Is 'accommodation' An Uncountable Noun?

[seykota]

Is 'accommodation' countable or uncountable?

Can you say "show me five accommodations"?

My thought is that you can say "show me five hotel rooms" but not five accommodations, however I have been wrong before.

[sweetchariot]

Just looked it up as I was sure I had come accross the plural before. Accomodations refers to room and board, or lodgings. There is no reference to the plural, so although the word exists it seems not in the 'countable' way.

[PeaceBlondie]

I just looked it up in my excellent modern big British English dictionary, which says it's a British/American difference. Without a final s, accommodation is the British word, an uncountable noun regrading to a place to stay. It says Americans use the plural, accomodations, for exactly the same meaning.

Of course, the word has another meaning: a change in behaviour or attitude, as in "Accommodation seemed impossible," from the corresponding verb.

Now I see it's one of those troublesome words with two double consonants, which is as embarrassing as Mississippi.

[withnail]

COED:

accommodation

n noun

1 a room, building, or space in which someone may live or stay. (accommodations) chiefly North American lodgings.

2 a settlement or compromise.

3 adjustment to or reconciliation of changing circumstances.

4 the automatic adjustment of the focus of the eye by the lens.

[dingue2rep]

From a French perspective... to complicate matters, add in genders!

définitions : accommodation

Nom féminin singulier

fait d'accommoder, d'adapter · en écologie, modification biologique afin de s'adapter à nouveau milieu naturel · en physiologie, capacité du cristallin à se modifier pour permettre une meilleure vision

Seule forme : nom féminin singulier.

forme de base : accommodation

lemme, masculin singulier : accommodation

forme au pluriel : accommodations

Difficulté : accommodation

Stylistique et sémantique : L'accommodation est une adaptation par modification souvent progressive d'un organe ou d'une conduite : "L'accommodation de l'oeil". Ne confondez pas avec "accommodement" qui signifie : "arrangement, accord, compromis".