Meanings
plural reading rooms
- A dedicated space in a library, or similar institution of learning, set aside for reading.
There is also a fine dance and concert hall, a capacious reading room, a well-appointed billiards room with five tables, various committee and games rooms, photographic dark rooms, and a small but compact ladies' lounge.
1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 150Synonyms: athenaeum
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA dedicated space in a library, or similar institution of learning, set aside for reading.
Translations
Arabic قَاعَة ٱلْمُطَالَعَة
- قَاعَة ٱلْمُطَالَعَة (qāʕat al-muṭālaʕa)space set aside for reading
Basque irakurgela
- irakurgelaspace set aside for reading
Bulgarian читалня
- читалня (čitalnja)space set aside for reading
Catalan sala de lectura
- sala de lecturaspace set aside for reading
Chinese Mandarin 閱覽室 /阅览室, 閱讀室 /阅读室
- 閱覽室 /阅览室 (yuèlǎnshì)space set aside for reading
- 閱讀室 /阅读室 (yuèdúshì)space set aside for reading
- 圖書室 /图书室 (túshūshì)space set aside for reading
Czech čítárna
- čítárnaspace set aside for reading
Danish læsesal
- læsesalspace set aside for reading
Dutch leeszaal
- leeszaalspace set aside for reading
Estonian lugemissaal
- lugemissaalspace set aside for reading
Finnish lukusali
- lukusalispace set aside for reading
French salle de lecture
- salle de lecturespace set aside for reading
German Lesesaal
- Lesesaalspace set aside for reading
Greek αναγνωστήριο
- αναγνωστήριο (anagnostírio)space set aside for reading
Hungarian olvasóterem
- olvasóteremspace set aside for reading
Italian sala di lettura
- sala di letturaspace set aside for reading
Japanese 読書室, 閲覧室
- 読書室 (dokushoshitsu)space set aside for reading
- 閲覧室 (etsuranshitsu)space set aside for reading
Korean 독서실, 열람실
- 독서실 (dokseosil)space set aside for reading
- 열람실 (yeollamsil)space set aside for reading
Latvian lasītava
- lasītavaspace set aside for reading
Polish czytelnia
- czytelniaspace set aside for reading
Portuguese sala de leitura
- sala de leituraspace set aside for reading
Russian чита́льный зал, чита́льня
- чита́льный зал (čitálʹnyj zal)space set aside for reading
- чита́льня (čitálʹnja)space set aside for reading
Scottish Gaelic seòmar-leughaidh
- seòmar-leughaidhspace set aside for reading
Spanish sala de lectura
- sala de lecturaspace set aside for reading
Swedish läsesal
- läsesalspace set aside for reading
Tagalog silid-basahan
- silid-basahanspace set aside for reading
Cite this entry
reading room. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reading%20room
“reading room.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reading%20room. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reading room,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reading%20room.
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