Our apartment is on the second floor of that building.
b) U.S. a single room.Useful english dictionary. 2012.
de|part|ment — «dih PAHRT muhnt», noun. 1. a separate part of some whole; special branch; division: »Our city government has a fire department and a police department. 2. a main division of governmental administration: »the Department of Justice. 3. a special… … Useful english dictionary
com|part|ment — «kuhm PAHRT muhnt», noun, verb. –n. 1. a separate division set off in any enclosed space by walls or partitions. A ship s hold is often built in watertight compartments so that a leak will fill up only one compartment and not the whole ship.… … Useful english dictionary
com|part|ment|ed — «KOM pahrt MEHN tihd», adjective. fitted with, or divided into, compartments; compartmentalized: »a compartmented trunk. Figurative. When I was in the Bureau of Standards, I had my first brush with the stubborn pride of the compartmented mind… … Useful english dictionary
dis|part|ment — «dihs PAHRT muhnt», noun. 1. separation; division into parts. 2. an opening caused by separation … Useful english dictionary
im|part|ment — «ihm PAHRT muhnt», noun. 1. the act of imparting. 2. something that is imparted; a communication; disclosure … Useful english dictionary
com|part|ment|iz|er car — «kom PAHRT muhn TY zuhr», a boxcar fitted with several rooms or compartments for less than carload shipments … Useful english dictionary
com·part·ment — … Useful english dictionary
ment — abate·ment; al·i·ment; ap·prove·ment; aug·ment; ce·ment; com·ment; com·part·ment; com·ple·ment; com·pli·ment; con·sign·ment; de·ment; de·part·ment; dis·place·ment; doc·u·ment; el·e·ment; en·ti·tle·ment; en·vi·ron·ment; es·tab·lish·ment;… … English syllables
part — bo·na·part·ism; com·part; com·part·men·tal; com·part·men·tal·i·za·tion; com·part·men·tal·ize; com·part·men·ta·tion; com·part·ment·ize; co·part; co·part·nery; de·part·men·tal; de·part·men·tal·ism; de·part·men·tal·i·za·tion; de·part·men·tal·ize;… … English syllables
-ment — élément, du lat. mente, dans (tel) esprit, de (telle) manière , qui permet de former la plupart des adverbes de manière à partir du fém. des adjectifs (ex. gaie, gaiement; grande, grandement, etc.). I. ⇒ MENT1, suff. Suff. formateur de subst.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
