Compartment
Pronunciation
- enPR: kəm-pärtmənt
Origin
First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri ("to divide with, to share with"), from com- + partiri ("to apportion, to divide, to share")
Full definition of compartment
Noun
compartment
(plural compartments)- A room, or section, or chamber
- "Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class carriage."
- One of the parts in which an area is subdivided.
- (biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function.