country house en · NOUN
Meanings
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(UK, especially) A house serving as a weekend and holiday residence, used as a retreat from city life; traditionally and archetypically in the country, and especially of wealthy owners.
Near-synonym: country seat
One of those utterly tedious amusements one only finds at an English country house on an English country Sunday. I don't think any one at all morally responsible for what he or she does at an English country house.
1909, Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband, act 3:
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(UK, especially) Such a house, even as a primary residence and even in an area that is no longer rural, but with an aesthetic in keeping with that traditional distinction of country ways.
a country house look
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see country, house: a house in the country: one not in town.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| country houses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| country-house | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Hypernyms
house · home · second home · residence · residence · house · home
Relateds
villa · great house · manor house · dacha · holiday home · summerhouse · winterhouse
Synonyms
Translations (22)
cmn 山莊 /山庄 (residence) · fi kakkoskoti (second home) · fi kesämökki (residence) · sv lantställe (residence) · es villoría (residence) · da landhus (residence) · es cortijo (residence) · pt vila (residence) · nl landhuis (residence) · pl wiejski dom (residence) · es casería (residence) · hy դաչա (residence) · es pazo (residence) · hy ամառանոց (residence) · es casa de campo (residence) · de Landhaus (residence) · pl drugi dom (second home) · es caserío (residence) · es alijar (residence) · nl buitenhuis (residence) · pt casa de campo (residence) · fr maison de campagne (residence)