compartment
A room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicleA room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.
» Have you looked in the glove compartment?
Ты в бардачке смотрел?
Вы в бардачке смотрели?
Ти подивився у бардачку?
Meaning
5 sensesA room, or section, or chamber, typically within a vehicle.
Two men were seated in a well-lit compartment of a third-class railway carriage.
Abteil
отделе́ниеotdelénije, отсе́кotsék, купе́kupé
відді́ленняviddílennja, відсі́кvidsík, купе́kupé
a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
отделе́ниеotdelénije, отсе́кotsék
a space into which an area is subdivided
The part of a protein that serves a specific function.
A mound (often of grass), shelf (of e.g. wall) or other thing beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
Postament
A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.
Examples
78 sentencesHave you looked in the glove compartment?
Ти подивився у бардачку?
ruТы в бардачке смотрел?
What's in your glove compartment?
Що у тебе в бардачку?
I've got a flashlight in the glove compartment.
Tom searched the glove compartment for a map.
ruТом проверил бардачок в поисках карты.
deTom durchsuchte das Handschuhfach nach einer Karte.
Tom reached over and opened the glove compartment.
Translations
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Origin
First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from LatFirst attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri (“to divide with, to share with”), from com- + partiri (“to apportion, to divide, to share”).
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Forms
plural: compartments| Singular | compartment |
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| Plural | compartments |
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