summerhouse en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English somer-hous, from Old English sumerhūs, sumorhūs, equivalent to summer + house. Compare Dutch zomerhuis, German Sommerhaus, Danish sommerhus, Swedish sommarhus.
Meanings
- A house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year.
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An outbuilding in a garden where the owners can relax in warm weather.
"When he had religion he used to be always hammerin' up seats and summer-houses and things out of bits of twisty wood. Mad over that, he was."
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 138:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| summerhouses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| summer-house | alternative | lexicographic | |
| summer house | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
villa · country house · dacha · holiday home · winterhouse
Translations (28)
sv sommarhus (house used as vacation home in summer) · pl letniak (house used as vacation home in summer) · ru да́ча (house used as vacation home in summer) · myv кизэгудо (house used as vacation home in summer) · tr yazlık ev (house used as vacation home in summer) · myv кизэгудо (summer residence) · eo somerdomo (house used as vacation home in summer) · de Sommerhaus (house used as vacation home in summer) · el εξοχικό (house used as vacation home in summer) · pl przybudówka wakacyjna (outbuilding in a garden) · ota عریش (outbuilding in a garden) · cmn 避暑别墅 (house used as vacation home in summer) · la trichila (outbuilding in a garden) · la triclea (outbuilding in a garden) · fi huvimaja (outbuilding in a garden) · fi kesätalo (summer residence) · eo somerdomo (summer residence) · kk жазүй (summer residence) · yi זומערהויז (house used as vacation home in summer) · fi kesäasunto (summer residence) · pl dom wakacyjny (summer residence) · fi kesämökki (house used as vacation home in summer) · pl dom letniskowy (house used as vacation home in summer) · da sommerbolig (summer residence) · af somerhuis (house used as vacation home in summer) · tr yazlık (house used as vacation home in summer) · nl zomerhuis (house used as vacation home in summer) · da sommerhus (house used as vacation home in summer)