🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

원룸

Pronunciation / Transliteration: won-rum

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Efficiency apartment/ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si əˈpɑːrt.mənt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 학교 근처에 있는 작은 원룸으로 이사했다."

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As noun
  1. 1

    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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