hut en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /hʌt/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /hɐt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- (California) audio
- /hʊt/ (Northern-England)
Etymology
From Middle English *hutte, hotte, from both Old English hōd and Old English hȳdan (“to hide”) and influenced by Anglo-Norman hute or hutte, from Middle French hutte, from Old French hute (“hut”), hute (“cottage”), from Old High German hutta (“hut, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *hudjǭ, *hudjō (“hut”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to deck; cover; covering; skin”). Cognate with German Hütte (“hut”), Dutch hut (“hut”), West Frisian hutte (“hut”), Saterland Frisian Hutte (“hut”), Danish hytte (“hut”), Norwegian Bokmål hytte (“hut”), Swedish hydda (“hut”). Related to hide.
Meanings
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A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
There was an oil lamp in all the four huts on Okonkwo’s compound, and each hut seen from the others looked like a soft eye of yellow half-light set in the solid massiveness of night.
1958 June 17, Chinua Achebe, chapter 11, in Things Fall Apart, New York, N.Y.: Astor-Honor, published 1959, →OCLC, part 1, page 99:And in his Hut, when hee to rest doth take him, Hee sleeps, till Drums or deadlie Pellets wake him.
1625, Nicholas Breton, “An Untrained Souldiour”, in Characters and Essayes, Aberdeen: Edward Raban, page 31:a thatched hut; a mud hut; a shepherd’s hut
1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 186, 28 December, 1751, Volume 6, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, pp. 108-109, […] love, that extends his dominion wherever humanity can be found, perhaps exerts the same power in the Greenlander’s hut, as in the palaces of eastern monarchs.
[…] I was a hired-out shepherd in a solitary hut, not seeing no faces but faces of sheep till I half forgot wot men’s and women’s faces wos like,
1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XX, in Great Expectations […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 341:
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A small wooden shed.
a groundsman’s hut
- (obsolete) A small stack of grain.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| huts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Nissen hut · hut circle · Iris hut · hutlet · hutless · outhut · hutmaster · hutkeeper · bathing hut · hutting · beach hut · slab hut · hutment · observation hut · hut tax · palaver hut · Quonset hut · nipa hut · booby hut · hutlike · Romney hut
Relateds
cabin · shack · shanty · cottage
Translations (216)
uz kulba (small wooden shed) · txb koṣkīye (small wooden shed) · nl hut (small wooden shed) · nl hut (primitive dwelling) · hi झोपड़ी (small wooden shed) · da hytte (small wooden shed) · gl choupana (small wooden shed) · ko 소옥 (small wooden shed) · ka ქოხი (primitive dwelling) · grc κλισία (primitive dwelling) · ml കുടിൽ (primitive dwelling) · th กระท่อม (small wooden shed) · de Hütte (primitive dwelling) · no hytte (primitive dwelling) · la tugurium (small wooden shed) · sa कुटी (small wooden shed) · ka ქოხი (small wooden shed) · cy cwt (small wooden shed) · es choza (primitive dwelling) · gl choza (primitive dwelling) · ary عْشّة (primitive dwelling) · zlw-ocs chyšě (small wooden shed) · it capanna (primitive dwelling) · wa houte (primitive dwelling) · mi whare pōrukuruku (primitive dwelling) · eo kabano (primitive dwelling) · hy խրճիթ (primitive dwelling) · pt cabana (primitive dwelling) · be хаці́на (primitive dwelling) · ro colibă (primitive dwelling) · uk ха́та (small wooden shed) · hi झोंपड़ा (small wooden shed) · hy բարաք (small wooden shed) · lv būda (small wooden shed) · hy հյուղ (small wooden shed) · hi झोंपड़ी (small wooden shed) · de Hütte (small wooden shed) · nn hytte (small wooden shed) · mr झोपडी (primitive dwelling) · ar تَخْشِيبَة (small wooden shed) · cs přístřešek (small wooden shed) · fa-ira کُلْبِه (small wooden shed) · cs chata (primitive dwelling) · kk лашық (small wooden shed) · wa houbete (primitive dwelling) · tk külbe (small wooden shed) · ko 오두막 (small wooden shed) · vi chòi (primitive dwelling) · pl chałupa (small wooden shed) · ta குடிசை (primitive dwelling) · tr kulübe (small wooden shed) · sq kolibe (small wooden shed) · eve урадан (small wooden shed) · sv hydda (small wooden shed) · id gubuk (small wooden shed) · vo ludom (primitive dwelling) · nb koie (primitive dwelling) · lt lūšnelė (small wooden shed) · gl cabana (small wooden shed) · cmn 棚屋 (small wooden shed) · hy խրճիթ (small wooden shed) · sq bun (small wooden shed) · uk халу́па (primitive dwelling) · la gurgustium (primitive dwelling) · vo ludomil (primitive dwelling) · mk ко́либа (primitive dwelling) · km ខ្ទម (primitive dwelling) · nb hytte (small wooden shed) · bho कुटिया (small wooden shed) · uk хи́жа (small wooden shed) · pdt Kot (small wooden shed) · az daxma (small wooden shed) · sh ко̀либа (small wooden shed) · wa cahoute (small wooden shed) · fr hutte (primitive dwelling) · eo ĥato (primitive dwelling) · th กระต๊อบ (small wooden shed) · ga both (small wooden shed) · ru хи́жина (small wooden shed) · mr झोपडी (small wooden shed) · ms pondok (small wooden shed) · bg коли́ба (small wooden shed) · ro cabană (small wooden shed) · la attegia (primitive dwelling) · el υπόστεγο (small wooden shed) · ru хи́жина (primitive dwelling) · ota كلبه (small wooden shed) · grc κλισία (small wooden shed) · rsk колїба (small wooden shed) · ru хиба́ра (small wooden shed) · bg хи́жа (small wooden shed) · gld кава (small wooden shed) · uk халу́па (small wooden shed) · lo ຖຽງ (small wooden shed) · am ጎጆ (primitive dwelling) · he בִּקְתָּה (small wooden shed) · eo kabaneto (small wooden shed) · gl choupana (primitive dwelling) · he צְרִיף (small wooden shed) · gl chouza (small wooden shed) · cs kůlna (small wooden shed) · hsb hěta (primitive dwelling) · lo ຕູບ (small wooden shed) · ga bothán (primitive dwelling) · sl koliba (small wooden shed) · ro colibă (small wooden shed) · fa-ira کومِه (small wooden shed) · sk chalupa (primitive dwelling) · mn овоохой (small wooden shed) · mk ко́либа (small wooden shed) · it capanna (small wooden shed) · fr hutte (small wooden shed) · ceb payag (small wooden shed) · hsb hěta (small wooden shed) · km ខ្ទម (small wooden shed) · be ха́та (small wooden shed) · lb Häip (small wooden shed) · ro baracă (small wooden shed) · ka ფაცხა (primitive dwelling) · fa-ira کازِه (small wooden shed) · ca cabanya (small wooden shed) · be хаці́на (small wooden shed) · ms pondok (primitive dwelling) · ary نْوالة (small wooden shed) · sv koja (primitive dwelling) · uk хати́на (primitive dwelling) · fi maja (primitive dwelling) · wa houte (small wooden shed) · el καλύβα (small wooden shed) · ur جھون٘پْڑی (small wooden shed) · ro cocioabă (primitive dwelling) · el καλύβα (primitive dwelling) · et hütt (small wooden shed) · la tugurium (primitive dwelling) · got 𐌷𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰 (small wooden shed) · my တဲ (small wooden shed) · fi vaja (small wooden shed) · wa houbete (small wooden shed) · uk хи́жа (primitive dwelling) · dsb buda (small wooden shed) · ru лачу́га (small wooden shed) · gl cabana (primitive dwelling) · ga both (primitive dwelling) · mi pāhokahoka (small wooden shed) · dsb buda (primitive dwelling) · gl cafúa (small wooden shed) · ta குடில் (small wooden shed) · pt choupana (small wooden shed) · nn koie (primitive dwelling) · hu kunyhó (primitive dwelling) · pt casebre (primitive dwelling) · ml കുടിൽ (small wooden shed) · ur کُلْبَہ (small wooden shed) · ky кепе (small wooden shed) · sk búda (small wooden shed) · sq kasolle (small wooden shed) · io kabaneto (small wooden shed) · es chamizo (small wooden shed) · pt cabana (small wooden shed) · gl choza (small wooden shed) · pl szałas (primitive dwelling) · et onn (small wooden shed) · grc καλύβη (primitive dwelling) · es cabaña (small wooden shed) · tg кулба (small wooden shed) · ja 小屋 (small wooden shed) · hu kalyiba (small wooden shed) · lt lūšna (small wooden shed) · tr kulübe (primitive dwelling) · sh gajba (small wooden shed) · ca cabana (small wooden shed) · sh kòliba (small wooden shed) · grc καλύβη (small wooden shed) · mi wharau (small wooden shed) · la casa (small wooden shed) · mnb wale (primitive dwelling) · hi झोपड़ा (small wooden shed) · tg коза (small wooden shed) · cir mwâ (small wooden shed) · km តូប (small wooden shed) · wa cahoute (primitive dwelling) · as জুপুৰি (small wooden shed) · hu kunyhó (small wooden shed) · pl chata (small wooden shed) · gd bothan (primitive dwelling) · uk хати́на (small wooden shed) · gl cafúa (primitive dwelling) · bg хи́жа (primitive dwelling) · mhn hitt (small wooden shed) · mi pāhoka (small wooden shed) · ur جھون٘پْڑا (small wooden shed) · mi whare pūrokuroku (small wooden shed) · hi कुटिया (small wooden shed) · tl dampa (small wooden shed) · hu kalyiba (primitive dwelling) · hu kulipintyó (small wooden shed) · be халу́па (small wooden shed) · ur کُٹِیا (small wooden shed) · eo kabano (small wooden shed) · ko 소옥 (primitive dwelling) · oc cabana (small wooden shed) · ar كُوخ (small wooden shed) · th ตูบ (small wooden shed) · sl koča (small wooden shed) · hy բարաք (primitive dwelling) · sk prístrešok (small wooden shed) · bg коли́ба (primitive dwelling) · da hytte (primitive dwelling) · vi chòi (small wooden shed) · ru халу́па (small wooden shed) · ko 오두막집 (primitive dwelling) · lo ກະທ່ອມ (small wooden shed) · pl chata (primitive dwelling) · ky алачык (small wooden shed) · ta குடிசை (small wooden shed) · hi कुटी (small wooden shed)