compartiment

Etymology

First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri (“to divide with, to share with”), from com- + partiri (“to apportion, to divide, to share”)

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: com‧par‧ti‧ment

Noun

compartiment n (plural compartimenten, diminutive compartimentje n)

1. compartment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.paʁ.ti.mɑ̃/

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Noun

compartiment m (plural compartiments)

1. compartment

Further reading

• “compartiment” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).