Apartment I Building Renting Floor Noun əˈpɑːtmənt əˈpɑːrtmənt

• an apartment building
• i was renting a two-bedroom apartment in an old building.
• a group of developers wants to build a high-rise apartment complex.
• i lived on the ground floor of an apartment block.

apartment

1. a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a building
• COMPARE condominium
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/condominium
• an apartment building
• I was renting a two-bedroom apartment in an old building.
• A group of developers wants to build a high-rise apartment complex.
• I lived on the ground floor of an apartment block.
• They left their fourth-floor apartment on Mott Street and walked to the bus.
• a one-room apartment
• I moved into a lovely little studio apartment.
• He was evicted from his Manhattan apartment.

Extra Examples

• Apartment dwellers can participate in community gardens.
• I share an apartment with two friends.
• I'm looking for an apartment on the east side of the city.
• We will be renting the apartment for a year.
• the people who live in the upstairs apartment
2. a set of rooms used for a holiday
• self-catering holiday apartments
• They are staying in a luxury apartment overlooking the beach.
3. a room in a house, especially a large or famous house
• You can visit the whole palace except for the private apartments.

Word Origin

• mid 17th cent. (denoting a private suite of rooms): from French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from appartare ‘to separate’, from a parte ‘apart’.