dwelling en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈdwɛl.ɪŋ/
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Etymology
From Middle English dwellynge, dwellyng (“delay, continuance, abode”), equivalent to dwell + -ing. More at dwell.
Meanings
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A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.
The old house served as a dwelling for Albert.
The place had the empty and musty feel and smell usual to a dwelling no longer inhabited. Everywhere was a thick litter of discarded and ragged garments, old sea-boots, leaky oilskins -- all the worthless forecastle dunnage of a long voyage.
1904, Jack London, chapter 32, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:For Philip's dwelling fronted on the street, / The latest house to landward; but behind, / With one small gate that open'd on the waste, / Flourish'd a little garden square and wall'd; [...]
1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Enoch Arden”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 40:He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.
1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword: The Turk Street Mile”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 9:I was so thrilled to see a live bedbug, I showed it off to every graduate student I ran into that day: Cimex lectularius[,] a small, flat, wingless, brown ectoparasite that hides in cracks and crevices in human dwellings and emerges under cover of darkness to feast on human blood.
2010 August 7, May Berenbaum, “This Bedbug’s Life”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dwellings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
dwellinghouse · lake dwelling · dwelling-place · bottom-dwelling · indwelling · byre-dwelling · multidwelling · dwelling house · dwelling place
Synonyms
residence · dwelling · pad · quarters · woning · pied-à-terre · digs · crib · homestead · abode · habitation · livingplace · domicile · home · flop · place
Translations (105)
ru жили́ще (house or place in which a person lives) · uk житло́ (house or place in which a person lives) · sv bostad (house or place in which a person lives) · gl eido (house or place in which a person lives) · nl woning (house or place in which a person lives) · wa lodjisse (house or place in which a person lives) · ar سَكَن (house or place in which a person lives) · de Behausung (house or place in which a person lives) · sl domovanje (house or place in which a person lives) · io lojeyo (house or place in which a person lives) · uk поме́шкання (house or place in which a person lives) · hu lak (house or place in which a person lives) · nds-de Wahnen (house or place in which a person lives) · fr habitation (house or place in which a person lives) · gl vivenda (house or place in which a person lives) · got 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (house or place in which a person lives) · pdt Wonunk (house or place in which a person lives) · da bolig (house or place in which a person lives) · sq banë (house or place in which a person lives) · eu bizitoki (house or place in which a person lives) · ja 住宅 (house or place in which a person lives) · pl mieszkanie (house or place in which a person lives) · grc οἴκημα (house or place in which a person lives) · la domicilium (house or place in which a person lives) · uga 𐎎𐎌𐎋𐎐𐎚 (house or place in which a person lives) · cho aiʋtta (house or place in which a person lives) · sk obydlie (house or place in which a person lives) · eu bizileku (house or place in which a person lives) · tr konut (house or place in which a person lives) · gd còmhnaidh (house or place in which a person lives) · he שכן (house or place in which a person lives) · eo loĝejo (house or place in which a person lives) · th เวสน์ (house or place in which a person lives) · non bo (house or place in which a person lives) · bg жи́лище (house or place in which a person lives) · az ev (house or place in which a person lives) · ar مَنْزِل (house or place in which a person lives) · az mənzil (house or place in which a person lives) · ro domiciliu (house or place in which a person lives) · hu lakóhely (house or place in which a person lives) · vi chổ ở (house or place in which a person lives) · gl moranza (house or place in which a person lives) · fi asumus (house or place in which a person lives) · cs obydlí (house or place in which a person lives) · gl soxorno (house or place in which a person lives) · wa dimorance (house or place in which a person lives) · ko 주택 (house or place in which a person lives) · bn মঞ্জিল (house or place in which a person lives) · ko 거류 (house or place in which a person lives) · gl moradía (house or place in which a person lives) · pt domicílio (house or place in which a person lives) · it dimora (house or place in which a person lives) · cho aiasha (house or place in which a person lives) · ro locuință (house or place in which a person lives) · grc οἴκησις (house or place in which a person lives) · mnc ᠪᠣᠣ (house or place in which a person lives) · fi asunto (house or place in which a person lives) · cmn 住宅 (house or place in which a person lives) · cmn 住所 (house or place in which a person lives) · sv boning (house or place in which a person lives) · ru жильё (house or place in which a person lives) · ja 住居 (house or place in which a person lives) · de Wohnung (house or place in which a person lives) · he דירה (house or place in which a person lives) · be жыллё (house or place in which a person lives) · ca habitatge (house or place in which a person lives) · gl lar (house or place in which a person lives) · ja 居留 (house or place in which a person lives) · it abitazione (house or place in which a person lives) · non bú (house or place in which a person lives) · hu otthon (house or place in which a person lives) · es morada (house or place in which a person lives) · bn মকান (house or place in which a person lives) · csm ˀu·ču- (house or place in which a person lives) · ko 주거 (house or place in which a person lives) · ca vivenda (house or place in which a person lives) · he דִּיּוּר (house or place in which a person lives) · enm dwellynge (house or place in which a person lives) · pt moradia (house or place in which a person lives) · nds-de Wahnung (house or place in which a person lives) · mi tuohunga (house or place in which a person lives) · it residenza (house or place in which a person lives) · th ชุมรุม (house or place in which a person lives) · ary سكنة (house or place in which a person lives) · enm herberwe (house or place in which a person lives) · hu lakás (house or place in which a person lives) · nl woonst (house or place in which a person lives) · de Wohnsitz (house or place in which a person lives) · nds-de Wahnsitt (house or place in which a person lives) · nrf d'meuthe (house or place in which a person lives) · ota مكان (house or place in which a person lives) · he מגורים (house or place in which a person lives) · tr ev (house or place in which a person lives) · ps کور (house or place in which a person lives) · sl bivališče (house or place in which a person lives) · ps خونه (house or place in which a person lives) · oaa дуку (house or place in which a person lives) · th ทำเนียบ (house or place in which a person lives) · mk живеа́лиште (house or place in which a person lives) · cho aiʋshwa (house or place in which a person lives) · sq banesë (house or place in which a person lives) · otk 𐰋 (house or place in which a person lives) · da bopæl (house or place in which a person lives) · de Wohnstätte (house or place in which a person lives) · fr domicile (house or place in which a person lives)