Meaning of "sitting room" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF SITTING ROOM

sitting room

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SITTING ROOM

Sitting room is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SITTING ROOM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Living room

In Western architecture, a living room or lounge room is a room in a residential house for relaxing and socializing. Such a room is sometimes called a front room when it is near the main entrance at the front of the house. The term sitting room is sometimes used synonymously with living room, although a sitting room may also occur in a hotel or other public building. In large homes, a sitting room is often a small private living area adjacent to a bedroom, such as the Queen's Sitting Room and the Lincoln Sitting Room of the White House. The term living room was coined in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Definition of sitting room in the English dictionary

The definition of sitting room in the dictionary is a room in a private house or flat used for relaxation and entertainment of guests.

SYNONYMS OF «SITTING ROOM»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sitting room» and belong to the same grammatical category.

drawing room · family room · front room · living room · lounge

TRANSLATION OF SITTING ROOM

Find out the translation of sitting room to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sitting room from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sitting room» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 起居室
• Translator English - Spanish: sala de estar
• English: sitting room
• Translator English - Hindi: बैठे कमरे
• Translator English - Arabic: غُرْفَةُ الْـمَعِيشَة
• Translator English - Russian: гостиная
• Translator English - Portuguese: sala de estar
• Translator English - Bengali: বসার ঘর
• Translator English - French: salon
• Translator English - Malay: Ruang duduk
• Translator English - German: Wohnzimmer
• Translator English - Japanese: 居間
• Translator English - Korean: 응접실
• Translator English - Javanese: Lungguh kamar
• Translator English - Vietnamese: phòng khách
• Translator English - Tamil: உட்கார்ந்த அறை
• Translator English - Marathi: बसण्याची खोली
• Translator English - Turkish: oturma odası
• Translator English - Italian: salotto
• Translator English - Polish: pokój dzienny
• Translator English - Ukrainian: вітальня
• Translator English - Romanian: cameră de zi
• Translator English - Greek: καθιστικό
• Translator English - Afrikaans: sitkamer
• Translator English - Swedish: vardagsrum
• Translator English - Norwegian: stue

4 QUOTES WITH «SITTING ROOM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sitting room.

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Margaret Heffernan

I haven't always hated McDonald's. When my kids were little and I lived in the U.S., they were as susceptible as anyone to Happy Meals and tatty toys that subsequently littered our sitting room.

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Simon Hoggart

Life was so much simpler in pre-video days when everyone refused invitations because the 'Forsyte Saga' was on. Now we all just have a long list of unwatched shows, all of which, it seems, our friends are raving about. I feel as outdated as if I wore a Fair Isle sweater, ate Pot Noodle and had a two-bar electric fire in the sitting room.

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Debi Mazar

I don't like the idea of things being off-limits to kids - like a fancy sitting room where they can't touch anything. I own vintage pottery cups, and I let my girls hold them. It teaches them to treat objects with respect.

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Juliet Stevenson

If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SITTING ROOM»

Discover the use of sitting room in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sitting room and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Sitting Room

They travel beyond time, and pass beyond all existence. There they unexpectedly encounter the sitting room of God, eavesdrop on the divine family, and discover the "why" of all God's activities.

Paul Newmeyer, 2004

Furniture Designs for Dining Room, Sitting Room, Bedroom, ...

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

Anon, 2010

The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders

Washed the sitting room side first and then the parlor and last the dining room. The windows were shut upstairs. I then went inside at the screen door, hooked it, and getting a hand basin washed the sitting room windows inside. Did not see ...

Edwin H. Porter, 1893

The Trial of William Freeman: For the Murder of John G. Van ...

Van Arsdale was in the sitting room on a chair. Helen Holmes, called and sworn, testified : I lived at John G. Van Nest's at the time of the murders. Mr. Williamson was there that evening. I retired before he left. I slept in the north-west bed room.

William Freeman, Benjamin Franklin Hall, Amariah Brigham, 1848

Introductory Linguistics for Speech and Language Therapy ...

Pride and Prejudice is treated as new information. iii) in the sitting-room It was in the sitting-room of the parsonage at Chawton that Jane Austen wrote Pride and Prejudice round about 1805. in the sitting-room of the parsonage at Chawton is ...

Jan McAllister, James E. Miller, 2013

Fireplace Decorating and Planning Ideas

Whether the bedroom and sitting room are open to each other or physically separated, give them a strong visual link by using a common color scheme and similar patterns and fabrics in the two rooms. Room A FIREPLACE WALL IS A SLEEK ...

Judith P. Knuth, Paula Marshall, 2000

The Jurist ...

43. What age are your son and daughter? — My son is eighteen and my daughter is twenty years of age. 44. Where did your son sleep? — In a room adjoining the sitting-room where the money was placed. 45. What is the division between the ...

‎1848

anne of green gables

The sitting room at Green Gables and the train station. Scene Two: That evening. The sitting room. Scene Three: The next day. Mrs. Spencer's parlor. Scene Four: That night. Anne's bedroom at Green Gables. Scene Five: Three months later.

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If Our Lives Be Spared: A Saga of the Collin Family Settlers ...

Q: And the room was what was known as the sitting room of the house? A: I think that is what they called it. Q: You have been there a great many times before, I suppose? A: Oh, years before, when I knew the family. Q: Do you remember how  ...

Terrance Keenan, 2007

The Trial of Lizzie Andrew Borden

A. I was lying on the sofa in the sitting room. Q. Which side of the house is that,--- north, south, east or west? A. The room is on the south side. Q. On the south side of the house? A. Yes, sir. Page 1336 Q. Does that (exhibit 32) represent the ...

Stefani Koorey, 2005

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SITTING ROOM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sitting room is used in the context of the following news items.

Queen Elizabeth II's Private Sitting Room In Balmoral Proves She's …

Family photos, piles of magazines and dozens of little tchotchkes and stuffed animals -- no, we're not describing our grannies' homes. That's actually what you'll ... «Huffington Post, Mar 13»