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house en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

[hʌʉ̯s] (Scotland)
/hæʊ̯s/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting
/hɐʊ̯s/ (Cork, Munster)
[hɐʊ̯s] (Cork, Munster)
[hɛʊ̯s] Standard Irish, Dublin
/hɐʏ̯s/ (Ulster)
/haʊ̯s/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
/hɛʊ̯s/ Standard Irish, Dublin
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[huːs] (Geordie)
(Canada) audio
[hɜʊ̯s]
/hɐʊ̯s/
/haws/ (British, Southern, Standard)
/hɜʊ̯s/
/haːs/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
[həʊ̯s]
[hɐʊ̯s]
[haʊ̯s] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
/hʌʊ̯s/
[hɐʏ̯s] (Ulster)
/həʊ̯s/
/huːs/ (Geordie)
[hʌʊ̯s]
/hʌʉ̯s/ (Scotland)
[hæʊ̯s] Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australia, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house From Middle English hous, hus, from Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kews-, from *(s)kewH- (“to cover, hide”). More at hose. Eclipsed non-native Middle English mees, meson, measoun (“house”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman mes, mies, meis, maisun (“house”). The uncommon plural form housen is from Middle English husen, housen. (The Old English nominative plural was simply hūs.) Cognates Cognate with Scots hoose, oos (“house”), Yola heouse, houze, howze (“house”), North Frisian hüs (“house”), Saterland Frisian Huus, Húus (“house”), West Frisian hûs (“house”), Alemannic German hous, hus, husch, hüs, hüüsch (“house”), Bavarian, Cimbrian, Mòcheno haus (“house”), Central Franconian Haus, Hous, Huus (“home”), Dutch huis (“house”), Dutch Low Saxon hoes, huus (“house”), German Haus, Hauß (“house”), German Low German Huus (“house”), Limburgish hoes, Huus (“house”), Luxembourgish Haus (“house”), Vilamovian haojs, haus, hoüz (“house”), Yiddish הויז (hoyz, “house”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hus (“house”), Elfdalian aus (“house”), Faroese and Icelandic hús (“house”), Crimean Gothic hus (“house”); also Cornish kudha (“to conceal, hide”), Welsh cuddio (“to hide”), Latin cutis (“human skin; hide, leather”), Ancient Greek κεύθω (keúthō, “to cover, hide”), Tocharian A kāc (“hide, skin”), Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunāti, “to cover”).

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
- This is my house and my family's ancestral home.
- The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line, which seems to have shown some ingenuity in avoiding them,[…]. 1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter III, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
- Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
(Hong-Kong, countable, uncountable, used in names) A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings. ▸ An apartment building within a public housing estate.
(countable, uncountable) A container; a thing which houses another.
- The purposes of food are to promote growth, to supply force and heat, and to furnish material to repair the waste which is constantly taking place in the body. Every breath, every thought, every motion, wears out some portion of the delicate and wonderful house in which we live. 1892, Ella Eaton Kellogg, “Foods”, in Science in the Kitchen: A Scientific Treatise on Food Substances and Their Dietetic Properties, Together with a Practical Explanation of the Principles of Healthful Cookery, and a Large Number of Original, Palatable, and Wholesome Recipes, Revised edition, Michigan: Health Publishing Company, page 25:
(uncountable) Size and quality of residential accommodations; housing.
- Those homeowners who bought too much house, or borrowed against inflated values are now going to be liable for their own poor decisions. 2007 November 6, “When Will the Slump End?”, in Newsweek:
(countable, uncountable) A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.
(countable, uncountable) The people who live in a house; a household.
- one that feared God with all his house 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 10:2:
(countable, uncountable) A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
- The former carriage house had been made over into a guest house.
- On arriving at the zoo, we immediately headed for the monkey house.
(countable, uncountable) A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). ▸ A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier.
- A small publishing house would have a contract with an independent fulfillment house.
- I have a good banker in this city, but I would not wish to draw upon the house until the time when I shall draw for a round sum. 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). ▸ A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof.
- The farce comedy which followed, When We're Married by Charles Burnham, was heartily praised, with the character man singled out for special extollation. The production filled the house. 1964, “Northwest Ohio Quarterly”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 36, page 185:
- The house always wins.
- Frazier and Gary worked for me for free — for six months — they didn't take any money from the house. They worked for tips. 1977 August 27, Steve Savage, Susan "Suki" Eagan, “Everything You Wanted to Know About Suki, But Were Too Distracted In Chaps to Ask Her”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 8, page 9:
- One more, sir, then I'll have to stop serving you – rules of the house, I'm afraid.
(countable, historical, uncountable) A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). ▸ A workhouse.
- To this the pauper replied that he did not want that, and that rather than be sent to the house he would look out for work. 1834, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Reports from the Commissioners, volume 29, page 169:
(countable, uncountable) The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
- After her swan-song, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
- Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels. 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], chapter 2, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
(countable, uncountable) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.
- The petition was so ridiculous that the house rejected it after minimal debate.
(countable, uncountable) A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.
- A curse lay upon the House of Atreus.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A place of rest or repose.
- Like a pestilence, it doth infect / The houses of the brain. 1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- Such hate was his, when his last breath / Renounced the peaceful house of death […]. 1815, Walter Scott, “(please specify the page)”, in The Lord of the Isles, a Poem, Edinburgh: […] [F]or Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; by James Ballantyne and Co., […], →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
- I was a member of Spenser house when I was at school.
(countable, uncountable) An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
(countable, uncountable) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
- Since there was a limited number of planets, houses and signs of the zodiac, the astrologers tended to reduce human potentialities to a set of fixed types and to postulate only a limited number of possible variations. 1971, Sir Keith Vivian Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, The Folio Society, published 2012, →ISBN, page 313:
(countable, uncountable) The fourth Lenormand card.
(archaic, countable, uncountable) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
(countable, uncountable) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
(countable, uncountable) Lotto; bingo.
(uncountable) A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
- As the babysitter, Emma always acted as the mother whenever the kids demanded to play house.
(US, countable, dialectal, uncountable) A small stand of trees in a swamp.
(countable, qualifier:sudoku, uncountable) A set of cells in a sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box.
(countable, slang, uncountable, with “the”) The end zone.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
housen	Number=Plur	dialectal	lexicographic
hoose		Northumbria, alternative	lexicographic
hice	Number=Plur	humorous	lexicographic
houses	Number=Plur		lexicographic
houss		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic

Synonyms

shop (establishment) · shop (company or organisation)

Translations (813)

es casa (astrology: one of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart) · ia casa (human abode) · ngh nǁng (human abode) · tzm ⵜⴰⴷⴷⴰⵔⵜ (human abode) · pt casa (human abode) · zh 房子 (human abode) · av рукъ (human abode) · phn 𐤁𐤕 (human abode) · cop ⲏⲓ (human abode) · shy taddarṭ (human abode) · cs dům (astrology: one of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart) · nb hus (the inner workings, as of a clock) · guw whé (human abode) · ka პალატა (debating chamber for government politicians) · br ti (human abode) · akk 𒂍 (human abode) · shi tigmmi (human abode) · phn 𐤁𐤉𐤕 (human abode) · btw baay (human abode) · zza xane (diq) (human abode) · mkj umw (human abode) · oj waakaa'iganan (human abode) · kn ಮನೆ (human abode) · niq ka (human abode) · tum nyumba (human abode) · no hus (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · ilo balay (human abode) · mn байшин (human abode) · ja 家屋 (human abode) · nci calli (human abode) · nl huis (debating chamber for government politicians) · stq Húus (human abode) · chn haws (human abode) · hi घराना (an establishment, business) · ba өй (human abode) · az məclis (debating chamber for government politicians) · yrl uka (human abode) · fur čhase (human abode) · fr maison (human abode) · om waxee (human abode) · enm hom (human abode) · bqi حونه (human abode) · luy enju (human abode) · lb Haus (human abode) · sv hus (an establishment, business) · id wangsa (dynasty, familiar descendance) · ovd aus (human abode) · st ntlo (human abode) · he בַּיִת (human abode) · om mana (human abode) · hil balay (human abode) · ga teach (human abode) · fa خانِه (astrology: one of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart) · el οίκος (dynasty, familiar descendance) · es cámara (debating chamber for government politicians) · sc domu (human abode) · id kamar (debating chamber for government politicians) · ar دار (human abode) · mos yiri (human abode) · mk комора (debating chamber for government politicians) · ja 議院 (debating chamber for government politicians) · tr evcilik (children's game) · hu lakóhely (human abode) · nn hus (the inner workings, as of a clock) · dsb dom (human abode) · arc ܒܝܬܐ (human abode) · wa måjhone (human abode) · tts เฮือน (human abode) · egl abitasiòun (human abode) · cic abooha (human abode) · mns-nor кол (human abode) · nl huis (dynasty, familiar descendance) · hit 𒂍 (human abode) · tl bahay (human abode) · fa کاشانِه (human abode) · la aedes (human abode) · kk палата (debating chamber for government politicians) · dtp walai (human abode) · evn гулэ (human abode) · xto waṣt (human abode) · fi suku (dynasty, familiar descendance) · blt ꪹꪭꪙ (human abode) · kix jām (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · evn дю (human abode) · zne bambu (human abode) · myp kaiíi (human abode) · cs dům (human abode) · hu képviselők (debating chamber for government politicians) · lmy umma (human abode) · mas enkaji (human abode) · uk пала́та (debating chamber for government politicians) · cjm ꨧꩃ (human abode) · it camera (debating chamber for government politicians) · mn ᠪᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᠰᠢᠩ (human abode) · tg палата (debating chamber for government politicians) · got 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌽 (human abode) · twf thə́na (human abode) · fa مَجْلِس (debating chamber for government politicians) · cu ⰴⱁⰿⱏ (human abode) · vep pertʹ (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · my အိမ် (human abode) · cnk ing (human abode) · fr maison (dynasty, familiar descendance) · mrw walay (human abode) · gl casa (human abode) · af huis (human abode) · fa خَانَه (human abode) · oj waakaa'igan (human abode) · nn hus (dynasty, familiar descendance) · km សំបែង (human abode) · izh talo (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · uz palata (debating chamber for government politicians) · bor bai (human abode) · zh 房屋 (human abode) · sh kòmora (debating chamber for government politicians) · to fale (human abode) · lou kabònn (human abode) · enm hous (human abode) · vec ca' (human abode) · ce цӏа (human abode) · fo hús (an establishment, business) · ho ruma (human abode) · war balay (human abode) · tpi haus (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · sw nyumba (human abode) · tk öý (human abode) · nl onderkomen (human abode) · av мина (human abode) · cy annedd (human abode) · es casa (an establishment, business) · zlw-ocs dóm (human abode) · bg стопа́нство (an establishment, business) · da hus (the inner workings, as of a clock) · zu indlu (human abode) · udi кӏодж (human abode) · sv hus (the inner workings, as of a clock) · sq dhomë (debating chamber for government politicians) · yo ilé (human abode) · lb Haus (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · fi navetta (home for animal) · ps کورنۍ (dynasty, familiar descendance) · zdj ɗaho (human abode) · dbj balay (human abode) · mrw astana' (human abode) · xpu 𐤁𐤕 (human abode) · sv kammare (debating chamber for government politicians) · pam bale (human abode) · gl casa (an establishment, business) · esu ne (human abode) · gez ቤት (human abode) · ps کور (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · it casa (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · ti ቤት (human abode) · gl casa (dynasty, familiar descendance) · tet uma (human abode) · dlm cuosa (human abode) · bg къща (home for animal) · fit talo (human abode) · guw xwégbè (human abode) · et elamu (human abode) · tyv ӧг (human abode) · ml വീട് (human abode) · wo kër (human abode) · hsb dom (human abode) · udm корка (human abode) · xag 𐕄𐕒𐕁 (human abode) · ja お宅 (human abode) · nds Huus (human abode) · os бӕстыхай (human abode) · crk wâskahikan (human abode) · ks گَرٕ (human abode) · udi кӏож (human abode) · nqg ilé (human abode) · ckb خانوو (human abode) · sl zbornica (debating chamber for government politicians) · sva ქორ (human abode) · kca-eas ӄот (human abode) · zza keye (diq) (human abode) · hu vállalkozás (an establishment, business) · gu મકાન (human abode) · bg корпус (the inner workings, as of a clock) · fi huone (astrology: one of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart) · ko 댁 (human abode) · krc юй (human abode) · hy տուն (human abode) · ijc wárị (human abode) · ru дом (dynasty, familiar descendance) · hi मंच (theatre) · hu lakhely (human abode) · apw kįh (human abode) · de Kammer (debating chamber for government politicians) · kaw śāla (human abode) · ium biauv (human abode) · sh ку̏ћа (human abode) · ha gida (human abode) · ko 의원 (debating chamber for government politicians) · ms rumah (human abode) · cu домъ (human abode) · gl casa (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · arc ܒܝܬܐ (dynasty, familiar descendance) · lo ບ້ານ (human abode) · cic aboowa (human abode) · osx hof (human abode) · es teatro (theatre) · cuk nega (human abode) · tl bahay-bahayan (children's game) · naq oms (human abode) · tr meclis (debating chamber for government politicians) · kg yinzo (human abode) · meu ruma (human abode) · co casa (human abode) · zh 住宅 (human abode) · io domo (human abode) · tly که (human abode) · tvo fola (human abode) · xh indlu (human abode) · bsq gbǒ (human abode) · ha 'daki (human abode) · mnc ᠪᠣᠣ (human abode) · aau a (human abode) · kgp ĩn (human abode) · ar بَيْت (human abode) · sa अगार (human abode) · ko 집 (human abode) · hu ház (astrology: one of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart) · fa خانِه (human abode) · bew ruma (human abode) · zlw-slv dóm (human abode) · zea huus (human abode) · az palata (debating chamber for government politicians) · sl komora (debating chamber for government politicians) · ar دَار (human abode) · ar مَنْزِل (human abode) · nl vadertje en moedertje (children's game) · ka დინასტია (dynasty, familiar descendance) · th เรือน (human abode) · niq ko (human abode) · ce хӏусам (human abode) · egl cà (human abode) · hi राजवंश (dynasty, familiar descendance) · sje dåhpe (human abode) · tr hane (dynasty, familiar descendance) · dz ཁྱིམ (human abode) · de Haus (dynasty, familiar descendance) · urh uwevwi (human abode) · tzm ⵜⵉⴳⵎⵎⵉ (human abode) · bg дом (human abode) · de Vater (children's game) · es casa (dynasty, familiar descendance) · zea 'uus (human abode) · sv hus (debating chamber for government politicians) · enm mansioun (astrology: one of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart) · lou lamézon (human abode) · alt ӱй (human abode) · sk dom (human abode) · idd ilé (human abode) · km ផ្ទះ (human abode) · zza qul (home for animal) · bn ঘর (human abode) · yi הויז (human abode) · pt casa (astrology: one of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart) · gu આવાસ (human abode) · tt йорт (human abode) · de Haus (debating chamber for government politicians) · sjd пэ̄ҏҏт (human abode) · hu operaház (theatre) · tay ngasal (human abode) · jra sang (human abode) · khc wunua (human abode) · qu wasi (human abode) · zom in (human abode) · nci chāntli (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · ru дина́стия (dynasty, familiar descendance) · lt rūmai (debating chamber for government politicians) · ny chilowero (human abode) · ar بيت (human abode) · mdh walay (human abode) · ca casa (human abode) · de Haus (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · lou kabann (human abode) · hi बाड़ा (home for animal) · ta வீடு (human abode) · frr hüs (human abode) · ngc ndako (human abode) · akl baeay (human abode) · sah дьиэ (human abode) · hi घर-घर (children's game) · pap kas (human abode) · mkx baay (human abode) · kln kot (human abode) · nn hus (human abode) · uz hovli (human abode) · ruo cåsĕ (human abode) · xmf ოხორი (human abode) · roa-cha mâjon (human abode) · sms põrtt (human abode) · tn ntlo (human abode) · fa خونِه (human abode) · ml ഗൃഹം (human abode) · bg театър (theatre) · la casa (human abode) · pl dom (human abode) · pot wigwam (human abode) · sq shtëpi (human abode) · nb hus (debating chamber for government politicians) · ood ki꞉ (human abode) · gmw-jdt häus (human abode) · chr ᎦᎵᏦᏕ (human abode) · aaq wigwom (human abode) · mk куќиште (the inner workings, as of a clock) · njo-jgl ki (human abode) · da hus (an establishment, business) · jv griya (human abode) · tg хона (human abode) · pon ihmw (human abode) · fi talo (an establishment, business) · nl huis (astrology: one of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart) · eu etxe (human abode) · vo dom (human abode) · ang hūs (human abode) · yua otoch (human abode) · de Kind (children's game) · mww tsev (human abode) · kwi yal (human abode) · te ఇల్లు (human abode) · tmr בֵּיתָא (dynasty, familiar descendance) · hak 屋 (human abode) · klj häv (human abode) · srn oso (human abode) · ctd inn (human abode) · bg семейство (children's game) · sga tech (human abode) · mk дом (debating chamber for government politicians) · se viessu (human abode) · egl abitasiòṅ (human abode) · khb ᦢᦱᧃᧉ (human abode) · km ឃរ (human abode) · hu cég (an establishment, business) · ks गरॖ (human abode) · af huis (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · fi koneisto (the inner workings, as of a clock) · hi घर (human abode) · hu színház (theatre) · yoi 家 (human abode) · fi pesä (curling: three concentric circles) · fi talo (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · cst núw̄ai' (human abode) · gu ગૃહ (human abode) · ro cameră (debating chamber for government politicians) · ca casa (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · mt dar (human abode) · ife ilé (human abode) · az ev (human abode) · lou kay (human abode) · pcm haus (human abode) · hu ház (theatre) · zh 議院 /议院 (debating chamber for government politicians) · dv ގެ (human abode) · nb hus (human abode) · fr chambre (debating chamber for government politicians) · xal гер (human abode) · bal گس (human abode) · hu dinasztia (dynasty, familiar descendance) · fi talo (human abode) · osx hūs (human abode) · qu wasikuna (human abode) · nrf maiethon (human abode) · bg къ́ща (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · bew gedong kumidi (theatre) · pt casa (dynasty, familiar descendance) · yue 屋 (human abode) · ro dinastie (dynasty, familiar descendance) · ar بيت (human abode) · kxd rumah (human abode) · luo ot (human abode) · zza çe (human abode) · iso uvbou (human abode) · bal لوگ (human abode) · yue 議院 /议院 (debating chamber for government politicians) · sid mine (human abode) · ar دار (human abode) · af huis (debating chamber for government politicians) · tl kabahayan (dynasty, familiar descendance) · ulb ulé (human abode) · gug óga (human abode) · mak balla (human abode) · is hús (human abode) · ruq casă (human abode) · th บ้าน (human abode) · et koda (debating chamber for government politicians) · fr maison (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · kpv керка (human abode) · hu alsóház (debating chamber for government politicians) · egl chèśa (human abode) · fi ryhmä (grouping of schoolchildren) · id kandang (home for animal) · tyv бажың (human abode) · ket иӈӷусь (human abode) · unm wikewam (human abode) · syl ꠛꠣꠠꠤ (human abode) · otk 𐰋 (human abode) · pt casa (an establishment, business) · ru дом (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · fur cjase (human abode) · hu ház (dynasty, familiar descendance) · zza meclis (debating chamber for government politicians) · gu રહેઠાણ (human abode) · pi agāra (human abode) · lld cèsa (human abode) · nb hus (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · bxd ja̠m⁵⁵ (human abode) · bin òwá (human abode) · be ха́та (human abode) · ast casa (human abode) · de Haus (human abode) · ne बास्स्थान (human abode) · kam mumba (human abode) · gu ઠેકાણું (human abode) · txb ost (human abode) · kim öh (human abode) · hi गृह (human abode) · pms mison (human abode) · ro casă (human abode) · pl dom (dynasty, familiar descendance) · dgr kǫ̀ (human abode) · rgn ca (human abode) · sux 𒂍 (human abode) · ru дом (human abode) · izh talo (human abode) · lad kaza (human abode) · cy tŷ (human abode) · com kahni (human abode) · chr ᎨᏣᏗ (human abode) · amm nu (human abode) · el σπίτι (human abode) · ka საგვარეულო (dynasty, familiar descendance) · rar 'are (human abode) · mfe lakaz (human abode) · cho chuka (human abode) · nog уьй (human abode) · cv ҫурт (human abode) · ce цӏенош (human abode) · kjh тура (human abode) · gur yire (human abode) · xdq хъа́ли (human abode) · aho 𑜍𑜢𑜤𑜃𑜫 (human abode) · hi निकेतन (human abode) · nl huis (human abode) · lv dzimta (dynasty, familiar descendance) · ak fie (human abode) · it casa (human abode) · ota خانه (human abode) · de Huus (human abode) · rue хыжа (human abode) · sv hus (dynasty, familiar descendance) · sv hus (human abode) · ur مَجْلِس (debating chamber for government politicians) · ar مَجْلِس (debating chamber for government politicians) · lt namas (human abode) · ru пала́та (debating chamber for government politicians) · be дом (human abode) · crh ev (human abode) · mi whare (human abode) · niv тыф (human abode) · eve дьу (human abode) · ace rumoh (human abode) · tk palata (debating chamber for government politicians) · aa qari (human abode) · hi निवास (human abode) · hak 屋仔 (human abode) · ne घर (human abode) · rom kher (human abode) · pt teatro (theatre) · lui kíiča (human abode) · yua naj (human abode) · sq banë (human abode) · da hus (human abode) · haw hale (human abode) · lld cesa (human abode) · ca casa (dynasty, familiar descendance) · cv кил (human abode) · kij bwala (human abode) · zne duma (human abode) · da hus (debating chamber for government politicians) · bo ཁྱིམ (human abode) · hu ház (home for animal) · inh цӏа (human abode) · sv hus (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · mk куќа (human abode) · cr wikowin (human abode) · ca habitatge (archetypal structure of a human abode — see also chalet) · tpi haus (human abode) · kpy яяӈа (human abode) · lez кӏвал (human abode) · id bilik (debating chamber for government politicians) · mil be'e (human abode) · vi nhà ở (human abode) · tby woa (human abode) · mos zaka (human abode) · zh 家 (human abode)

house en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

(US) audio
houz
/haʊz/

Etymology

From Middle English housen, from Old English hūsian, from Proto-Germanic *hūsōną (“to house, live, dwell”), from the noun (see above). Compare Dutch huizen (“to live, dwell, reside”), German Low German husen (“to live, dwell, reside”), German hausen (“to live, dwell, reside”), Norwegian Nynorsk husa (“to house”), Faroese húsa (“to house”), Icelandic húsa (“to shelter, house”).

Meanings

(transitive) To keep within a structure or container.
- Meanwhile, in permanent garrisons, soldiers had access to military hospitals and medical care, with Roman forts housing some of the most advanced medical facilities in the empire. 2025 July 15, James Osborne, “Could you have survived as a Roman soldier? Here's the surprising truth about life in the ancient army”, in History Extra, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2025:
- Now, covered concrete troughs to house the cables are laid parallel with the railway lines, cheapening maintenance because of improved accessibility for inspection and repair. 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: The North Eastern's new rail-mounted piling unit”, in Trains Illustrated, page 646:
- The car is housed in the garage.
- Houſe your choiceſt Carnations, or rather ſet them under a Pent-houſe againſt a South-wall, ſo as a covering being thrown over them to preſerve them in extremity of weather, they may yet enjoy the freer air at all other times. 1669, John Evelyn, “Kalendarium Hortense: OrThe Gard’ners Almanac; […] [November.]”, in Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], 3rd edition, London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, →OCLC, page 29:
(transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor.
- Palladius wished him [...] to house all the Helots. c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “[The First Booke] Chapter 1”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC, folio 41, recto:
To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
- The federation yesterday vowed to occupy Uotsuri, one of the islands, and build a permanent structure to house six members. 1996 October 5, Robert Whymant, “Tokyo tries to calm islands row”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, Overseas News, page 15, column 2:
- You shall not house with me. c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
(transitive) To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
- Where Saturn houses. 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
(transitive) To contain or cover mechanical parts.
(transitive) To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole.
- The joists were housed into the side walls, rather than being hung from them.
(obsolete) To drive to a shelter.
- Euen now we hous'd him in the Abbey heere c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
(obsolete) To deposit and cover, as in the grave.
- Oh! can your counsel his despair defer , Who now is housed in his sepulchre 1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “(please specify the page)”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: [Andrew Hebb […]], →OCLC:
To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
- to house the upper spars
(Canada, US, slang, transitive) To eat; especially, to scarf down.
- All you wanna do is drink a fifth, house a lasagna, and hide in a dumpster until that baby stops crying. 2019, Joe Lawson, Shameless (series 10, episode 4, "A Little Gallagher Goes a Long Way")

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
housed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
housed	Tense=Past	lexicographic
housing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
houses	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic

Deriveds

housable · unhousable

Synonyms

enclose (contain or enclose mechanical parts) · harbour (admit to residence) · put up (admit to residence) · accommodate (admit to residence) · host (admit to residence) · store (keep within a structure or container) · harbor (admit to residence)

Translations (58)

pt armazenar (keep within a structure or container) · gl almacenar (keep within a structure or container) · es alojar (admit to residence) · ast aposentar (admit to residence) · ast almacenar (keep within a structure or container) · ro casă (keep within a structure or container) · fr loger (admit to residence) · nl behuizen (keep within a structure or container) · da indhuse (keep within a structure or container) · bg приема (admit to residence) · ro găzdui (admit to residence) · nl onderbrengen (admit to residence) · ast acoller (admit to residence) · it alloggiare (admit to residence) · bg приемам (admit to residence) · ru помеща́ть (admit to residence) · sw nyumba (dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses) · fr abriter (admit to residence) · it collocare (keep within a structure or container) · ast atechar (take shelter) · ru вмеща́ть (keep within a structure or container) · ast agospiar (admit to residence) · ru сели́ть (admit to residence) · ast abellugar (take shelter) · es almacenar (keep within a structure or container) · gl albergar (take shelter) · es encajar (contain or enclose mechanical parts) · es envolver (contain or enclose mechanical parts) · bg подслонявам се (take shelter) · mk сместува (keep within a structure or container) · ast atroxar (keep within a structure or container) · gl aloxar (admit to residence) · io lojigar (admit to residence) · pt hospedar (admit to residence) · pt alojar (admit to residence) · ro adăposti (admit to residence) · fr garer (keep within a structure or container) · tr barındırmak (keep within a structure or container) · fr héberger (admit to residence) · gl albergar (admit to residence) · mi whakawhare (take shelter) · ca allotjar (admit to residence) · bg подслоня се (take shelter) · es hospedar (admit to residence) · de unterbringen (admit to residence) · mk сместува (admit to residence) · ro primi (admit to residence) · es albergar (admit to residence) · bg поместя (keep within a structure or container) · sw nyumba (contain or enclose mechanical parts) · de beherbergen (admit to residence) · ast agospedar (admit to residence) · bg помещавам (keep within a structure or container) · tr barındırmak (contain or enclose mechanical parts) · eo loĝigi (admit to residence) · mk вдомува (admit to residence) · sw nyumba (keep within a structure or container) · fr loger (keep within a structure or container)

house en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

/haʊs/
hous

Etymology

Probably from The Warehouse, a nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, USA, where the music became popular around 1985.

Meanings

(uncountable) House music.
- The first genre of American dance music to become popular in the United Kingdom was Chicago house. Although music from Detroit was soon imported as well, it was often treated as subcategory of house, and for many years the most common English term for electronic dance music in general was "house" or "acid house". […] During the formative years of techno and house, the musicians involved interacted in various ways. 2006, Mark Jonathan Butler, Unlocking the Groove: Rhythm, Meter, and Musical Design in Electronic Dance Music, Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 45:
- And while hard, minimal techno has become increasingly influenced by house and Oval-esque "glitch" stylistics, Exos keeps it old school on Strength, infusing his own style with the force of hard techno purists Surgeon and Oliver Ho. 2001 March, Philip Sherburne, “Exos, Strength [album review]”, in CMJ New Music Monthly, number 91, Great Neck, N.Y.: College Media, →ISSN, page 66:
- […] their music is influenced as much by Roxy Music and the Ramones as it is by house and techno pioneers. 1998, Colin Larkin, The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music, London: Virgin Books, →ISBN, page 73:

Descendants

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house en · VERB · etymology 2

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house en · NOUN · etymology 3

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