anteroom

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anteroom

/ˈæn.ti.ɹʊm/ US

Rhymes with -uːm

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From ante- + room, as a calque of French antichambre or its model Italian anticamera.

noun anterooms · ante-room · anti-room · antiroom

A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room. [T]his was one of the anterooms off the main throneroom in which the king was accustomed to hold court with his entire retinue.
Similar: antechamber, foreroom

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@misc{anteroom_2026,
  title = {anteroom},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anteroom},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}