house

See also House

English

Etymology

From Middle English hous, hus, from Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (compare West Frisian hûs, Dutch huis, Low German Huus, German Haus, Danish hus), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keus-, from *(s)keu- 'to hide'. More at hose.

Pronunciation

Noun

The house of a Japanese rice farmer.

house (plural houses or (dialectal) housen)

  1. ​ A structure serving as an abode of human beings.
    This is my house and my family's ancestral home.
  2. The mode of living as if in a house.
    They set up house in a posh apartment.
  3. The usual place to find an object or an animal.
    The photo was put in its little house.
  4. A structure to protect or store something or someone.
    The former carriage house had been made over into a guest house.
  5. A protective structure on the deck of a ship.
    A pilot took charge of the wheel house until the ship was moored.
  6. ​ A theatre building, or the audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
    • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, The Affair at the Novelty Theatre[1]:
      Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.
    After her swan-song, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
    Is there a doctor in the house?
  7. (politics) A deliberative assembly forming a component of a legislature, or, more rarely, the room or building in which such an assembly normally meets.
  8. ​An establishment, whether actual, as a pub, or virtual, as a website. Particularly restaurant, casino, or financial or trading company.
    a bottle of house wine
    You do not need to pay – your meal is on the house.
    the house edge on roulette is quite low
    the house of Morgan
  9. (business) A company or organisation.
    A small publishing house would have a contract with an independent fulfillment house.
  10. A dynasty, a familial descendance, for example, a royal House.
    The current Queen is from the House of Windsor.
  11. (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
  12. A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
    I was a member of Spenser house when I was at school.
  13. ​House music.
  14. (curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice
  15. An early or alternative name for the game bingo.
  16. (UK) A complete set of numbers in bingo.
  17. (uncountable, US) An aggregate of characteristics of a house.
    • 1990 Feb 24, “Goin' South Affordable is trendy in these suburbs”, Chicago Tribune:
      In comparison with the western suburbs, we felt we could get a lot more house for the money.
    • 2005 Jan 16, “DOWNSIZERS LIVE IT UP - BABY BOOMERS WANT SMALLER HOMES WITH LOTS OF...”, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
      There's just a huge number of people who are close to retirement and feel they have too much house on too much property.
    • 2007 Nov 6, “When Will the Slump End?”, Newsweek:
      Those homeowners who bought too much house, or borrowed against inflated values are now going to be liable for their own poor decisions
  18. (Discuss(+) this sense) (uncountable) A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
    As the babysitter, Emma always acted as the mother whenever the kids demanded to play house.

Synonyms

  • (establishment): shop
  • (company or organisation): shop

Derived terms

Terms derived from house (noun)

Related terms

Translations

abode
archetypal structure of a human abode
usual place to find an animal or an object
auditorium for a theatre
the theatre itself
debating chamber for government politicians
an establishment
the inner workings, as of a clock
dynasty, familiar descendance
astrology: one of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart
grouping of schoolchildren
genre of music — see house music
curling: three concentric circles
early or alternative name for the game bingo
bingo: complete set of numbers

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Verb

house (third-person singular simple present houses, present participle housing, simple past and past participle housed)

  1. (transitive) To keep within a structure or container.
    The car is housed in the garage.
  2. (transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor/harbour.
  3. To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
    • Shakespeare
      You shall not house with me.
  4. (transitive, astrology) To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
    • Dryden
      Where Saturn houses.
  5. (transitive) To contain or cover mechanical parts.

Synonyms

Translations

keep within a structure or container
admit to residence
dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses
contain or enclose mechanical parts

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

house n

  1. gosling

Declension

    declension of house
singular plural
nominative house housata
genitive housete housat
dative houseti housatům
accusative house housata
vocative house housata
locative houseti housatech
instrumental housetem housaty
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Dutch

Noun

house m (uncountable)

  1. house music, house
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Finnish

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hou‧se
  • IPA: /ˈhouse(ʔ)/

Noun

house (uncountable)

  1. (music) house music, house

Declension

Declension of house (type valo)
singular plural
nominative house –
genitive housen –
partitive housea –
accusative house
housen		 –
inessive housessa –
elative housesta –
illative houseen –
adessive housella –
ablative houselta –
allative houselle –
essive housena –
translative houseksi –
instructive – –
abessive housetta –
comitative – –
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French

Noun

house f (usually uncountable)

  1. house music, house (genre of music)

Synonyms

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Norwegian

Noun

house

  1. house music, house
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Polish

Etymology

English house music

Pronunciation

Noun

house m

  1. house, house music
Declension
    declension of house
singular only
nominative house (IPA: /xaws/)
genitive house'u (IPA: /ˈxawsu/)
dative house'owi (IPA: /xawˈsɔvi/)
accusative house (IPA: /xaws/)
instrumental house'em (IPA: /ˈxawsɛm/)
locative housie (IPA: /ˈxawɕɛ/)
vocative housie (IPA: /ˈxawɕɛ/)
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Portuguese

Noun

house m

  1. house music, house

Synonyms

  • música house
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Spanish

Noun

house m (usually uncountable)

  1. house music, house
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Swedish

Noun

house c

  1. house music, house

Declension

Declension of house
uncountable uncountable
Common indefinite definite
nominative house housen
genitive houses housens

Synonyms

  • housemusik, house-musik
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