dressing room

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dressing room

  • /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ ɹʊm/ UK
  • /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ ɹuːm/ UK
  • /ˈd(ʒ)ɹɛsɪŋ ɹum/ US

noun dressing rooms · dressing-room · dressingroom

  1. A room used for dressing or changing clothes. The storeroom is not a suitable dressing room. A separate room is needed where workers may change from street clothes to uniforms and where they may keep their personal belongings.
  2. A small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy. That on Sunday the 10th. of June laſt paſt, about 9 of the Clock, as he came out of the Chappel at Whitehall, after the firſt Sermon, hearing that the Queen was in Labour, he, the Deponent, made Haſte to St. James’s, becauſe in waiting, as an Officer of the green Cloth, to warn the ſeveral Servants

    Similar: walk-in closet, walk-in wardrobe, toilet room

  3. A room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup. Nothing has more excited the curioſity of mankind at all times, than that deſire which prevails of prying into the ſecret actions of great and illustrious characters; ariſing in ſome, from a too general ſpirit of envy, which hopes to find ſomething in their private conduct that may ſully the luſtre
  4. UK A changing room at a recreational or sports venue. Going into a dressing-room full of established players was not easy. It was like Lancashire all over again only more so.

    Similar: changing room, locker room

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noun a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy

Españolvestidor, vestier
日本語更衣室 kōishitsu
中文化妝室 /化妆室 huàzhuāngshì
Portuguêscloset
Françaisdressing, dressing-room
DeutschAnkleideraum, Ankleidezimmer
Italianocabina armadio
Русскийгардеро́бная garderóbnaja
العربيةمَنْزَع manzaʕ

noun room in a theatre and television in which performs may change costumes and apply makeup

Españolcamerino, vestuario
日本語楽屋 gakuya
Portuguêscamarim
Françaisloge
DeutschKünstlergarderobe
Italianocamerino

noun changing room

日本語更衣室 kōishitsu, ドレッシングルーム doresshingu rūmu
中文更衣室 gēngyīshì
Portuguêsbalneário
Françaisvestiaire
DeutschAnkleideraum
Ελληνικάκαμαρίνι kamaríni
Românăcabină de schimb, cabină vestimentară, vestiar
Русскийгримёрная grimjórnaja, гардеро́бная garderóbnaja, раздева́лка razdeválka
العربيةغُرْفَة الْمَلَابِس

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@misc{dressing_room_2026,
  title = {dressing room},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dressing%20room},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}