Translation
flat, apartment
Word origin
An international borrowing: French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from appartare ('to set apart'), ultimately Latin ad plus pars ('part'). A flat is literally a part of a building set apart. Aparta ('separate') is the same root living as a plain adjective.
- Origin
- Italian and French, from Latin
- Root
- appartare
- English cognates
- apartment, apart
Examples
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They live in a small flat in the centre of the town.
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The flat has three rooms and big windows.
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We are looking for a new flat near the park.
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