Dictionary

veranda en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /vəˈɹæn.də/ (UK, US)

Etymology

An Indian English word of Indo-Portuguese origin, from Portuguese varanda (“balustrade; balcony”). Further etymology is unclear and disputed.

Meanings

1. A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.
   • Our part of the veranda did not hang over the gorge, but edged the meadow where half a dozen large and sleek horses had stopped grazing to join us. 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, in Crime out of Mind:
   • Boulte ate his breakfast, advised her to see her Arab pony fed in the veranda, and went out. 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Wayside Comedy”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 66:
   • No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46:

Forms

Deriveds

verandaed · verandaless

Translations (68)

my ဝရန်တာ (roofed open gallery) · fa ایوان (roofed open gallery) · ar فَارَنْدَة (roofed open gallery) · zdj ɓaraza (roofed open gallery) · sv veranda (roofed open gallery) · arz ڤراندة (roofed open gallery) · he אכסדרה (roofed open gallery) · ru вера́нда (roofed open gallery) · mfe lavarang (roofed open gallery) · tr veranda (roofed open gallery) · hi बरण्डा (roofed open gallery) · fa برآمده (roofed open gallery) · bo གཡབ (roofed open gallery) · is verönd (roofed open gallery) · mi whakamahau (roofed open gallery) · uk веранда (roofed open gallery) · uli braanda (roofed open gallery) · sk veranda (roofed open gallery) · cs veranda (roofed open gallery) · es galería (roofed open gallery) · ja ベランダ (roofed open gallery) · ar شُرْفَة (roofed open gallery) · mi mahau (roofed open gallery) · eo verando (roofed open gallery) · ga vearanda (roofed open gallery) · bo ཀ་ཕིབས (roofed open gallery) · sw varanda (roofed open gallery) · ur برنڈا (roofed open gallery) · wmw lupenu (roofed open gallery) · el βεράντα (roofed open gallery) · tl beranda (roofed open gallery) · ta தாழ்வாரம் (roofed open gallery) · vi hiên (roofed open gallery) · ka ვერანდა (roofed open gallery) · gd for-sheòmar (roofed open gallery) · pl weranda (roofed open gallery) · sh vèrānda (roofed open gallery) · fr véranda (roofed open gallery) · cmn 陽台 (roofed open gallery) · bho बरामदा (roofed open gallery) · it veranda (roofed open gallery) · pt alpendre (roofed open gallery) · hi बरामदा (roofed open gallery) · de Veranda (roofed open gallery) · no veranda (roofed open gallery) · fi veranta (roofed open gallery) · la subdiale (roofed open gallery) · kix ûichìu (roofed open gallery) · grc αἴθουσα (roofed open gallery) · bg вера́нда (roofed open gallery) · fi kuisti (roofed open gallery) · rom baramda (roofed open gallery) · kea varanda (roofed open gallery) · sh вѐра̄нда (roofed open gallery) · hy ծածկապատշգամբ (roofed open gallery) · ko 베란다 (roofed open gallery) · bn বারান্দা (roofed open gallery) · et veranda (roofed open gallery) · da veranda (roofed open gallery) · mk вера́нда (roofed open gallery) · ur برامدہ (roofed open gallery) · ro verandă (roofed open gallery) · oc veranda (roofed open gallery) · hy վերանդա (roofed open gallery) · hu veranda (roofed open gallery) · es porche (roofed open gallery) · tyz cai (roofed open gallery) · pt varanda (roofed open gallery)