apartment

noun

apart·​ment ə-ˈpärt-mənt 

plural apartments

1

: a room or set of rooms fitted especially with housekeeping facilities and usually leased as a dwelling

2

: a building containing several individual apartments

3

British : a large and impressive room or set of rooms

—usually plural

Assured that the Queen and Prince Philip had retired to bed, Mr Hillyard tried to pass through the Royal apartments as the train left Aberdeen on its journey to London.

—Jonathan Petre

apartmental

ə-ˌpärt-ˈmen-tᵊl 

adjective

Synonyms

• diggings [chiefly British]
• digs
• flat [chiefly British]
• lodgings
• suite
• tenement

Examples of apartment in a Sentence

We lived in an apartment for several years before buying a house.

a spacious six-room apartment that occupies the entire upper floor of a two-family house

Recent Examples on the Web

The family opted to renovate the condo rather than put it back up for sale and White rented another apartment for nearly a year while the family repaired their condo. —Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2025

The incident occurred on December 4 at Budden's apartment complex in Edgewater, New Jersey. —Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025

Despite the rain forecasted tonight, nothing in the world stops New Yorkers from leaving their cramped apartments and dancing the night away. —Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024

Police chased the truck to an apartment complex, where Elijah Hakiem Radford, 45, entered one of the units. —Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

French appartement, from Italian appartamento

First Known Use

circa 1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing apartment

• apartment building
• apartment hotel
• duplex apartment
• efficiency apartment
• garden apartment
• in-law apartment
• mother-in-law apartment
• studio apartment

Kids Definition

apartment

noun

apart·​ment ə-ˈpärt-mənt 

1

: a room or set of rooms used as a dwelling

2

: apartment building