Meanings
plural living rooms · alternative livingroom · alternative living-room
- countableA room in a private house used for general social and leisure activities.
Near-synonyms: lounge (esp. UK), loungeroom, lounge room (esp. Australia), sitting room, parlour, parlor, foreroom, front room, drawing room, zitkamer
1 more example
We relax in the living room.
2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)Synonyms: lounge, loungeroom, lounge room, sitting room, parlour, parlor, foreroom, front room
- uncommonuncountableLand intended for settlers.
But in the quest for ‘lebensraum’ — the Nazi quest for living room for the German people — he was to find to his ultimate cost the Russians were made of sterner stuff than he had envisaged.
2011, John Jackson, chapter 10, in Code Wars: How ‘Ultra’ and ‘Magic’ Led to Allied Victory, South Yorkshire, England: Pen & Sword Books Limited, →ISBN, page 58Synonyms: Lebensraum, living space
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA room in a private house used for general social and leisure activities.
nounLand intended for settlers.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Doublet of Lebensraum.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic غُرْفَةْ الاِسْتِقْبَال, غُرْفَةْ جُلُوس
- غُرْفَةْ الاِسْتِقْبَال (ḡurfat al-istiqbāl)room in a private house
- غُرْفَةْ جُلُوس (ḡurfat julūs)room in a private house
Basque egongela
- egongelaroom in a private house
Bulgarian дне́вна
- дне́вна (dnévna)room in a private house
Catalan sala d'estar, cambra d'estar
- sala d'estarroom in a private house
- cambra d'estarroom in a private house
- salaroom in a private house
Chinese Mandarin 客廳 /客厅, 起居室
- 客廳 /客厅 (kètīng)room in a private house
- 起居室 (qǐjūshì)room in a private house
Czech obývací pokoj, obývák
- obývací pokojroom in a private house
- obývákroom in a private house
Danish stue, dagligstue
- stueroom in a private house
- dagligstueroom in a private house
Dutch woonkamer, huiskamer
- woonkamerroom in a private house
- huiskamerroom in a private house
- kamerroom in a private house
- zitkamerroom in a private house
- livingroom in a private house
- voorzaalroom in a private house
Esperanto salono, loĝoĉambro
- salonoroom in a private house
- loĝoĉambroroom in a private house
- vivoĉambroroom in a private house
Estonian elutuba
- elutubaroom in a private house
Finnish olohuone
- olohuoneroom in a private house
French séjour, salon
- séjourroom in a private house
- salonroom in a private house
- salle de séjourroom in a private house
German Wohnzimmer, Salon
- Wohnzimmerroom in a private house
- Salonroom in a private house
Greek σαλοτραπεζαρία, σαλόνι
- σαλοτραπεζαρία (salotrapezaría)room in a private house
- σαλόνι (salóni)room in a private house
Hebrew סָלוֹן, חֲדַר אוֹרְחִים
- סָלוֹן (salón)room in a private house
- חֲדַר אוֹרְחִים (ẖadár orẖím)room in a private house
Hindi बैठकख़ाना
- बैठकख़ाना (baiṭhakxānā)room in a private house
Hungarian nappali
- nappaliroom in a private house
Icelandic stofa
- stofaroom in a private house
Indonesian ruang keluarga
- ruang keluargaroom in a private house
Irish seomra suí
- seomra suíroom in a private house
Italian soggiorno, salotto
- soggiornoroom in a private house
- salottoroom in a private house
Japanese 居間, リビング
- 居間 (ima)room in a private house
- リビング (ribingu)room in a private house
Korean 거실
- 거실 (geosil)room in a private house
Latin sessōrium
- sessōriumroom in a private house
Latvian viesistaba, dzīvojamā istaba
- viesistabaroom in a private house
- dzīvojamā istabaroom in a private house
Māori rūma noho
- rūma nohoroom in a private house
Norwegian Bokmål stue, oppholdsrom
- stueroom in a private house
- oppholdsromroom in a private house
Polish salon, duży pokój
- salonroom in a private house
- duży pokójroom in a private house
- pokój gościnnyroom in a private house
- pokój dziennyroom in a private house
Portuguese sala de estar
- sala de estarroom in a private house
Romanian sufragerie, cameră de zi
- sufragerieroom in a private house
- cameră de ziroom in a private house
- livingroom in a private house
Russian гости́ная, зал
- гости́ная (gostínaja)room in a private house
- зал (zal)room in a private house
- сало́н (salón)room in a private house
Scottish Gaelic seòmar-còmhnaidh, seòmar-suidhe
- seòmar-còmhnaidhroom in a private house
- seòmar-suidheroom in a private house
Slovak obývacia izba
- obývacia izbaroom in a private house
Spanish salón, sala de estar
- salónroom in a private house
- sala de estarroom in a private house
- salaroom in a private house
- livingroom in a private house
Swahili sebule
- sebuleroom in a private house
Swedish vardagsrum, finrum
- vardagsrumroom in a private house
- finrumroom in a private house
- stora rummetroom in a private house
Tagalog salas
- salasroom in a private house
Thai ห้องนั่งเล่น
- ห้องนั่งเล่น (hɔ̂ng-nâng-lên)room in a private house
Turkish oturma odası, salon
- oturma odasıroom in a private house
- salonroom in a private house
Ukrainian віта́льня, зал
- віта́льня (vitálʹnja)room in a private house
- зал (zal)room in a private house
- сало́н (salón)room in a private house
Urdu بَیْٹَھک خانَہ, نشیمن
- بَیْٹَھک خانَہ (bayṭhak xāna)room in a private house
- نشیمن (naśeman)room in a private house
Vietnamese phòng khách
- phòng kháchroom in a private house
Welsh lolfa, ystafell fyw
- lolfaroom in a private house
- ystafell fywroom in a private house
Yiddish וווינצימער, זאַל
- וווינצימער (voyntsimer)room in a private house
- זאַל (zal)room in a private house
Cite this entry
living room. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/living%20room
“living room.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/living%20room. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “living room,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/living%20room.
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