Meaning

5 senses
  1. A 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

  2. One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.

    отделе́ниеotdelénije, отсе́кotsék

    a space into which an area is subdivided

  3. The part of a protein that serves a specific function.

  4. 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

  5. A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.

Examples

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  1. Have you looked in the glove compartment?

    Ти подивився у бардачку?

    ruТы в бардачке смотрел?

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  2. What's in your glove compartment?

    Що у тебе в бардачку?

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  3. I've got a flashlight in the glove compartment.

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  4. Tom searched the glove compartment for a map.

    ruТом проверил бардачок в поисках карты.

    deTom durchsuchte das Handschuhfach nach einer Karte.

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  5. Tom reached over and opened the glove compartment.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
chamber:
Русский
By meaning 1
chamber:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
chamber:
heraldry: mound beneath the shield:

Origin

First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Lat

First 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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