refectorium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /re.fekˈtoː.ri.um/, [rɛfɛkˈt̪oːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.fekˈto.ri.um/, [refekˈt̪ɔːrium]

Etymology 1

Noun use of the neutral form of the adjective refectōrius (“refreshing”).

Noun

refectōrium n (genitive refectōriī or refectōrī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) refectory

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	refectōrium	refectōria
genitive	refectōriī refectōrī1	refectōriōrum
dative	refectōriō	refectōriīs
accusative	refectōrium	refectōria
ablative	refectōriō	refectōriīs
vocative	refectōrium	refectōria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Danish: refektorium
• Dutch: refectorium
• English: refectory
• French: réfectoire
• German: Refektorium
• Italian: refettorio
• Latvian: refektorijs
• Norwegian Bokmål: refektorium
• Norwegian Nynorsk: refektorium
• Portuguese: refeitório
• Romanian: refectoriu
• Spanish: refectorio
• Swedish: refektorium

References

• refectorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

refectōrium

1. inflection of refectōrius:
   1. accusative singular masculine
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative singular neuter

Noun

refectōrium n

1. accusative/vocative singular of refectōrium