cloakroom

English

/ˈkləʊkɹʊm/

noun

Definitions

A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater.
(British) A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.
A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.
(British) A lavatory, now particularly a small secondary lavatory or a men's room.

Etymology

Compound from English cloak + English room (spacious, roomy, wide).

Origin

English

room

Gloss

spacious, roomy, wide

Concept

Semantic Field

Spatial relations

Ontological Category

Property

`Kanji`

広

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

anteroom English
backroom English
ballroom English
barroom English
bathroom English
becloak English
boardroom English
bookroom English
boxroom English
breadroom English
bunkroom English
by-room English
card-room English
cardroom English
changeroom English
chartroom English
checkroom English
classroom English
cleanroom English
cloak English
cloakest English
cloaketh English
cloakless English
cloaklike English
cloakmaker English
cloakmaking English
cloakwise English
clubroom English
coatroom English
coffeeroom English
cookroom English
coolroom English
courtroom English
darkroom English
dayroom English
decloak English
discloak English
elbowroom English
fireroom English
foreroom English
fuckroom English
grillroom English
guardroom English
gunroom English
headroom English
hoistroom English
homeroom English
houseroom English
interroom English
junkroom English
kneeroom English
legroom English
lightroom English
loungeroom English
lumberroom English
lunchroom English
mailroom English
messroom English
mudroom English
multiroom English
newsroom English
playroom English
poolroom English
postroom English
pressroom English
recloak English
restroom English
room English
roomage English
roomer English
roomette English
roomful English
roomie English
roomkeeper English
roomless English
roomlet English
roomlike English
roomly English
roommate English
roomset English
roomsome English
roomth English
roomwise English
roomy English
sailroom English
saleroom English
salesroom English
schoolroom English
shiproom English
showroom English
sickroom English
sinkroom English
stackroom English
staffroom English
stateroom English
stillroom English
stockroom English
storeroom English
sun room English
sunroom English
switchroom English
taproom English
tearoom English
throneroom English
toolroom English
turncloak English
uncloak English
wardroom English
wareroom English
washroom English
wireroom English
workroom English
writ-room English
クロークルーム Japanese
ルーム Japanese
cloke Middle English
roum Middle English
rùm Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
rum Tok Pisin
rum Chuukese
rumu Kikuyu, Gikuyu
rum Fiji Hindi