room

room
room ,
A n
1 (closed area) (for living) pièce f ; (for sleeping) chambre f ; (for working) bureau m ; (for meetings, teaching, operating) salle f ; a three room apartment un appartement de trois pièces ; the room fell silent tout le monde se tut ; in the next room dans la pièce d'à côté ; ‘rooms to let’ ‘chambres à louer’ ; room 159 la chambre 159 ; room and board chambre avec repas ; he gets room and board il est logé (et) nourri ;
2 ¢ (space) place f (for pour ; to do pour faire) ; to make room faire de la place ; to take up room prendre de la place ; to be short of room manquer de place ;
3 (opportunity) room for improvement/doubt possibilité f d'amélioration/de doute ; room for manoeuvre marge f de manœuvre.
B rooms npl
1 (rented) meublé m ;
2 GB Univ chambre f d'étudiant.
C vi US loger ; to room with sb loger chez qn ; we room together nous habitons ensemble.
D -roomed (dans composés) 4-roomed de 4 pièces.
Idiom
there is always room at the top quand on veut réussir dans la vie on peut.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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