housing

English

Etymology

From Middle English housinge, howsynge, from Old English *hūsung (“housing”), from Old English hūsian (“to house, shelter; receive into one's house”), equivalent to house +‎ -ing. Cognate with Scots housing (“housing”), Dutch huizing, behuizing (“housing”), Low German husing, hüsing (“housing”), German Behausung (“housing”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊzɪŋ

Verb

housing

1. Present participle of house.

   We are housing the Wik* servers in Florida.

Noun

housing (countable and uncountable; plural housings)

1. (uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
2. (uncountable) Residences, collectively.

   She lives in low-income housing.

3. (countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.

   The gears were grinding against their housing.

4. A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
5. An appendage to the hames or collar of a harness.

Synonyms

• (houses, collectively): accommodation, lodging
• (mechanical component's container): case, casing, cover, covering, lid

Translations

activity of enclosing or providing residence

• French: logement (fr)

• Irish: tithíocht (ga) f

residences

• French: logement (fr) m, résidence (fr) f

• Irish: tithíocht (ga) f, tithe (ga) m pl

container

• Irish: cásáil (ga) f
• Russian: кожух (ru) (kóžux) m, футляр (ru) (futljár) m, чехол (ru) (čexól) m

• Swedish: hus (sv) n, kåpa (sv) c, skal (sv) n, huv (sv) c

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• Macedonian: здомување (mk) (zdomúvanje) n (1), куќиште (mk) (kúḱište) n (3)
• Spanish: vivienda (es)
• Portuguese: alojamento (pt)

See also

• house