noun
apartment
uh-PART-muhnt/əˈpɑːrtmənt/
A separate living space within a larger building.
Their apartment has two bedrooms and a sunny kitchen.
Etymology
The original image is a “separated place”: private rooms set apart within a house for one person or family. The meaning developed into a self-contained living unit within a larger building.
In context
How am I squatting when, um, the apartment was rented to me since July 2019?
More examples
- She rents an apartment above the bakery.
- Several apartments share the same entrance.
- We moved into our first apartment in September.
Forms
apartment · apartments
Similar words
- unit
- A broader housing term that does not specify an apartment.
- condominium
- Specifically a separately owned unit rather than any apartment.