roomy en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹʊmi/ (UK)
- /ˈɹuːmi/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English roomy From room + -y.
Meanings
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Spacious, expansive, comfortable.
So BMW has conjured a tweener — a roomier hatchback on platform shoes, with standard all-wheel drive — to attract customers who crave the 3 Series’ performance but need more utility to close the deal.
2014 February 21, Lawrence Ulrich, “Get Your $50,000 Hatchback Here”, in The New York Times:Our new apartment is roomy enough to accommodate all our furniture.
For years, SeatGuru.com has been the go-to destination for travelers intent on discovering the roomiest seats farthest from the bathrooms, which you can do with a cursory glance at the site’s color-coded airplane maps: green for good seats, yellow for potential drawbacks like misaligned windows or restricted legroom, green and yellow for mixed reviews, red for bad seats.
2013 July 31, Stephanie Rosenbloom, “Finding a Seat That Fits on a Flight”, in The New York Times:The cab, with two side windows, was one of the most roomy and comfortable in the country at that time.
1961 February 14, Cecil J. Allen, “Salute to the "Claud Hamiltons" & "Directors"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 115:Over the last two decades, the space between seats — hardly roomy before — has fallen about 10 percent, from 34 inches to somewhere between 30 and 32 inches. Today, some airlines are pushing it even further, leaving only a knee-crunching 28 inches.
2013 December 23, Jad Mouawad, Martha C. White, The New York Times, retrieved 23 Dec 2013:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| roomier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| roomiest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
Translations (51)
ang rūm (spacious) · fr spacieux (spacious) · fa راحَت (spacious) · es amplio (spacious) · cmn 廣闊 /广阔 (spacious) · fr grand (spacious) · ka ფართე (spacious) · ro amplu (spacious) · eo vasta (spacious) · cmn 寬廣 /宽广 (spacious) · es desahogado (spacious) · fi väljä (spacious) · cmn 敞 (spacious) · ang ġēap (spacious) · sa विशाल (spacious) · la laxus (spacious) · pt espaçoso (spacious) · pl obszerny (spacious) · fa گُنجا (spacious) · la capax (spacious) · ja 広い (spacious) · ru просто́рный (spacious) · sv rymlig (spacious) · ro spațios (spacious) · fr logeable (spacious) · fi tilava (spacious) · bg просторен (spacious) · uk просто́рий (spacious) · cmn 寬敞 /宽敞 (spacious) · cs prostorný (spacious) · ca espaiós (spacious) · nl ruim (spacious) · de weit (spacious) · la spatiōsus (spacious) · es espacioso (spacious) · ba иркен (spacious) · ro încăpător (spacious) · de geräumig (spacious) · ar رَحْب (spacious) · pt amplo (spacious) · cmn 寬大 /宽大 (spacious) · ka თავისუფალი (spacious) · ja 広々とした (spacious) · ar وَاسِع (spacious) · pdt rumich (spacious) · got 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (spacious) · fr ample (spacious) · sh pròstran (spacious) · pl przestronny (spacious) · ja 広々 (spacious) · fa جادار (spacious)