Dictionary

treehouse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹiːˌhaʊs/

Etymology

From tree + house. First use appears c. 1867. See cite below.

Meanings

1. (US) A house, or similar structure within a tree, or several trees, built with light materials.
   • so that I am high and dry, and have all the better view too, quite a grand flight of steps-a broad ladder-up into my house. The Mahaga lads and I call it my tree-house. 1867, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Life of John Coleridge Patteson, Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands, Volume 2, page 177:
2. A tropical residence built in a tree, or on stilts.

Forms

Synonyms

treeshed

Translations (20)

fr maison dans les arbres (a house within a tree) · is tréhús (a house within a tree) · fr cabane dans les arbres (a house within a tree) · ja ツリーハウス (a house within a tree) · ml ഏറുമാടം (a house within a tree) · ru дом на дереве (a house within a tree) · nl boomhut (a house within a tree) · ru домик на дереве (a house within a tree) · sk domček na strome (a house within a tree) · hu lombház (a house within a tree) · pl domek na drzewie (a house within a tree) · pt casa na árvore (a house within a tree) · pt casa da árvore (a house within a tree) · eo arba domo (a house within a tree) · el δεντρόσπιτο (a house within a tree) · cs domeček na stromě (a house within a tree) · cmn 樹屋 /树屋 (a house within a tree) · de Baumhaus (a house within a tree) · fr maison arboricole (a house within a tree) · es casa del árbol (a house within a tree)