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bungalow en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbʌŋɡəloʊ/ (General-American)
• /ˈbəŋɡ(ə).lɔː/ (India)
• /ˈbʌŋɡl̩oʊ/ (General-American)
• /ˈbʌŋɡl̩əʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈbʌŋɡələʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati બંગલો (baṅglo, “Bengali-style house; a detached house situated between a garden or a field”). Compare Hindi बंगला (baṅglā, “Bengali”), Bengali বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengal”). Doublet of bangalo and Bangla.

Meanings

1. A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
   • My aunt can't manage the stairs any more, so she's moving to a bungalow.
   • the proprietor of the little tin bungalow that did duty for a garage 1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter XII, in Have His Carcase:
   • Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward. 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 1, in The Subtle Minotaur:
2. A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.
   • Following the rule adopted in most tropical countries, a bungalow style of house was chosen. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 110:
3. (Atlantic-Canada) A chalet or lodge.
4. (Malaysia, Singapore) A detached, freestanding house or mansion.

Forms

Deriveds

bungaloid · bungaloft · dak bungalow · California bungalow · dawk bungalow · bungalowed · good class bungalow · Bungalow Belt

Descendants

bungalow · бунга́ло · bungaló · bangalô · Bungalow · bungalow · bungalow · бунгало · bungalow · bungalow · ბუნგალო · bungalow · byngalo

Translations (55)

hy ամառանոց (single-storey house) · pt bangalô (single-storey house) · hu bungaló (one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah) · kmr koxik (single-storey house) · fa بنگله (single-storey house) · vi bung-ga-lô (single-storey house) · de eingeschossiges Haus (single-storey house) · ka ბუნგალო (one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah) · ru бу́нгало (one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah) · hi बँगला (one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah) · eo bangalo (single-storey house) · vi bun-ga-lô (single-storey house) · vi boong-ga-lô (single-storey house) · hu egyszintes ház (single-storey house) · ru да́ча (single-storey house) · de Bungalow (single-storey house) · ga bungaló (one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah) · kmr holik (single-storey house) · tr bungalov (single-storey house) · ru бу́нга́ло (single-storey house) · bg бунгало (single-storey house) · cs bungalov (single-storey house) · mr बंगला (single-storey house) · ms banglo (single-storey house) · ka ბუნგალო (single-storey house) · ga bungaló (single-storey house) · es bungaló (single-storey house) · ja バンガロー (single-storey house) · cy byngalo (single-storey house) · de Bungalow (one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah) · ko 방갈로 (single-storey house) · hi बँगला (single-storey house) · kmr kolik (single-storey house) · th บังกะโล (single-storey house) · ja バンガロー (one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah) · ru бунга́ло (one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah) · hu bungaló (single-storey house) · gu બંગલી (one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah) · bn বাংলা (single-storey house) · kl bungalowi (single-storey house) · fi pientalo (single-storey house) · kmr bungalo (single-storey house) · hi बंगला (one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah) · nl bungalow (single-storey house) · da bungalow (one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah) · hi बंगला (single-storey house) · ca bungalou (single-storey house) · el μπανγκαλόου (single-storey house) · sl bungalov (single-storey house) · tl bunggalo (single-storey house) · fi bungalow (one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah) · da bungalow (single-storey house) · cmn 平房 (single-storey house) · gu બંગલો (one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah) · ur بنگلہ (single-storey house)