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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ten•e•ment /ˈtɛnəmənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Also called ˈten•e•ment ˌhouse. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, esp. in a poor section of a large city.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ten•e•ment (ten′ə mənt),USA pronunciation n. - Also called ten′ement house′. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, esp. in a poor section of a large city.
- Law
- any species of permanent property, as lands, houses, rents, an office, or a franchise, that may be held of another.
- tenements, freehold interests in things immovable considered as subjects of property.
- British Termsan apartment or room rented by a tenant.
- [Archaic.]any abode or habitation.
- Medieval Latin tenēmentum, equivalent. to Latin tenē(re) to hold + -mentum -ment
- 1250–1300; Middle English
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tenement /ˈtɛnəmənt/ n - Also called: tenement building (now esp in Scotland) a large building divided into separate flats
- a dwelling place or residence, esp one intended for rent
- chiefly Brit a room or flat for rent
- any form of permanent property, such as land, dwellings, offices, etc
Etymology: 14th Century: from Medieval Latin tenementum, from Latin tenēre to holdtenemental /ˌtɛnəˈmɛntəl/ adj |