different between compartment vs carrel

English

Etymology

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”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?m?p??tm?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?m?p??tm?nt/
• Hyphenation: com?part?ment

Noun

compartment (plural compartments)

1. A room, or section, or chamber

   Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class railway carriage.

2. One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
3. (biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function.
4. (heraldry) A mound (often of grass) beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
5. (anatomy) A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.

Derived terms

• engine compartment

Translations

Verb

compartment (third-person singular simple present compartments, present participle compartmenting, simple past and past participle compartmented)

1. (transitive) To arrange in separate compartments.

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæ??l/
• • Homophones: carol, Carol
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k???l/
• Rhymes: -æ??l, -???l
• Hyphenation: car?rel

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin carula, probably from Latin corolla (“little crown”) in the sense of “ring”; or from Middle English caroll, from Medieval Latin carola, from Late Latin carola (“round dance; round object”), from Latin choraula, variant of choraul?s (“flute player”) (further etymology at carol).

Alternative forms

• carol, carrol
• carrell

Noun

carrel (plural carrels)

1. (architecture) A small closet or enclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study.
2. Hence, a partially partitioned space for studying or reading, often in a library.

Etymology 2

Possibly a variant of quarrel.

Noun

carrel (plural carrels)

1. A square-headed arrow; a quarrel.

References

Anagrams

• clarré