dormer
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dormer¹
- /ˈdɔɹmɚ/ US
- /ˈdɔːmə(ɹ)/ UK
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle French dormoir (“sleeping room”), from dormir (“to sleep”).
noun dormers
- A room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof. Then we came to a high white wall that surrounded a large garden, and within it was a long, massive building of some beauty and pretension, with a high, latticed belfry and heavy walls and with arched dormers in the sloping roof.
- Ellipsis of dormer-window
dormer²
- /ˈdɔɹmɚ/ US
- /ˈdɔːmə(ɹ)/ UK
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)
noun dormers
- A resident of a dormitory. My dorm mates and I had a little get-together in our room on the second floor. We were just talking and weren't making much noise when we heard a knock on our door. It was a dormer from the room directly below us. She asked if we were cleaning and we told her that we weren't. She left but came back
Dormer³
- /ˈdɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)/
Sounds like dormer
Where it comes from
Most probably an English habitational surname, but if so the place of origin has not been identified. It could also be a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Díorma.
proper noun Dormers
- A surname from Irish.
Translations
Talk about this word "dormer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dormer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dormer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dormer "dormer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dormer.Cite this
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title = {dormer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dormer},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
