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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

townhouse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtaʊnˌhaʊs/ (General-American)

Etymology

From town + house. Compare Dutch tuinhuis (“summer house, cabana”), tuinhuisje (“bower”).

Meanings

  1. (Australia, Canada, Philippines, US) A row house or terraced house.
  2. A house in an urban setting.
  3. (dated) A town hall.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
townhouses Number=Plur lexicographic
town house alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Creole townhouse

Hypernyms

house · house

Translations (7)

cmn 聯排別墅 /联排别墅 (house in an urban setting) · pl dom miejski (house in an urban setting) · ru таунха́ус (house in an urban setting) · ja 町家 (house in an urban setting) · de Stadthaus (house in an urban setting) · fi kaupunkitalo (house in an urban setting) · fr maison de ville (house in an urban setting)