dining room

US/ˈdaɪnɪŋˌɹum/

noun

A room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten.

Meanings

noundining room (plural dining rooms)

plural dining rooms · alternative dining-room · alternative diningroom

  1. A room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten.

    Synonyms: dinner room

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna room used for dining

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans eetsaal
  • eetsaalroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Ancient Greek δειπνητήριον
  • δειπνητήριον (deipnētḗrion)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Arabic غَرْفَةْ الطَعَام, مَطْعَم
  • غَرْفَةْ الطَعَام (ḡarfat aṭ-ṭaʕām)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • مَطْعَم (maṭʕam)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Basque jangela, jantoki
  • jangelaroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • jantokiroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • janlekuroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Bengali ভোজনশালা
  • ভোজনশালা (bhōjonśala)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Bulgarian столова, трапезария
  • столова (stolova)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • трапезария (trapezarija)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Catalan menjador
  • menjadorroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Chinese Cantonese 飯廳 /饭厅, 餐廳 /餐厅
  • 飯廳 /饭厅 (faan⁶ teng¹)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • 餐廳 /餐厅 (caan¹ teng¹)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • 飯堂 /饭堂 (faan⁶ tong⁴)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Chinese Mandarin 飯廳 /饭厅, 餐廳 /餐厅
  • 飯廳 /饭厅 (fàntīng)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • 餐廳 /餐厅 (cāntīng)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Czech jídelna
  • jídelnaroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Danish restaurant, spisesal
  • restaurantroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • spisesalroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • spisestueroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Esperanto manĝoĉambro, manĝejo
  • manĝoĉambroroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • manĝejoroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Estonian söögituba
  • söögitubaroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Finnish ruokasali
  • ruokasaliroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
French salle à manger
  • salle à mangerroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
German Esszimmer, Speisezimmer
  • Esszimmerroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • Speisezimmerroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Greek τραπεζαρία
  • τραπεζαρία (trapezaría)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Hebrew חֲדַר אוֹכֶל
  • חֲדַר אוֹכֶל (khadár ókhel)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Hindi भोजन कक्ष
  • भोजन कक्ष (bhojan kakṣ)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Hungarian ebédlő, étkező
  • ebédlőroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • étkezőroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Icelandic borðstofa
  • borðstofaroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Indonesian kamar makan
  • kamar makanroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Irish seomra bia, proinnseomra
  • seomra biaroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • proinnseomraroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Italian sala da pranzo
  • sala da pranzoroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Japanese 食堂
  • 食堂 (shokudō)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Korean 식당
  • 식당 (sikdang)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Latin cēnātiō, cēnāculum
  • cēnātiōroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • cēnāculumroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • trīclīniumroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Latvian ēdamistaba
  • ēdamistabaroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Lithuanian valgomasis
  • valgomasisroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Malay ruang makan
  • ruang makanroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Māori wharekai
  • wharekairoom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Norwegian Bokmål spisestue
  • spisestueroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Persian اتاق ناهار خوری
  • اتاق ناهار خوریroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Polish jadalnia
  • jadalniaroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Portuguese sala de jantar
  • sala de jantarroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Romanian sufragerie
  • sufragerieroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Russian столо́вая
  • столо́вая (stolóvaja)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Scottish Gaelic seòmar-bìdh, seòmar-aoigheachd
  • seòmar-bìdhroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • seòmar-aoigheachdroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • seòmar-biadhtachdroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • seòmar-dìnnearachroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Slovak jedáleň
  • jedáleňroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Spanish comedor, refectorio
  • comedorroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • refectorioroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • comederoroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • tineloroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Swahili chumba cha kulia
  • chumba cha kuliaroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Swedish matsal
  • matsalroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Tagalog silid-kainan, kakanan
  • silid-kainanroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • kakananroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Thai ห้องอาหาร
  • ห้องอาหาร (hɔ̂ng-aa-hǎan)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Turkish yemek odası, yemek salonu
  • yemek odasıroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • yemek salonuroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • salamanjeroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Ukrainian їдальня
  • їдальня (jidalʹnja)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Vietnamese phòng ăn
  • phòng ănroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Welsh ystafell fwyta, ystafell ginio
  • ystafell fwytaroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
  • ystafell ginioroom, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Yiddish סטאָלאָווע
  • סטאָלאָווע (stolove)room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten
Cite this entry
APA

dining room. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dining%20room

MLA

“dining room.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dining%20room. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dining room,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dining%20room.

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