Main Entry: ¹com·part·ment

Pronunciation: \kəm-ˈpärt-mənt\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from compartire to mark out in parts, from Late Latin compartiri to share out, from Latin com- + partiri to share, from part-, pars part, share

Date: circa 1578

1 : a separate division or section
2 : one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided

— com·part·men·tal \kəm-ˌpärt-ˈmen-t^əl, ˌkäm-\ adjective