apartment

noun

apart·​ment ə-ˈpärt-mənt 

plural apartments

1

: a room or set of rooms fitted especially with housekeeping facilities and usually leased as a dwelling

2

: a building containing several individual apartments

3

British : a large and impressive room or set of rooms

—usually plural

Assured that the Queen and Prince Philip had retired to bed, Mr Hillyard tried to pass through the Royal apartments as the train left Aberdeen on its journey to London.

—Jonathan Petre

apartmental

ə-ˌpärt-ˈmen-tᵊl 

adjective

Synonyms

• diggings [chiefly British]
• digs
• flat [chiefly British]
• lodgings
• suite
• tenement

Examples of apartment in a Sentence

We lived in an apartment for several years before buying a house.

a spacious six-room apartment that occupies the entire upper floor of a two-family house

Recent Examples on the Web

Murphy offered her the sketch, which Rosenberg keeps among her own sketches in her New York apartment. —Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2024

That means rents would range from $2,000 a month for a 375-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment to $2,200 a month for a 450-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment. —Rebecca San Juan, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2024

There are empty houses and apartments, fully and partially destroyed. —Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024

Under the current construction plan, between 85 and 100 market-rate apartments would be built across two buildings. —Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024

Investigators found one of those shoes near Vang's apartment, among other evidence, CrimeOnline reported. —Christina Coulter, Fox News, 12 Apr. 2024

Keep scrolling to discover more furniture, rugs, shelves, and decor to spruce up tiny homes and small apartments. —Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024

The On Broadway Apartments were set to be a 165,000-square-foot complex that would include 75 single-bedroom units, 25 two-bedroom apartments and 50 three-bedroom units. —Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 11 Apr. 2024

The incident happened around 5:10 p.m. on March 31 at an apartment complex on Fremont Boulevard, the Fremont Police Department said in a news release Wednesday. —Jason Green, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

French appartement, from Italian appartamento

First Known Use

circa 1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing apartment

• apartment building
• apartment hotel
• duplex apartment
• efficiency apartment
• garden apartment
• in-law apartment
• mother-in-law apartment
• studio apartment

Kids Definition

apartment

noun

apart·​ment ə-ˈpärt-mənt 

1

: a room or set of rooms used as a dwelling

2

: apartment building