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Pronunciation / Transliteration: pínmín gōngyù
"十九世纪时，许多新移民挤在城市的贫民公寓里。"
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2 senses- 1
A large building divided into rented apartments, especially one that is run-down and located in a poor urban district.
"Many immigrant families lived cramped together in the aging city tenement during the early twentieth century." - 2
Law: Any form of property held by a tenant, such as land, houses, or rents.
"The historic deed detailed the transfer of various messuages, lands, and tenements."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old French 'tenement', from Medieval Latin 'tenementum' (a holding, land held), stemming from Latin 'tenere' (to hold). Historically evolving from a general legal term for landed property into a specific designation for a run-down, overcrowded multi-family urban apartment building.
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immeuble insalubre
Transliteration: im-œblɛ̃-sa-lybʁ
"Les familles pauvres s'entassaient dans les vieux immeubles insalubres."
Mietskaserne
Transliteration: miːtˌkazaʁnə
"Die Arbeiterfamilien lebten in engen Mietskasernen."
casa popolare
Transliteration: kaza popolaːre
"Il quartiere era pieno di vecchie case popolari."
inquilinato
Transliteration: iŋkiliˈnato
"Muchas familias vivían en condiciones precarias dentro del inquilinato."
cortiço
Transliteration: koʁˈtisu
"O cortiço abrigava dezenas de famílias de baixa renda."
किराए का मकान
Transliteration: kirae ka makaan
"वह शहर के एक पुराने किराए के मकान में रहता था।"
贫民公寓
Transliteration: pínmín gōngyù
"十九世纪时，许多新移民挤在城市的贫民公寓里。"
셋방
Transliteration: set-bang
"그들은 도시의 낡은 셋방에서 살았습니다."
借家
Transliteration: shakuya
"その古い借家には多くの家族が暮らしていた。"
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