Dictionary

reading room en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. A dedicated space in a library, or similar institution of learning, set aside for reading.
   • There is also a fine dance and concert hall, a capacious reading room, a well-appointed billiards room with five tables, various committee and games rooms, photographic dark rooms, and a small but compact ladies' lounge. 1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:
2. A reference library.

Forms

Relateds

reading the room

Synonyms

athenaeum

Translations (39)

da læsesal (space set aside for reading) · cmn 閱覽室 /阅览室 (space set aside for reading) · el αναγνωστήριο (space set aside for reading) · bg читалня (space set aside for reading) · sl bralnica (space set aside for reading) · ar قَاعَة ٱلْمُطَالَعَة (space set aside for reading) · ja 閲覧室 (space set aside for reading) · sv läsesal (space set aside for reading) · pdt Lässtow (space set aside for reading) · cmn 圖書室 /图书室 (space set aside for reading) · mk читалница (space set aside for reading) · tl silid-basahan (space set aside for reading) · pl czytelnia (space set aside for reading) · ko 독서실 (space set aside for reading) · de Lesesaal (space set aside for reading) · lv lasītava (space set aside for reading) · hu olvasóterem (space set aside for reading) · ko 열람실 (space set aside for reading) · sh čitaónica (space set aside for reading) · ru чита́льный зал (space set aside for reading) · rsk читальня (space set aside for reading) · fi lukusali (space set aside for reading) · fr salle de lecture (space set aside for reading) · nl leeszaal (space set aside for reading) · et lugemissaal (space set aside for reading) · pt sala de leitura (space set aside for reading) · unm èhènta ahkënsink (space set aside for reading) · ca sala de lectura (space set aside for reading) · it sala di lettura (space set aside for reading) · cmn 閱讀室 /阅读室 (space set aside for reading) · mk читална (space set aside for reading) · ru чита́льня (space set aside for reading) · ja 読書室 (space set aside for reading) · es sala de lectura (space set aside for reading) · hy ընթերցասրահ (space set aside for reading) · sl čitalnica (space set aside for reading) · gd seòmar-leughaidh (space set aside for reading) · cs čítárna (space set aside for reading) · eu irakurgela (space set aside for reading)