2br (with our without an article / bedroom or bedrooms) (2025)

Could you kindly tell me how I should say it in conversation, with our without an article and "bedroom or bedrooms"?

I found these sentences by googling, and I am confused.

"The unit is 2BR/2BA with 2 king beds,..." (no article)http://destinmemories.com/beachside-condos/2013/5/16/2br2ba-luau-8th-floor.html

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These are from ads, so if they sound strange or missing parts to say use in conversation, could you tell me how you would say it?

I also am not sure whether to read it as "bedrooms" as plural, when reading "2br" out loud.

Thank you.

They're both correct but the 2BR would be short for two slightly different words:

The unit is 2BR/2BA with 2 king beds,..." (no article) The unit is two-bedroomed

The apartment is a 2BR with a private balcony,..." (with an article) The unit is a two-bedroom (no plural)

I haven't seen 2BR used before.

In Absentia said:

The unit is 2BR/2BA with 2 king beds,..." (no article) The unit is two-bedroomed

I haven't seen 2BR used before.

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Thank you, In Absentia!

So, "The unit is 2BR/2BA with 2 king beds,..." would be "The unit is two-bedroomed, two-bathroomed"?Sorry, what do you mean by "I haven't seen 2BR used before."?

sinkya said:

Thank you, In Absentia!

So, "The unit is 2BR/2BA with 2 king beds,..." would be "The unit is two-bedroomed, two-bathroomed"?

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Yes

sinkya said:

Sorry, what do you mean by "I haven't seen 2BR used before."?

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I have never seen 2 bedroom(ed) shortened to 2BR by an estate agent in the UK and I have moved house 6 times in the last 6 years. 2bd yes, but 2BR no. It's probably quite common in the US, I have no clue.

I should mention, you can also say 2 bed instead of 2 bedroom, and some people may say 2 bedded instead of 2 bedroomed but that sounds weird to me.

Plus king beds is probably short for king size(d) beds and usually you would say/write king size(d) beds, if you weren't abbreviating every other word or phrase.

I have never seen 2 bedroom(ed) shortened to 2BR by an estate agent in the UK and I have moved house 6 times in the last 6 years. 2bd yes, but 2BR no. It's probably quite common in the US, I have no clue.

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It is. Also LR=living room. Kit=kitchen. Bth (not BA) = bathroom.

In Absentia said:

The unit is 2BR/2BA with 2 king beds,..." (no article) The unit is two-bedroomed

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I'm afraid I disagree completely; I have never in my life heard of "bedroomed" or "bathroomed," and I can't imagine that anyone would possibly want to say or abbreviate them. This is just a case of dropping the article in compressed writing. Alternatively, the author was thinking of the number of bedrooms and bathrooms as a type of measurement, in which case the sentence is correct. But "The unit is two-bedroomed"? You've got to be kidding.

Glenfarclas said:

I'm afraid I disagree completely; I have never in my life heard of "bedroomed" or "bathroomed," and I can't imagine that anyone would possibly want to say or abbreviate them. This is just a case of dropping the article in compressed writing. Alternatively, the author was thinking of the number of bedrooms and bathrooms as a type of measurement, in which case the sentence is correct. But "The unit is two-bedroomed"? You've got to be kidding.

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Maybe you don't use that word in AE. There were perhaps politer ways to express this sentiment.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bedroomed

It seems to be fine in Florida:

http://davenport-florida.olx.com/3-...or-rent-great-water-views-1800pm-iid-35514103

http://www.gulfcoastpal.com/products_6Bed_b.htm

http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread...as-a-four-bedroomed-house-Why-Is-this/494888/