courtroom

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noun

The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury.

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Meanings

nouncourtroom (plural courtrooms)

plural courtrooms

  1. The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury.

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Synonyms & antonyms

nouna room in which a law court sits

Similar
court
Broader
room
Also see
court

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From court + room.

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Translations

Arabic قَاعَةُ مَحْكَمَة, قَاعَةُ الْمَحْكَمَة
  • قَاعَةُ مَحْكَمَة (qāʕatu maḥkama)room where a judge presides
  • قَاعَةُ الْمَحْكَمَة (qāʕatu l-maḥkama)room where a judge presides
Bulgarian съде́бна за́ла
  • съде́бна за́ла (sădébna zála)room where a judge presides
Chinese Mandarin 法庭
  • 法庭 (fǎtíng)room where a judge presides
Czech soudní síň
  • soudní síňroom where a judge presides
Danish retssal
  • retssalroom where a judge presides
Dutch rechtszaal, zittingszaal
  • rechtszaalroom where a judge presides
  • zittingszaalroom where a judge presides
Esperanto juĝejo
  • juĝejoroom where a judge presides
Estonian kohtusaal
  • kohtusaalroom where a judge presides
Finnish oikeussali
  • oikeussaliroom where a judge presides
French salle d'audience
  • salle d'audienceroom where a judge presides
German Gerichtssaal, Sitzungssaal
  • Gerichtssaalroom where a judge presides
  • Sitzungssaalroom where a judge presides
Hebrew אולם משפטים
  • אולם משפטים ('ulám mishpatím)room where a judge presides
Hungarian tárgyalóterem
  • tárgyalóteremroom where a judge presides
Italian aula, sala d'udienza
  • aularoom where a judge presides
  • sala d'udienzaroom where a judge presides
Japanese 裁判廷, 公判廷
  • 裁判廷 (saibantei)room where a judge presides
  • 公判廷 (kōhantei)room where a judge presides
Korean 재판정, 공판정
  • 재판정 (jaepanjeong)room where a judge presides
  • 공판정 (gongpanjeong)room where a judge presides
Latvian tiesas zāle
  • tiesas zāleroom where a judge presides
Lithuanian teismo salė
  • teismo salėroom where a judge presides
Norwegian Bokmål rettssal
  • rettssalroom where a judge presides
Polish sala sądowa, sala rozpraw
  • sala sądowaroom where a judge presides
  • sala rozprawroom where a judge presides
Portuguese corte
  • corteroom where a judge presides
Romanian sală de judecată
  • sală de judecatăroom where a judge presides
Russian зал суда́, зал суде́бных заседа́ний
  • зал суда́ (zal sudá)room where a judge presides
  • зал суде́бных заседа́ний (zal sudébnyx zasedánij)room where a judge presides
  • суде́бный зал (sudébnyj zal)room where a judge presides
Slovak súdna sieň
  • súdna sieňroom where a judge presides
Spanish sala de un tribunal
  • sala de un tribunalroom where a judge presides
Swedish rättssal, tingssal
  • rättssalroom where a judge presides
  • tingssalroom where a judge presides
Ukrainian за́ла суду́, за́ла судови́х засі́дань
  • за́ла суду́ (zála sudú)room where a judge presides
  • за́ла судови́х засі́дань (zála sudovýx zasídanʹ)room where a judge presides
  • судова́ за́ла (sudová zála)room where a judge presides
Urdu کَمْرَۂ عَدَالَت
  • کَمْرَۂ عَدَالَت (kamra-yi 'adālat)room where a judge presides
Cite this entry
APA

courtroom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courtroom

MLA

“courtroom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courtroom. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “courtroom,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courtroom.

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