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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesワンルームマンション
Pronunciation / Transliteration: wanrūmu manshon
"新社会人向けの手頃なワンルームマンションを探しています。"
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A small apartment that combines living, sleeping, and kitchen facilities into a single room, typically with a separate small bathroom.
"He rented a modest efficiency apartment near downtown to save on living expenses."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from 'efficiency', meaning optimal productivity with minimum wasted effort, combined with 'apartment', originating from the Italian 'appartamento' via French. The term arose in early 20th-century American urban real estate to describe small, compact living quarters designed to maximize space and minimize household operational costs for single occupants.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Efficiency apartment" is said worldwide
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studio
Transliteration: sty-dyo
"Il vit dans un petit studio près de l'université."
Appartement
Transliteration: aˈpaʁtəmɛnt
"Sie hat ein kleines Appartement im Stadtzentrum gemietet."
monolocale
Transliteration: mo.no.loˈka.le
"Il monolocale è ideale per una sola persona."
apartamento estudio
Transliteration: a.paɾ.taˈmen.to esˈtu.ðjo
"El apartamento estudio es muy cómodo y económico."
kitnet
Transliteration: kitˈnɛt
"Ele comprou uma kitnet perto do trabalho."
स्टudio अपार्टमेंट
Transliteration: studio aparṭameṇṭ
"उसने शहर में एक छोटा स्टूडियो अपार्टमेंट किराए पर लिया।"
单间公寓
Transliteration: dānjiān gōngyù
"这套单间公寓虽然小，但是五脏俱全。"
원룸
Transliteration: won-rum
"그는 학교 근처에 있는 작은 원룸으로 이사했다."
ワンルームマンション
Transliteration: wanrūmu manshon
"新社会人向けの手頃なワンルームマンションを探しています。"
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