bungalow

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Gujarati બંગલો (baṅglo, “Bengali-style house; a detached house situated between a garden or a field”). Compare Hindi बंगला (baṅglā, “Bengali”), Bengali বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengal”). Doublet of bangalo. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʌŋɡələʊ/, /ˈbʌŋɡl̩əʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʌŋɡəloʊ/, /ˈbʌŋɡl̩oʊ/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈbəŋɡ(ə)lo/, (spelling pronunciation) /ˈbəŋɡ(ə)lɔ(w)/ Hyphenation: bun‧ga‧low Rhymes: -əʊ === Noun === bungalow (plural bungalows) A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space. A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style. (Atlantic Canada) A chalet or lodge. (Singapore, Malaysia) A detached, freestanding house or mansion. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Bulgarian: бунга́ло (bungálo) → Dutch: bungalow → Finnish: bungalow → French: bungalow → German: Bungalow → Georgian: ბუნგალო (bungalo) → Irish: bungaló → Italian: bungalow → Portuguese: bangalô → Romanian: bungalow → Spanish: bungalow → Russian: бунгало (bungalo) → Welsh: byngalo ==== Translations ==== === References === “bungalow”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “bungalow”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026 Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “bungalow”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bungalow, from Gujarati બંગલો (baṅglo). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʏŋ.ɡə.loː/, /ˈbʏŋ.ɡaː.loː/ Hyphenation: bun‧ga‧low === Noun === bungalow m (plural bungalows, diminutive bungalowtje n) a bungalow (small holiday home, usually single-storey) ==== Derived terms ==== bungalowpark == Finnish == === Etymology === From English bungalow. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɑŋːɑlou̯/, [ˈbɑ̝ŋːɑ̝lo̞u̯] Rhymes: -ɑŋːɑlou === Noun === bungalow bungalow (one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “bungalow”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Pronunciation === (France, Belgium, Switzerland) IPA(key): /bœ̃.ɡa.lo/ (France) IPA(key): /bɛ̃.ɡa.lo/ (Canada) IPA(key): /bɔŋ.ɡa.lo/ === Noun === bungalow m (plural bungalows) bungalow === Further reading === “bungalow”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bungalow. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbun.ɡa.lov/ Rhymes: -unɡalov Hyphenation: bun‧ga‧low === Noun === bungalow m (invariable) bungalow === References === bungalow in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bungalow. === Noun === bungalow n (plural bungalow-uri) bungalow ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Alternative forms === bungaló === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bungalow. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bunɡaˈlo/ [bũŋ.ɡaˈlo] Rhymes: -o Syllabification: bun‧ga‧low === Noun === bungalow m (plural bungalows) bungalow ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “bungalow”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025