bedsit
A form of rented accommodation consisting of a single room for use as both sitting…A form of rented accommodation consisting of a single room for use as both sitting room and bedroom; there may also be a small kitchen area and washing and toilet facilities, but these amenities are more commonly outside the room and shared by several tenants.
» Tom lives in a bedsit.
Tom wohnt in einer Einzimmerwohnung.
Том живёт в однокомнатной квартире.
Том живе в однокімнатній квартирі.
Meaning
1 senses(Ireland, UK)A form of rented accommodation consisting of a single room for use as both sitting room and bedroom; there may also be a small kitchen area and washing and toilet facilities, but these amenities are more commonly outside the room and shared by several tenants.
Einzimmerwohnung, Einzimmerapartement
- a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing)
Examples
3 sentencesTom lives in a bedsit.
Том живе в однокімнатній квартирі.
ruТом живёт в однокомнатной квартире.
deTom wohnt in einer Einzimmerwohnung.
When I was a student, I lived in a bedsit.
deAls ich noch Student war, wohnte ich in einer kleinen Einzimmerwohnung.
He stood at the window of his bedsit watching the snow fall on to the rooftops.
deEr saß am Fenster seines Wohnschlafzimmers und sah dem Schnee dabei zu, wie er auf die Dächer hinabrieselte.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Blend of bed(room) + sit(ting room). First attested in 1900.Blend of bed(room) + sit(ting room). First attested in 1900.
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Forms
plural: bedsitsSynonyms
8 synonyms- a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing):bedsitting roombedsitter