From Middle English dormitory dormytory dormytorye Latin dormītōrium ( “ a sleeping-room ” ) , from dormiō ( “ to sleep ” ) . Doublet of dorter
dormitory (plural dormitories
A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping , often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
1842 Letitia Elizabeth Landon ], “(please specify the page) ”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. [ … ] , volume II, London: Henry Colburn , [ … ] →OCLC pages 150–151 :She will be much more likely to meet his wishes after a residence at the castle, than an imprisonment on short commons in her dormitory in Welbeck Street; for in one case she only learnt how much she could endure, in the other she will find how much she can enjoy.
A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
A dormitory town . ( room for sleeping, or a building with such rooms ) : dorm ( clipping, in wide use ) ( building where soldiers sleep ) : barracks room for sleeping
Armenian: հանրակացարան (hy) ( hanrakacʻaran )
Bulgarian: о́бща спа́лня f ( óbšta spálnja )
Catalan: dormitori (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寢室 ／ 寝室 (zh) ( qǐnshì ) , 宿舍 (zh) ( sùshè )
Czech: noclehárna f
Danish: sovesal c
Dutch: ( several sleepers ) slaapzaal (nl) , ( one or very few ) slaapcel
Esperanto: dormejo amasloĝejo
Estonian: ühikas ühiselamu
Finnish: makuusali makuuhuone (fi)
French: ( several sleepers ) dortoir (fr) m ( one or very few ) cellule (fr)
Georgian: საძინებელი ( saʒinebeli )
German: Schlafsaal (de) m Dormitorium (de) n
Greek: υπνοθάλαμος m ( ypnothálamos ) , υπνωτήριο (el) n ( ypnotírio ) , υπνοδωμάτιο (el) n ( ypnodomátio )
Hebrew: חדר שינה m ( khadár shená )
Hungarian: hálóterem (hu)
Icelandic: svefnsalur m ( usually for students ) heimavist f kojuherbergi n
Ido: dormeyo (io)
Irish: suanlios m dórtúr m
Italian: camerata (it) f
Japanese: 寝室 (ja) ( shinshitsu )
Khmer: សយនដ្ឋាន ( saʼyaʼnaʼtthaan )
Latin: dormitorium n
Macedonian: спа́лна со́ба f ( spálna sóba )
Malay: asrama
Mongolian: оюутны байр ( ojuutny bajr )
Old English: slǣpern n
Ottoman Turkish: یاتاقخانه ( yatakhâne )
Persian: خوابگاه (fa) ( xâbgâh )
Polish: akademik (pl) m
Portuguese: dormitório (pt) m
Romanian: dormitor (ro) n
Russian: о́бщая спа́льня f ( óbščaja spálʹnja ) , дортуа́р (ru) m ( dortuár ) ( dated ) , спа́льня (ru) f ( spálʹnja )
Scottish Gaelic: suain-lann f seòmar-cadail m
Spanish: dormitorio (es) m
Swahili: bweni
Swedish: sovsal c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: yatakhane (tr) , yurt (tr)
Ukrainian: почива́льня f ( počyválʹnja )
Vietnamese: phòng ngủ
Welsh: noswylfa f
building or part thereof
Albanian: konvikt (sq) m
Arabic: مَهْجَع m ( mahjaʕ )
Armenian: հանրակացարան (hy) ( hanrakacʻaran ) , քնարան (hy) ( kʻnaran )
Azerbaijani: yataqxana
Belarusian: інтэрна́т m ( internát )
Bulgarian: общежи́тие (bg) n ( obštežítie )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 宿舍 (zh) ( sùshè ) , 寄宿舍 (zh) ( jìsùshè )
Czech: noclehárna f internát (cs) m
Danish: internat n
Dutch: internaat (nl) n ( for students ) studentenhuis (nl) n
Esperanto: dormejo ( for students ) studenta loĝejo
Estonian: ühikas ühiselamu internaat
Finnish: asuntola (fi)
French: résidence (fr) f foyer (fr) , cité universitaire (fr) m
Georgian: საერთო საცხოვრებელი ( saerto sacxovrebeli )
German: Studentenwohnheim (de) n Studentenheim (de) n Wohnheim (de) n Heim (de) n Dormitorium (de) n
Greek: υπνωτήριο (el) n ( ypnotírio ) , κοιτώνας (el) m ( koitónas ) ( mostly in the army )
Hebrew: ( building for students ) מעונות m pl ( me'onot )
Hungarian: ( hostel in general ) szálló (hu) , ( for students ) diákszálló (hu) , ( for nuns/sisters/nurses ) nővérszálló ( for workers ) munkásszálló (hu) , ( for students ) diákotthon (hu) , kollégium (hu)
Icelandic: heimavist f
Indonesian: asrama (id)
Italian: dormitorio (it) m
Japanese: 寮 (ja) ( りょう, ryō ) , 宿舎 (ja) ( しゅくしゃ, shukusha )
Kazakh: жатақхана ( jataqxana )
Khmer: និវាសដ្ឋាន (km) ( niviəsatthaan )
Korean: 기숙사(寄宿舍) (ko) ( gisuksa )
Kyrgyz: жатакана (ky) ( jatakana )
Latin: dormitorium n
Latvian: internāts m kopmītne f
Lithuanian: bendrabutis m
Macedonian: сту́дентски дом m ( stúdentski dom )
Malay: asrama (ms)
Maori: wharemoe
Norwegian:
Bokmål: internat n studenthjem n
Ottoman Turkish: یاتاقخانه ( yatakhâne )
Persian: خوابگاه (fa) ( xâbgâh )
Polish: akademik (pl) m dormitorium (pl) n internat (pl) m
Portuguese: dormitório (pt) m
Romanian: cămin (ro) n
Russian: общежи́тие (ru) n ( obščežítije ) , обща́га (ru) f ( obščága ) (( colloquial, slang )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: студентски дом m
Roman: studentski dom m
Slovak: internát m nocľaháreň f
Slovene: študentski dom m
Spanish: residencia estudiantil f dormitorio (es) m
Swedish: studenthem (sv) n
Tajik: хобгоҳ ( xobgoh )
Thai: หอพัก ( hɔ̌ɔ-pák )
Turkish: yatakhane (tr) , yurt (tr)
Turkmen: ýatakhana
Udmurt: огинъюрт ( oginjurt )
Ukrainian: гурто́житок m ( hurtóžytok )
Uyghur: ياتاقخانا ( yataqxana )
Uzbek: yotoqxona (uz)
Vietnamese: kí túc xá
Yakut: уопсай дьиэ ( uopsay jie )
Yiddish: אינטערנאַט ( internat )
“dormitory ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC “dormitory ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC “dormitory ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search . 
