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house
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[ English
[ Etymology
From Middle English h(o)us < Old English hūs (dwelling, shelter, house) < Proto-Germanic *khusan, of unknown origin.
[ Pronunciation
[ Homophones
[ Noun
The house of a Japanese rice farmer.
house (plural houses)
- A structure serving as an abode of human beings.
- This is my house and my family's ancestral home.
- The mode of living as if in a house.
- They set up house in a posh apartment.
- The usual place to find an object or an animal.
- The photo was put in its little house.
- A structure to protect or store something or someone.
- The former carriage house had been made over into a guest house.
- A protective structure on the deck of a ship.
- A pilot took charge of the wheel house until the ship was moored.
- A theatre building.
- The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
- After her swan-song, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
- A debating chamber for government politicians.
- An establishment, whether actual, as a pub, or virtual, as a website.
- A dynasty, a familial descendance, for example, a royal House.
- The current Queen is from the House of Windsor.
- (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
- House music.
- (curling) The three concentric circles where points are scored on the ice
- An early or alternative name for the game bingo.
- (UK) A complete set of numbers in bingo.
[ Derived terms
[ Related terms
[ Translations
abode
- Afrikaans: huis
- Ainu: チセ (cise)
- Akkadian: 𒂍 (bītu, bētu)
- Albanian: shtëpi
- Amharic: ቤት am(am) (bet)
- Ancient Greek: οἶκος (oíkos) m., οἰκία (oikía) f.
- Arabic: بَيْتٌ (beyt) m., منزل (manzil) m., دَارٌ (dār) f.
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܒܝܬܐ (baytā’) m.
- Hebrew: ביתא (baytā’) m.
- Armenian: տուն (tun)
- Azerbaijani: ev
- Basque: etxe
- Bikol: harong
- Blackfoot: naapiooyis
- Bosnian: kuća bs(bs) f.
- Breton: ti m.
- Bulgarian: къща (kəšta) f.
- Burmese: please add this translation if you can
- Catalan: casa f.
- Cebuano: balay
- Cherokee: ᎨᏣᏗ (getsadi)
- Chinese: 房屋 (fángwū)
- Chuvash: ҫурт / çурт (çurt) sg., ҫуртсем / çуртсем (çurtsem) pl.
- Cree: wikowin
- Croatian: kuća hr(hr) f.
- Czech: dům cs(cs) m.
- Danish: hus da(da) n.
- Dusun: walai
- Dutch: huis nl(nl) n.
- Esperanto: domo eo(eo)
- Estonian: maja et(et), hoone et(et)
- Faroese: hús fo(fo) n.
- Fijian: vale
- Finnish: talo fi(fi), huone fi(fi)
- French: maison fr(fr) f.
- Galician: casa f.
- German: Haus ^ n., Häuser pl.
- Greek: σπίτι el(el) (spíti) n.
- Guaraní: oga, ogapy, róga
- Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
- Hawaiian: hale
- Hebrew: בית (báyit) m., בתים (batím) pl.
- Hiligaynon: balay
- Hindi: घर (ghar) m., मकान (makān) m., गृह (gṛh) m.
- Hittite: 𒂍 (É)
- Hungarian: ház hu(hu)
- Icelandic: hús is(is) n., híbýli is(is) n.
- Ido: domo
- Ilocano: balay
- Indonesian: rumah id(id)
- Irish: teach ga(ga) m.
- Istro-Romanian: cåsĕ f.
- Italian: casa it(it) f., case it(it) pl.
- Japanese: 家 (いえ, ié), 建物 (たてもの, tatémono)
- Kapampangan: bale
- Kashubian: dóm
- Khmer: ផ្ទះ (p’dtēiəh)
- Korean: 집 (jip)
- Kuna: nega
- Kurdish: xanî, خانوو
- Lakota: tipi
- Latin: domus la(la) f., casa la(la) f., aedes la(la) f. pl.
- Latvian: māja lv(lv)
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- Lithuanian: namas lt(lt) n.
- Low Saxon: Huus n.
- Luganda: nyumba
- Luiseño: kíiča
- Macedonian: куќа f.
- Malay: rumah ms(ms)
- Malayalam: വീട് (veetu), ഗൃഹം (gruham)
- Maltese: bejt mt(mt) m.
- Maori: whare mi(mi)
- Nahuatl: calli, chan
- Nepali: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian: hus no(no) n.
- Novial: hause
- Occitan: ostal m.
- Ojibwe: waakaa'igan, waakaa'iganan pl.
- Old English: hūs, hof, ærn, stoc n.
- Oriya: please add this translation if you can
- Pangasinan: abong
- Persian: خانِه (xāne)
- Phoenician: 𐤁𐤉𐤕 (byt), 𐤁𐤕 (bt)
- Pitjantjatjara: please add this translation if you can
- Pohnpeian: ihmw
- Polish: dom pl(pl) m.
- Portuguese: casa pt(pt) f.
- Punic: 𐤁𐤕 (bt)
- Quechua: wasi sg., wasikuna pl.
- Raratongan: 'are
- Romanian: casă ro(ro) f.
- Russian: дом (dom) m.
- Samoan: please add this translation if you can
- Sardinian: domo f.
- Scottish Gaelic: taigh m.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: кућа f.
- Roman: kuća f.
- Sinhala: ගෙය (geya)
- Slovak: dom sk(sk) m.
- Slovene: hiša sl(sl) f.
- Spanish: casa es(es) f.
- Sumerian: 𒂍 (É)
- Swahili: nyumba sg/pl (noun 9/10)
- Swedish: hus sv(sv) n.
- Tagalog: bahay
- Tahitian: fare
- Tamazight: ⵜⵉⴳⴻⵎⵎⵉ (tigemmi) f.
- Tamil: வீடு (veedu)
- Telugu: ఇల్లు (illu)
- Tetum: uma
- Thai: บ้าน (bâan)
- Tongan: fale
- Turkish: ev tr(tr), hane tr(tr)
- Tuvaluan: fale
- Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎚 (bt)
- Ukrainian: дім (dim) m.
- Urdu: please add this translation if you can: (ghar)
- Vietnamese: nhà vi(vi)
- Waray-Waray: balay
- Welsh: tŷ cy(cy) m., annedd cy(cy) m. and f.
- West Frisian: hûs n.
- Yiddish: הויז (hoyz) n.
- Yup'ik: ne, ena (absolutive)
- Zulu: indlu
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archetypal structure of a human abode
early or alternative name for the game bingo
complete set of numbers in bingo
usual place to find an animal or an object
debating chamber for government politicians
the inner workings, as of a clock
dynasty, familiar descendance
astrology: one of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart
genre of music See house music
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[ Verb
to house (third-person singular simple present houses, present participle housing, simple past and past participle housed)
- (transitive) To keep within a structure or container.
- The car is housed in thee garage.
- (Source: this wikipedia article, under GFDL.
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