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single room occupancy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˌɹum ˈɔk.jə.pən.si/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
  • /ˌsəŋ.ɡəl ˌɹʉːm ˈɒk.jə.pən.siː/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ˌsɪŋ.ɡʌl ˌɹʉm ˈɔk.jʌ.pʌn.si/ (Scotland)
  • /ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˌɹum ˈɑk.jə.pən.si/ (Canada, dialectal)
  • /ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˌɹum ˈɒk.jə.pən.si/ (Canada, standard)
  • /ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˌɹʉːm ˈɔk.jə.pən.siː/ (Australia)
  • /ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˌɹʉm ˈɔk.jə.pən.si/ (Scotland)
  • /ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˌɹuːm ˈɒk.jə.pən.siː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˌɹum ˈɑk.jə.pən.si/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger)
  • sĭng′gəl ro͞om′ ŏk′yə-pən-sē
  • /ˌsɪŋ.ɡel ˌɾuːm ˈɔk.ju.pan.siː/ (India)

Meanings

  1. (Canada, US) A kind of an apartment with one room and without a bathroom or a kitchen.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
single-room occupancy alternative lexicographic
single room occupancies Number=Plur lexicographic
SRO Abbr=Yes lexicographic