An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.
[mainly US]
Christina has her own apartment, with her own car.
...bleak cities of concrete apartment blocks.
regional note: in BRIT, use flat
Synonyms: flat, room, suite, compartment More Synonyms of apartment
2. plural noun
The apartments of an important person such as a king, queen, or president are a set of large rooms which are used by them.
[British]
...the private apartments of the Prince of Wales at St James's Palace.
Synonyms: rooms, quarters, chambers, accommodation More Synonyms of apartment
apartment in British English
(əˈpɑːtmənt)
noun
1. (often plural)
any room in a building, usually one of several forming a suite, esp one that is spacious and well furnished and used as living accommodation, offices, etc
2.
a. another name (esp US and Canadian) for flat2 (sense 1)
b.
(as modifier)
apartment building
apartment house
Word origin
C17: from French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from appartare to set on one side, separate
apartment in American English
(əˈpɑrtmənt)
noun
1.
a room or suite of rooms to live in; esp., one suite in an apartment house
2. US
an apartment house
adjective
3.
of, in, or for an apartment or apartments
Word origin
Fr appartement < It appartamento < appartare, to separate < a, to + parte, part2
Examples of 'apartment' in a sentence
apartment
About half of the apartments in the building have been sold.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He was discharged by junior doctors with painkillers but collapsed in his holiday apartment after becoming clammy and sick.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
All but one of the 19 apartments in the building exchanged within eight months of its launch.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Sadly, many of the sites she finds appear to be neglected and covered in stray cats or buried beneath apartment buildings and football stadiums.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
An apartment that sleeps four costs from €100 a night (zigzag.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They include penthouse apartments, one of which has underground parking and a direct lift to the top - a criteria he said was essential.
The Sun (2016)
It was as high as an apartment building and as long as a city block.
Len Deighton Bomber
They used the money to buy luxury flats in their apartment building.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The family had apparently sold their apartment and car to pay for the treatment.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They lived on the fourteenth floor of an apartment block which was still being built.
Marsden, Philip The Crossing-Place (1993)
Sharing the tiny apartment were one of his grandmothers and a spinster aunt.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Larger apartments also mean that two families can share and split the cost.
The Sun (2011)
My family has a small apartment there.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The plan was to provide just the sort of holiday apartment that his friend would love.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He was arrested at a nearby apartment building shortly afterwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The club provide her with a car and an apartment.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Our ground floor apartment was perfectly accessible for my daughter.
The Sun (2013)
Our apartment had one bathroom for six people with two beds in each bedroom.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But most of the shutters on the numerous holiday apartments dotted around the village remain firmly closed.
The Sun (2008)
Inside, the furnished apartments have marble bath suites and hardwood floors.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They have also owned property in Barbados and an apartment on a luxury cruiser.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Flights, transfers and apartment accommodation are included.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The two largest apartments each have a Soane drawing room with three windows.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
My small Boston apartment suddenly has quite a bit more space.
Christianity Today (2000)
Home for the week can all be a superb holiday home or one of the to ten in luxury apartments sleeping up manor house.
The Sun (2006)
I'm thinking of taking a furnished apartment.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This is based on two people sharing a one-bedroom apartment or four people sharinga two-bedroom apartment.
The Sun (2010)
And no, it doesn't help if you call it a garden flat or basement apartment.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
And despite claiming incapacity and council tax benefit, she had four luxury apartments around London.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The management company for my apartment building has enforced the terms of the leases because flats were being used by holidaymakers, leading to noise and damage.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I arrived at her Park Avenue apartment.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Word lists with
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In other languages
apartment
British English: apartment /əˈpɑːtmənt/ NOUN
An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.
She has her own apartment.
American English: apartment
Arabic: شَقَّة
Brazilian Portuguese: apartamento
Chinese: 公寓住宅
Croatian: stan
Czech: byt
Danish: lejlighed bolig
Dutch: appartement
European Spanish: apartamento
Finnish: asunto
French: appartement
German: Wohnung
Greek: διαμέρισμα
Italian: appartamento
Japanese: アパート
Korean: 아파트
Norwegian: leilighet
Polish: mieszkanie
European Portuguese: apartamento
Romanian: apartament
Russian: квартира
Latin American Spanish: apartamento
Swedish: lägenhet
Thai: อพาร์ตเมนต์
Turkish: daire
Ukrainian: квартира
Vietnamese: căn hộ
All related terms of 'apartment'
apartment block
→ another name for apartment building
apartment hotel
a hotel that rents furnished apartments or suites suitable for housekeeping , on a weekly or more permanent basis, and usually supplies all hotel services
apartment house
a building divided into several apartments
apartment building
An apartment building or apartment house is a tall building which contains different apartments on different floors .
apartment complex
An apartment complex is a group of buildings that contain apartments and are managed by the same company.
bachelor apartment
a flat consisting of one room that is used as a sitting room and bedroom , as well as a kitchenette and a bathroom
basement apartment
an apartment below the ground floor of a building
duplex apartment
an apartment on two floors
garden apartment
A garden apartment is an apartment that has direct access to a garden, yard , or lawn .
studio apartment
a one-room apartment with kitchen facilities and a separate bathroom
cooperative apartment
a block of flats belonging to a corporation in which shares are owned in proportion to the relative value of the flat occupied
efficiency apartment
a small flat or bedsit
one-room apartment
→ a US name for one-room flat
one-roomed apartment
a studio flat in which the bedroom , sitting-room and kitchen are all one-room
Chinese translation of 'apartment'
apartment
(əˈpɑːtmənt)
n(c)
(US) 公寓 (gōngyù) (处, chù)
英 = flat
Derived Forms
apartmentsn pl (Brit) 房间(間) (fángjiān)
1 (noun)
Definition
a set of rooms forming a home within a building usually incorporating other similar homes
US)
She has her own apartment and her own car.
Synonyms
flat
We used to live together in a flat.
room
He excused himself and left the room.
suite
a suite at the Paris Hilton
compartment
penthouse
duplex (US, Canadian)
crib
bachelor apartment (Canadian)
2 (noun)
Definition
any room in a building, usually one of several forming a suite, used as living accommodation
the private apartments of the Prince of Wales at St James's Palace
Synonyms
rooms
quarters
chambers
accommodation
The government is to provide accommodation for 3,000 homeless people.
living quarters
Additional synonyms
in the sense of accommodation
Definition
a place in which to sleep, live, or work
The government is to provide accommodation for 3,000 homeless people.
Synonyms
housing,
homes,
houses,
board,
quartering,
quarters,
digs (British, informal),
shelter,
sheltering,
lodging(s),
harbouring,
dwellings
in the sense of room
Definition
an area within a building enclosed by a floor, a ceiling, and walls