hut

See also Hut, and hűt

English

Etymology

From French hutte (“cottage”), from Middle High German hütte ( > German Hütte cf. Danish hytte).

A traditional hut in Tamil Nadu

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hʌt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ʌt

Noun

hut (plural huts)

1. a small wooden shed
2. a primitive dwelling

Translations

small wooden shed

• Armenian: բարաք (hy) (barakʿ)
• Belarusian: хаціна (be) (chacina) 
• Czech: kůlna (cs) f
• Dutch: hut (nl) f
• Finnish: vaja (fi)
• French: hutte (fr) f
• Georgian: ქოხი (ka) (k'oxi) 
• Greek: υπόστεγο (el) (ypóstego) n 
• Hebrew: בקתה (he) (biktá) f

• Indonesian: gubuk (id)
• Italian: capanna (it) f
• Luxembourgish: Häip (lb) f
• Norwegian: hytte (no)
• Russian: хижина (ru) (xížina) f 
• Slovak: prístrešok (sk) m, búda (sk) f
• Spanish: cabaña (es) f
• Turkish: kulübe (tr)

primitive dwelling

• Armenian: բարաք (hy) (barakʿ)
• Belarusian: хаціна (be) (chacina) 
• Czech: chata (cs)
• Dutch: hut (nl) f
• Finnish: maja (fi)
• French: hutte (fr) f
• Georgian: ქოხი (ka) (k'oxi) , ფაცხა (ka) (p'ac'xa) 
• Greek: καλύβα (el) (kalýva) f 
• Irish: both (ga) f
• Italian: capanna (it) f

• Norwegian: hytte (no)
• Polish: chata (pl) f, szałas (pl) m
• Romanian: colibă (ro) f
• Russian: хижина (ru) (xížina) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: bothan (gd) m
• Slovak: chalupa (sk) f
• Spanish: choza (es) f
• Turkish: kulübe (tr)
• Volapük: ludom (vo), (diminutive) ludomil (vo)

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• Albanian: kasolle f, stan m
• Mandarin: 小木房
• Serbo-Croatian: koliba f
• Esperanto: kabano (1,2), (on a ship) kajuto
• German: Hütte f
• Hungarian: kunyhó
• Indonesian: pondok
• Interlingua: cabana
• Isthmus Zapotec: yoo ziña
• Japanese: 小屋 (こや, koya)

• Korean: 오두막(집) (odumak-jib, -jip)
• Kurdish: کووخ
• Portuguese: barraca f, cabana f
• Romanian: colibă f, stână f
• Serbo-Croatian: čatrlja f, koliba f, kućerak m, pozemljuša f
• Spanish: cabaña f, choza f
• Swedish: hydda c
• Telugu: గుడిసె (guDise)
• Volapük: ludomil

Verb

hut (third-person singular simple present huts, present participle hutting, simple past and past participle hutted)

1. (rare, archaic, transitive) to put into a hut

   to hut troops in winter quarters

2. (rare, archaic, intransitive) to take shelter in a hut
   • Washington Irving

     The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown.

Anagrams

• Thu
• UHT

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Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *hut, from Proto-Indo-European *h2eu-t- 'downward(s)'. Cognate to Ancient Greek αὔτως (“in vain”), Gothic auþs (“desert”).

Adjective

hut m (feminine hute)

1. in vain, vainly
2. empty, idle
3. good, appropriate

Related terms

• hutoj

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *keuǝd,*kū̆d 'to cry'. Compare to Ancient Greek κυδάζω (“to slander”), Old Norse hota (“threaten”), Middle High German hūzen (“call, shout, cry”), Old Church Slavic kuditi (“vilify, scold, rebuke”).

Noun

hut m (indefinite plural hutë, definite singular huti, definite plural hutët)

1. owl

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʏt
• IPA: /ɦʏt/

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Noun

hut f, m (plural hutten, diminutive hutje)

1. a small wooden shed, hut.
2. a primitive dwelling.
3. a cabin on a boat.

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Old High German

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, whence also Old English hyd, Old Norse húð

Noun

hūt f

1. hide
2. skin

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Polish

Noun

hut f

1. genitive plural of huta

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Swedish

Interjection

hut

1. behave! (same as: du ska veta hut! = vet hut! = hut!)

Noun

hut n

1. decency, good manners, politeness, reason, common sense; only in a few expressions:

   du ska veta hut

   you should behave

   jag ska lära dig veta hut

   I shall teach you some decency

   jag kräver hut och hyfs av mina barn

   I demand good manners and behaviour of my children

Usage notes

• Very rarely, one sees a definite form hutet

Related terms

• huta
• hutlös

See also

• nu går skam på torra land