, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of aroom like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such aroom as he had hoped to have for his own.
    9. (countable, with possessive pronoun) (One's)bedroom.
      Go to yourroom!
    10. (in theplural) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one'slodgings.[from 17th c.]
    11. (usually in thesingular, metonymic) The people in a room.[from 17th c.]
      Theroom was on its feet.
      He was good at readingrooms.
      It was fun to watch her work theroom.
    12. (mining) An area for working in acoal mine.[from 17th c.]
    13. (caving) A portion of a cave that is wider than apassage.[from 17th c.]
    14. (Internet, countable) AnIRC orchat room.[from 20th c.]
      Some users may not be able to access the AOLroom.
      • 2000, “My Internet Girl”, performed byAaron Carter:
        Here in theroom we are as one / Together you and me, together you and me / Hours connect / As we switch on
    15. Aplace orposition insociety;office;rank;post, sometimes whenvacated by its formeroccupant.
    16. A quantity offurniture sufficient to furnish one room.
      • 1985,August Wilson,Fences:
        “I understand you need some furniture and can’t get no credit.” I liked to fell over. He say, “I’ll give you all the credit you want, but you got to pay the interest on it.” I told him, “Give me threerooms worth and charge whatever you want.”
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    opportunity or scope
    space
    specific area of space
    sufficient space to do something
    nautical: space between timbers
    • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
    • Finnish:kaariväli
    division in a building—see alsochamber,‎bedroom
    one's bedroom
    set of rooms inhabited by someone
    people in a room
    mining: area for working in a coal mine
    spelunking: portion of a cave wider than a passage
    internet: IRC or chat room

    Verb

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    room (third-person singular simple presentrooms,present participlerooming,simple past and past participleroomed)

    1. (intransitive) Toreside, especially as aboarder ortenant.
      Doctor Watsonroomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street.
      • 1951 July 16,J[erome] D[avid] Salinger,The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.:Little, Brown and Company,→OCLC,page25:
        Even without looking up, I knew right away who it was. It was Robert Ackley, this guy thatroomed right next to me.
      • 1971 June 13, Paul Goldberger, “On the Champs — Elysees: ‘Hey, Aren't You the Girl Who Sits Across From Me in Abnormal Psych?’”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:
        But, then, running into the guy whorooms across the hall from me—in the Paris Metro?
    2. (transitive) To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.
      • 1988, Arthur Frederick Ide,AIDS hysteria, page12:
        […] convinced (with no scientific evidence) that they would contract the dread disease by breathing the same air in which the patient wasroomed, by touching the patient or even by changing the sheets of a patient's bed.
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    Terms derived from theroom (verb)
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    to reside

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    1. ^Orton and Halliday,Survey of English Dialects Vol. 1 Basic Material Six Northern Counties and Man Part 2

    Etymology 2

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    FromMiddle Englishroum,rom,rum, fromOld Englishrūm(“roomy, spacious, ample, extensive, large, open, unencumbered, unoccupied, temporal, long, extended, great, liberal, unrestricted, unfettered, clear, loose, free from conditions, free from occupation, not restrained within due limits, lax, far-reaching, abundant, noble, august”), fromProto-Germanic*rūmaz(“roomy, spacious”), fromProto-Indo-European*rewh₁-(“free space”). Cognate withScotsroum(“spacious, roomy”),Dutchruim(“roomy, spacious, wide”),Danishrum(“wide, spacious”),Germanraum(“wide”),Icelandicrúmur(“spacious”).

    Adjective

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    room (comparativemoreroom,superlativemostroom)

    1. (dialectal or obsolete)Wide;spacious;roomy.

    Etymology 3

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    FromMiddle Englishrome, fromOld Englishrūme(“widely, spaciously, roomily, far and wide, so as to extend over a wide space, liberally, extensively, amply, abundantly, in a high degree, without restriction or encumbrance, without the pressure of care, light-heartedly, without obstruction, plainly, clearly, in detail”). Cognate withDutchruim(“amply”,adverb).

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    room (comparativemoreroom,superlativemostroom)

    1. (dialectal or obsolete)Far; at a distance;wide in space or extent.
    2. (nautical) Off from thewind.

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    Noun

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    room (uncountable)

    1. Alternative form ofroum(“deep blue dye”).

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    FromDutchroom, fromMiddle Dutchrôme, fromOld Dutch*rōm, fromProto-West Germanic*raum, fromProto-Germanic*raumaz, fromProto-Indo-European*réwgʰmn̥(“cream”).

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    room (uncountable)

    1. cream

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    FromMiddle Dutchrôme, fromOld Dutch*rōm, fromProto-West Germanic*raum, fromProto-Germanic*raumaz, fromProto-Indo-European*réwgʰmn̥(“cream”).

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    room m (uncountable,nodiminutive)

    1. cream (of milk)

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