classroom

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UK/ˈklɑːsɹʊm/Northern England/ˈklæsruːm/Northern England/ˈklasruːm/

noun

A room, often in a school, where classes take place.

Similar
schoolroom
OriginEnglish room ← Middle English roum ← Old English rūm →
CommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

nounclassroom (plural classrooms)

plural classrooms

  1. A room, often in a school, where classes take place.

    Secondly, preserved railways are not 24/7 operations. There are closed seasons where they can be turned into open-air classrooms.

    2024 April 3, Richard Foster, “Training the next generation of engineers”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 48

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna room in a school where lessons take place

Similar
schoolroom
Broader
room
Also see
schoolroom

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kelh₁-
  2. Proto-Italic*klāssis
  3. Latinclassis
  4. Middle Frenchclasse
  5. Englishclass
  6. Proto-Indo-European*Hrew-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(H)rewH-
  8. Proto-Germanic*rūmą
  9. Proto-West Germanic*rūm
  10. Old Englishrūm
  11. Middle Englishroum
  12. Englishroom
  13. Englishclassroom

From class + room.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic صَفّ, غُرْفَة التَّدْرِيس
  • صَفّ (ṣaff)room in a school
  • غُرْفَة التَّدْرِيس (ḡurfat at-tadrīs)room in a school
  • فَصْل (faṣl)room in a school
  • فَصْل مَدْرَسِيّ (faṣl madrasiyy)room in a school
Bulgarian кла́сна ста́я
  • кла́сна ста́я (klásna stája)room in a school
Catalan classe, aula
  • classeroom in a school
  • aularoom in a school
Chinese Cantonese 教室, 課堂 /课堂
  • 教室 (gaau³ sat¹)room in a school
  • 課堂 /课堂 (fo³ tong⁴)room in a school
  • 課室 /课室 (fo³ sat¹)room in a school
Chinese Mandarin 教室, 課堂 /课堂
  • 教室 (jiàoshì)room in a school
  • 課堂 /课堂 (kètáng)room in a school
  • 課室 /课室 (kèshì)room in a school
Czech třída, učebna
  • třídaroom in a school
  • učebnaroom in a school
Danish klasselokale, klasseværelse
  • klasselokaleroom in a school
  • klasseværelseroom in a school
Dutch klaslokaal
  • klaslokaalroom in a school
Esperanto klasĉambro
  • klasĉambroroom in a school
Estonian klassiruum
  • klassiruumroom in a school
Finnish luokkahuone, luokka
  • luokkahuoneroom in a school
  • luokkaroom in a school
French salle de classe
  • salle de classeroom in a school
German Klassenzimmer, Klassenraum
  • Klassenzimmerroom in a school
  • Klassenraumroom in a school
Greek αίθουσα διδασκαλίας
  • αίθουσα διδασκαλίας (aíthousa didaskalías)room in a school
Hindi कक्षा, अध्ययनकक्ष
  • कक्षा (kakṣā)room in a school
  • अध्ययनकक्ष (adhyayankakṣ)room in a school
Hungarian osztályterem, tanterem
  • osztályteremroom in a school
  • tanteremroom in a school
  • teremroom in a school
Icelandic skólastofa
  • skólastofaroom in a school
Indonesian ruang kelas
  • ruang kelasroom in a school
Italian classe, aula
  • classeroom in a school
  • aularoom in a school
Japanese 教室, 教場
  • 教室 (kyōshitsu)room in a school
  • 教場 (kyōjō)room in a school
Korean 교실, 교장
  • 교실 (gyosil)room in a school
  • 교장 (gyojang)room in a school
Latin odos, odor
  • odosroom in a school
  • odorroom in a school
  • aula magnaroom in a school
Latvian klase
  • klaseroom in a school
Lithuanian klasė
  • klasėroom in a school
Malay bilik darjah
  • bilik darjahroom in a school
Māori akomanga
  • akomangaroom in a school
Norwegian Bokmål klasserom, klasseværelse
  • klasseromroom in a school
  • klasseværelseroom in a school
Polish aula, klasa
  • aularoom in a school
  • klasaroom in a school
  • sala lekcyjnaroom in a school
Portuguese sala de aula
  • sala de aularoom in a school
Romanian clasă, sală de clasă
  • clasăroom in a school
  • sală de clasăroom in a school
Russian класс, кла́ссная ко́мната
  • класс (klass)room in a school
  • кла́ссная ко́мната (klássnaja kómnata)room in a school
  • кла́ссная (klássnaja)room in a school
Scottish Gaelic seòmar-teagaisg
  • seòmar-teagaisgroom in a school
Slovak trieda, učebňa
  • triedaroom in a school
  • učebňaroom in a school
Spanish aula, sala de clases
  • aularoom in a school
  • sala de clasesroom in a school
  • salón de clasesroom in a school
Swahili darasa
  • darasaroom in a school
Swedish klassrum
  • klassrumroom in a school
Tagalog silid-aralan, klasrum
  • silid-aralanroom in a school
  • klasrumroom in a school
Thai ห้องเรียน
  • ห้องเรียน (hɔ̂ng-riian)room in a school
Turkish sınıf, derslik
  • sınıfroom in a school
  • derslikroom in a school
Ukrainian клас, кла́сна кімна́та
  • клас (klas)room in a school
  • кла́сна кімна́та (klásna kimnáta)room in a school
Urdu کَمْرَۂ جَماعَت, کِلاس رُوم
  • کَمْرَۂ جَماعَت (kamra-yi jamā'at)room in a school
  • کِلاس رُوم (kilās rūm)room in a school
Vietnamese lớp học, phòng học
  • lớp họcroom in a school
  • phòng họcroom in a school
  • lớproom in a school
Cite this entry
APA

classroom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/classroom

MLA

“classroom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/classroom. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “classroom,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/classroom.

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