how to pronounce dormitory

/ˈdɔː.mɪ.təɹ.i/

audio example by a male speaker

audio example by a female speaker

the above transcription of dormitory is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

dormitory is pronounced in four syllables

press buttons with phonetic symbols to learn how to precisely pronounce each sound of dormitory

1.

ɔː

2.

3.

4. example pitch curve for pronunciation of dormitory

test your pronunciation of dormitory

press the "test" button to check how closely you can replicate the pitch of a native speaker in your pronunciation of dormitory

video examples of dormitory pronunciation

An example use of dormitory in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… on a dormitory message board in 1993 the …”

meanings of dormitory

noun:

A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
A dormitory town.

dormitory frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word dormitory occurs in english on average 1.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dormitory can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dormitory can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;