Kilo Lingo

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masculine

/komeˈðoɾ/

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Translation

dining room

Word origin

From comer ('to eat') plus the suffix -dor denoting a place, from Latin comedere ('to eat up'), based on edere ('to eat'). The Latin edere is related to English 'edible'.

Origin
Latin
Root
comedere
English cognates
edible, comestible

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralcomedores

Examples

juntos .

We all had dinner together in the dining room.

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The dining room has a big wooden table.

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The children eat in the school canteen.

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Where is the hotel dining room?

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We cleaned the dining room after the party.

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This word is part of lesson 58.