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tenement
(tenəmənt)
Word forms: plural tenements
1. countable noun
A tenement is a large, old building which is divided into a number of individual flats.
...elegant tenement buildings.
2. countable noun
A tenement is one of the flats in a tenement.
...the cramped Edinburgh tenement in which Connery grew up.
tenement in British English
(ˈtɛnəmənt)
noun
1. Also called: tenement building
(now esp in Scotland) a large building divided into separate flats
2.
a dwelling place or residence, esp one intended for rent
3. mainly British
a room or flat for rent
4. property law
any form of permanent property, such as land, dwellings, offices, etc
Derived forms
tenemental (ˌtɛnəˈmɛntəl) or tenementary (ˌteneˈmentary) adjective
tenemented (ˈteneˌmented)
adjective
Word origin
C14: from Medieval Latin tenementum, from Latin tenēre to holdtenement in American English
(ˈtɛnəmənt)
noun
1. Law
land, buildings, offices, franchises, etc. held of another by tenure
2.
a dwelling house
3.
a room or set of rooms tenanted as a separate dwelling; apartment; flat
4.
tenement house
5. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
a dwelling place; abode
Derived forms
tenemental (ˌteneˈmental) adjective or ˌteneˈmentary
Word origin
ME < OFr, a holding < ML tenementum < L tenere, to hold: see tenantImage oftenement
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British English: tenement NOUN
A tenement is a large, old building which is divided into a number of individual flats.
...elegant 19th century tenement buildings.
- American English: tenement
- Brazilian Portuguese: conjunto habitacional
- Chinese: 旧式公寓大楼
- European Spanish: bloque de pisos
- French: immeuble
- German: Mietshaus
- Italian: casamento
- Japanese: 棟割長屋
- Korean: 공동 주택
- European Portuguese: conjunto habitacional
- Latin American Spanish: bloque de pisos