staffroom

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noun

A room set aside for the use of staff.

“Between lessons, the teachers relaxed in the staffroom.”

OriginEnglish room ← Middle English roum ← Old English rūm →
UncommonScrabble 17
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Meanings

nounstaffroom (plural staffrooms)

plural staffrooms · alternative staff room

  1. A room set aside for the use of staff.

    Between lessons, the teachers relaxed in the staffroom.

Origin

  1. Englishstaff
  2. Proto-Indo-European*Hrew-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(H)rewH-
  4. Proto-Germanic*rūmą
  5. Proto-West Germanic*rūm
  6. Old Englishrūm
  7. Middle Englishroum
  8. Englishroom
  9. Englishstaffroom

From staff + room.

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Translations

Bulgarian стая на персонала
  • стая на персонала (staja na personala)room
Czech sborovna
  • sborovnaroom
Dutch personeelskamer
  • personeelskamerroom
Finnish henkilöstötila
  • henkilöstötilaroom
German Lehrerzimmer
  • Lehrerzimmerroom
Hungarian tanári, tanári szoba
  • tanáriroom
  • tanári szobaroom
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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