dormitorio

See also: dormitório

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dormītōrium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doɾmiˈtɔɾjʊ/

Noun

dormitorio m (plural dormitorios)

1. bedroom (a room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping)

Related terms

• durmir

Further reading

• “dormitorio”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Italian

Etymology

Derived from Latin dormītōrium, possibly a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dor.miˈtɔ.rjo/
• Rhymes: -ɔrjo
• Hyphenation: dor‧mi‧tò‧rio

Noun

dormitorio m (plural dormitori)

1. house; boardinghouse
2. dormitory; dorm
3. hall (in a college)

Related terms

• dormire

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish dormitorio, from Latin dormītōrium.

Noun

dormitorio m (Hebrew spelling דורמיטורייו)

1. bedroom (a room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping)

   Synonym: kamareta de echar

   • 1940, La boz de Türkiye‎^[1], numbers 11–34, page 356:

     Una placa en su nombre fue egualmente plasada a la cavesera de un lecho de el dormitorio de este Establecimiento.

     A plaque in their name was likewise placed at the head of a bed in this establishment’s bedroom.

Latin

Noun

dormītōriō

1. dative/ablative singular of dormītōrium

Old Spanish

Etymology

Derived from Latin dormītōrium.

Noun

dormitorio m (plural dormitorios)

1. bedroom (a room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping)

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “dormitorio”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 199

Portuguese

Noun

dormitorio m (plural dormitorios)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of dormitório.
   • 1808, Joseph de Laporte, O viajante universal, ou Noticia do mundo antigo e moderno‎^[2], volume XLVI, Lisboa, page 222:

     […] e cada huma tem o seu dormitorio.

     And each one has their [own] bedroom.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish dormitorio, from Latin dormītōrium. Compare the inherited doublet dormidero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doɾmiˈtoɾjo/ [d̪oɾ.miˈt̪o.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -oɾjo
• Syllabification: dor‧mi‧to‧rio

Noun

dormitorio m (plural dormitorios)

1. bedroom (a room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping)

   Synonyms: alcoba (poetic), cuarto, habitación, recámara (Mexico)

2. (colloquial) dormitory

Derived terms

• antedormitorio
• ciudad dormitorio
• vagón dormitorio

Related terms

• dormir

Further reading

• “dormitorio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10