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Upon the clothes behind the tenement, That hang like ghosts suspended from the lines, Linking each flat, but to each indifferent, Incongruous and strange the moonlight shines.
Claude McKay

Meaning of "tenement" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TENEMENT

From Medieval Latin tenementum, from Latin tenēre to hold.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TENEMENT

tenement  [ˈtɛnəmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TENEMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tenement 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 TENEMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Tenement

A tenement is, in most English-speaking areas, a substandard multi-family dwelling in the urban core, usually old and occupied by the poor. In Scotland it still has its original meaning of a multi-occupancy building of any sort, and in parts of England, especially Devon and Cornwall, it refers to an outshot, or additional projecting part at the back of a terraced house, normally with its own roof.

Definition of tenement in the English dictionary

The first definition of tenement in the dictionary is Also called: tenement building. a large building divided into separate flats. Other definition of tenement is a dwelling place or residence, esp one intended for rent. Tenement is also a room or flat for rent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TENEMENT


disarmament
dɪsˈɑːməmənt
empowerment
ɪmˈpaʊəmənt
filament
ˈfɪləmənt
impairment
ɪmˈpɛəmənt
instrument
ˈɪnstrəmənt
ligament
ˈlɪɡəmənt
measurement
ˈmɛʒəmənt
measurements
ˈmɛʒəmənt
ornament
ˈɔːnəmənt
overornament
ˌəʊvərˈɔːnəmənt
parlement
ˈpɑːləmənt
parliament
ˈpɑːləmənt
pretournament
priːˈtʊənəmənt
procurement
prəˈkjʊəmənt
requirement
rɪˈkwaɪəmənt
retirement
rɪˈtaɪəmənt
temperament
ˈtɛmpərəmənt
testament
ˈtɛstəmənt
tournament
ˈtʊənəmənt
virement
ˈvaɪəmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TENEMENT

tenebrio
tenebrionid
tenebrious
tenebriousness
tenebrism
tenebrist
tenebrity
tenebrosity
tenebrous
tenebrousness
Tenedos
tenement building
tenemental
tenementary
tenemented
tenendum
Tenerife
tenesmic
tenesmus
tenet

WORDS THAT END LIKE TENEMENT

abonnement
achievement
advertisement
agreement
amusement
announcement
apartment
arrangement
basement
element
enforcement
engagement
implement
improvement
infringement
management
movement
placement
replacement
statement
supplement

Synonyms and antonyms of tenement in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tenement» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TENEMENT

Find out the translation of tenement to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tenement from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tenement» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

旧式公寓大楼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bloque de pisos
570 millions of speakers

English

tenement
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मकान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المسكن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

многоквартирный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conjunto habitacional
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভাড়া করা বাড়ি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

immeuble
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tenement
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mietshaus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

棟割長屋
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공동 주택
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tenement
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà ở
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வசிப்பிடத்தில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घरबांधणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mülk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

casamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kamienica
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

багатоквартирний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

casă închiriată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εργατικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

deelhuis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hyreshus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

leiegård
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tenement

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TENEMENT»

The term «tenement» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.585 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TENEMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tenement» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tenement» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tenement

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5 QUOTES WITH «TENEMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tenement.
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Kenneth Frampton
From the Berlin tenement reform law of 1897 to H. P. Berlage's plan for Amsterdam South of 1917, designers and theorists in Germany and Holland moved toward the development of a perimeter residential block that would preserve the plastic continuity of the street while opening up the resultant courtyard for use as an enclosed semi-public space.
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Jacob K. Javits
I remember my own life as a small boy, son of Jewish immigrants, in a janitor's flat on Orchard and Stanton streets on the Lower East Side of New York City. My father made pants and doubled as janitor of a tenement - before he made janitoring at $30 a month, plus rooms, a career.
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Harpo Marx
In the house in Beverly Hills where our four children grew up, living conditions were a few thousand times improved over the old tenement on New York's East 93rd Street we Marx Brothers called home.
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Claude McKay
Upon the clothes behind the tenement, That hang like ghosts suspended from the lines, Linking each flat, but to each indifferent, Incongruous and strange the moonlight shines.
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Deval Patrick
I grew up on the south side of Chicago, most of that time on welfare. My mother and sister and I used to live with my grandparents and various cousins. We shared a two-bedroom tenement, and the three of us slept in one of those bedrooms and had a set of bunk beds.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TENEMENT»

Discover the use of tenement in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tenement and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tenement: Immigrant Life on the Lower East Side
Raymond Bial reveals the first, challenging step in this process as he leads us on a tour of the sights and sounds of the Lower East Side, guiding us through the dark hallways, staircases, and rooms of the tenements.
Raymond Bial, 2002
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The Tenement Saga: The Lower East Side and Early Jewish ...
Sanford Sternlicht tells the story of his own childhood in this vibrant neighborhood and puts it within the context of fourteen early twentieth-century East Side writers.
Sanford Sternlicht, 2004
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The Progressives and the Slums: Tenement House Reform in New ...
The book is based in part on personal interviews with, and the unpublished writings of Lawrence Veiller, the dominant figure in housing reform between 1898 and 1920.
Roy Lubove, 1963
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Biography of a Tenement House in New York City: An ...
This book is a lasting tribute to the legacy of immigrants and their children, who were part of the transformation of New York City and the fabric of everyday American urban life.
Andrew S. Dolkart, 2007
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Tenement Stories: Immigrant Life, 1835-1935
Introduces the tenement housing provided for immigrants in cities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and describes immigrant life in the tenements, including such related topics as sanitation, working conditions, and education ...
Sean Price, 2006
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Dublin Tenement Life: An Oral History of the Dublin Slums
However, it should be noted that the oral testimony of tenement dwellers confirms that some landlords were decent and kindhearted men. OVERCROWDING, SANITATION, ANDILLNESS “In the homes of the very poor the seeds of infective  ...
Kevin C. Kearns, 2006
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The Tenement Writer: An Immigrant's Story
Follows a young Jewish immigrant from Poland as she struggles to build a new life in America and fulfill her dreams of becoming a writer.
Ben Sonder, Meryl Rosner, 1993
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Tenement Tales of New York
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James William Sullivan, 2009
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Little Tenement on the Volga
A first-person view of the desperate conditions of tenement life in post-Soviet Russia, with a focus on the role of women. A critically-acclaimed book by the author of Ivan Petrov: Russia through a Shot Glass.
C. S. Walton, 2005
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Uncle Tom's Tenement
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Alice Wellington Rollins, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TENEMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tenement is used in the context of the following news items.
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Museum of Dublin tenement life set for Henrietta Street
Unlike other Georgian houses north of the Liffey it did not immediately turn into a tenement following the Act of Union in 1801, but, along with other houses on ... «Irish Times, Apr 15»
2
Exclusive: Hear the first song from Tenement's upcoming double …
By that logic, the double album has been dead even longer, but none of these conversations make a difference to Appleton, Wisconsin's Tenement. «A.V. Club, Apr 15»
3
Western Australia to modify its online mine tenement system
The Western Australian Government is updating its online systems to prevent major mining companies from exploiting new software to secure tenements ... «Mining Technology, Feb 15»
4
Video: Car ends up hanging in tenement basement after skidding on …
THE occupants of this block of flats received an unexpected early morning wake-up call when this car crashed into their basement - thankfully nobody was hurt. «Scottish Daily Record, Jan 15»
5
Packed house for Tenement Yard
The video to Tenement Yard (Newscarrying Dread) by Inner Circle and Chronixx debuted to a packed house. Miller, who died in 1980 in an auto accident, first ... «Jamaica Observer, Jan 15»
6
Tenement Museum uses novel way to teach English
Her captive audience of 11 — squeezed into her tiny apartment at the historic Tenement Museum in lower Manhattan — were immigrants themselves; some ... «Yahoo News UK, Dec 14»
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Tenements get trendy: Developers are reinventing old walk-up …
Your great grandmother's old tenement building is suddenly hip. Developers are tricking out run-down Manhattan walk-ups with luxury-level finishes and trendy ... «New York Daily News, Oct 14»
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Twelve rescued from tenement fire in Govanhill
Twelve people have been rescued from a fire, thought to have been deliberate, at a tenement in Glasgow. The fire service received several calls about a blaze in ... «BBC News, Aug 14»
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Rock around the block: Nina Nesbitt's secret gig in Glasgow flat for …
CHART star Nina Nesbitt gave a secret gig in a tenement building that has hosted a string of acoustic performances by top name acts – and the neighbours are ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jun 14»
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Front of sandstone tenement collapses in Glasgow
A large section of masonry has collapsed from a tenement building in central Glasgow, showering debris on to flat entrances and the street below. Police have ... «BBC News, Jun 14»

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