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dressing room en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ ɹuːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ ɹʊm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈd(ʒ)ɹɛsɪŋ ɹum/ (General-American)

Meanings

1. A room used for dressing or changing clothes.
   • The storeroom is not a suitable dressing room. A separate room is needed where workers may change from street clothes to uniforms and where they may keep their personal belongings. 1949 March, Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics, Agricultural Research Administration, United States Department of Agriculture; Production and Marketing Administration, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, “Workers' Personal Belongings”, in Storage for School Lunch Food and Supplies (Program Aid; no. 63), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, →OCLC, page 11:
2. A room used for dressing or changing clothes. ▸ A small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy.
   • That on Sunday the 10th. of June laſt paſt, about 9 of the Clock, as he came out of the Chappel at Whitehall, after the firſt Sermon, hearing that the Queen was in Labour, he, the Deponent, made Haſte to St. James’s, becauſe in waiting, as an Officer of the green Cloth, to warn the ſeveral Servants below Stairs to be in their Offices, that upon that Occaſion there might not happen to be any Thing wanting of Houſehold Proviſions and Neceſſaries under his, this Deponent's Command; but firſt going up by the Back-Stairs into her Majeſty’s Dreſſing-Room; and being there with many others, he heard her Majeſty cry out very loudly; […] and as this Deponent was returning back to the Queen’s ſaid Dreſſing-Room, he was told a Prince was born: […] [1688], “Sir Stephen Fox Knight, Deposeth”, in Depositions Taken the 22d. of October 1688. before the Privy-Council and Peers of England; Relating to the Birth of the (then) Prince of Wales. Published by His Majesty's Special Command, [Edinburgh]: [Printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson], →OCLC, page 24:
   • I received a note from my Lady Primrose, who desired to see me immediately. As soon as I waited on her, she led me into her dressing-room, and presented me to―― 1858, Walter Scott, “Introduction—(1832.)”, in Redgauntlet (Waverley Novels), household edition, volume I, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, pages 10–11:
   • The principle which governs the providing of Dressing-rooms seems to be this. […] Then comes the case of one Dressing-room, by which it may be said the gentleman's toilet is taken out of the lady's way, she retaining the Bed-room; and this admits of the attendance of a lady's-maid. Then follows the case of two Dressing-rooms, which in its simplest form supposes the lady not to give up the use of the Bedroom for dressing, but to make use of the inner retiring-room for washing. 1864, Robert Kerr, “An Ordinary Dressing-room”, in The Gentleman's House; or, How to Plan English Residences, from the Parsonage to the Palace; with Tables of Accommodation and Cost, and a Series of Selected Plans, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, →OCLC, part II (Exposition of Plan as now Practised), division I (The Family Apartments), section III (The Sleeping Rooms), pages 150–151:
3. A room used for dressing or changing clothes. ▸ A room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup.
   • Nothing has more excited the curioſity of mankind at all times, than that deſire which prevails of prying into the ſecret actions of great and illustrious characters; ariſing in ſome, from a too general ſpirit of envy, which hopes to find ſomething in their private conduct that may ſully the luſtre of their publick fame, and ſo bring them down more to a level with themſelves: and in others, of a more candid diſposition, that they might form right judgements of their real characters; as too many, like actors in a theatre, only aſſume one when they appear on the ſtage of the world, which they put off, together with their robes and plumes, when retired to the dreſſing room. 1784, Thomas Sheridan, “Section VI. Private Memoirs of Swift”, in The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, volume I, London: Printed for C[harles] Bathurst [et al.], →OCLC, page 283:
   • A reporter found him [John Gielgud] in a silk dressing-gown in his dressing-room, 'receiving the congratulations of a gallery of men', and clearly exultant: 'The actor was talking in quick, excited sentences, and it was obvious that the impetuous Hamlet had not yet subsided into the usual British reserve.' 2011, Jonathan Croall, “A Prince on Broadway”, in John Gielgud: Matinee Idol to Movie Star, London: Methuen Drama, →ISBN:
4. (UK) A room used for dressing or changing clothes. ▸ A changing room at a recreational or sports venue.
   • Going into a dressing-room full of established players was not easy. It was like Lancashire all over again only more so. 2005, Andrew Flintoff, “England Debut”, in Being Freddie: The Story So Far, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN:
   • As half-time approached with Everton desperate to get into the dressing room and regroup, Liverpool were awarded a penalty for [Phil] Jagielka's rash challenge on [Luis] Suarez. This time there was no disputing [Martin] Atkinson's decision, but [Tim] Howard rescued Everton by diving low to his left to keep out [Dirk] Kuyt's spot-kick. 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 – 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2016:

Forms

Deriveds

lose the dressing room

Synonyms

toilet room (room adjoining a domestic bedroom) · changing room · walk-in closet · walk-in wardrobe · locker room

Translations (74)

de Künstlergarderobe (room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup) · eo tualetejo (room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup) · ru гардеро́бная (changing room) · nb garderobe (changing room) · ro cabină vestimentară (changing room) · io vesteyo (changing room) · pl przebieralnia (room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup) · id ruang ganti (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · de Ankleideraum (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · bg гримьорна (room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup) · cmn 化妝室 /化妆室 (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · cs šatna (changing room) · ja 楽屋 (room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup) · ru раздева́лка (changing room) · sv klädkammare (changing room) · id ruang hias (room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup) · fr vestiaire (changing room) · id ruang ganti (room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup) · gl camerino (room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup) · de Ankleidezimmer (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · ar غُرْفَة الْمَلَابِس (changing room) · eo vestejo (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · es vestidor (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · sh svlačionica (changing room) · es vestier (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · fi pukuhuone (room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup) · de Ankleideraum (changing room) · ru гардеро́бная (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · hy զուգարան (changing room) · es camerino (room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup) · da garderobe (changing room) · ro vestiar (changing room) · mk соблекува́лна (changing room) · eo vestejo (room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup) · pl przebieralnia (changing room) · fr dressing-room (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · ja 更衣室 (changing room) · id ruang busana (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · sv loge (changing room) · pt camarim (room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup) · es vestuario (room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup) · id kamar ganti (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · pt balneário (changing room) · ru гримёрная (changing room) · gd seòmar-èididh (changing room) · fr loge (room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup) · ja 更衣室 (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · pl garderoba (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · pt closet (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · gd seòmar-sgeadachaidh (changing room) · id ruang salin (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · cmn 更衣室 (changing room) · ca vestidor (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · el καμαρίνι (changing room) · nl kleedkamer (room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup) · hy զգեցարան (changing room) · ro cabină de schimb (changing room) · bg съблекалня (changing room) · sv omklädningsrum (changing room) · it camerino (room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup) · it cabina armadio (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · fi pukuhuone (changing room) · ca camerino (room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup) · nn garderobe (changing room) · io vestizeyo (changing room) · fi pukeutumishuone (changing room) · bg съблекалня (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · hu öltöző (changing room) · fr dressing (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · ja ドレッシングルーム (changing room) · ms bilik persalinan (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · fi vaatehuone (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy) · da påklædningsværelse (changing room) · ar مَنْزَع (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy)

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