noun · rare

tenement

tenement · tenements

арендованное имущество

Mietskaserne, Wohnungsblock, Wohnblock, Mietshaus

A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down oneA building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.

/ˈtɛnɪmənt/

» Tom grew up in a tenement.

Meaning

3 senses

A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.
Mietskaserne, Wohnungsblock, Wohnblock
Any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned.
The island of Brecqhou is a tenement of Sark.
Mietshaus
арендованное иму́ществоarendovannoje imúščestvo
(figuratively)A dwelling; abode; habitation.

More definitions

a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards

Examples

2 sentences

Tom grew up in a tenement.
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They live in a rundown tenement on 5th St.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

a building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one:

any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned:

Origin

From Middle English tenement, from Anglo-Norman tenement (“holding”), from Old French tene

From Middle English tenement, from Anglo-Norman tenement (“holding”), from Old French tenement, from Medieval Latin tenimentum, from Latin teneō (“hold”).

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