dorm
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɔːm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (Standard Southern British, Australia, New Zealand) IPA(key): /doːm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /doɹm/
- (without the horse–hoarse merger)
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /dɔɾm/
- (Manchester) IPA(key): /dɔːm/
- (Eastern New England) IPA(key): /dɒm/
- (early 20th century General American, near-obsolete) IPA(key): /dɔɹm/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m
Noun
dorm (plural dorms)
- Clipping of dormitory.
Derived terms
Translations
room — see also dormitory
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state
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Verb
dorm (third-person singular simple present dorms, present participle dorming, simple past and past participle dormed)
- (intransitive, informal) To reside in a dorm.
- I haven't seen Emily since I dormed with her in our student days.
- 2008, Veronica Hulan, One of Those Nice Guys, page 11:
- He spent a year at Wayne State University before transferring to Stanford to be with Chase. They dormed together at Crothers Hall, studied together at William Gould Hall and came home on vacations together.
Aromanian
Etymology
Verb
dorm (third-person singular dormi, participle durnjite)
- alternative form of dormu
Related terms
- durnjeri
- durnjit
Catalan
Verb
dorm
- inflection of dormir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Megleno-Romanian
Etymology
From Latin dormiō. Compare Aromanian dormu, Romanian dormi, dorm.
Verb
dorm
- I sleep.
Related terms
- durmiri
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdorm/
- Rhymes: -orm
Verb
dorm
- inflection of dormi (“to sleep”):
- first-person singular indicative/subjunctive present
- third-person plural indicative present
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