விரிவுரை மண்டபம்
“விரிவுரை மண்டபம்” (virivurai maṇḍapam) — lecture hall in Tamil. Noun, level A1. The second word is an old one for a pillared temple hall, and the university took it over. On a timetable the English 'lecture hall' stands more often. In a live sentence: “விரிவுரை மண்டபம் மூண்டாம் மாடியில இருக்கு” — The lecture hall is on the third floor. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters வ, ி, ர, ி, வ, ு, ர, ை, ம, ண, ், ட.
In short
| Written in Tamil | விரிவுரை மண்டபம் |
| Read in Latin letters | virivurai maṇḍapam |
| Translation | lecture hall |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- விரிவுரை மண்டபம்virivurai maṇḍapamlecture hall
Why it looks that way
The second word is an old one for a pillared temple hall, and the university took it over. On a timetable the English 'lecture hall' stands more often
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- விரிவுரை மண்டபம் மூண்டாம் மாடியில இருக்குvirivurai maṇḍapam mūṇḍām māḍiyila irukkuThe lecture hall is on the third floor
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “lecture hall” in Tamil?
«விரிவுரை மண்டபம்», read “virivurai maṇḍapam”. In a live sentence: “விரிவுரை மண்டபம் மூண்டாம் மாடியில இருக்கு” — The lecture hall is on the third floor. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters வ, ி, ர, ி, வ, ு, ர, ை, ம, ண, ், ட.
How is “விரிவுரை மண்டபம்” written in Latin letters?
virivurai maṇḍapam. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The second word is an old one for a pillared temple hall, and the university took it over. On a timetable the English 'lecture hall' stands more often. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.