hous

== Alemannic German == === Etymology === From Middle High German hūs, from Old High German hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate with German Haus, Dutch huis, English house, Icelandic hús. === Noun === hous n (Issime) home ==== Related terms ==== housunh (“house”) === References === Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English hūs, from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Cognate with Dutch huis, German Low German Huus, German Haus, Danish hus, Faroese hús, Icelandic hús, Norwegian Bokmål hus, Norwegian Nynorsk hus, Swedish hus. ==== Alternative forms ==== hus, hows, house ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /huːs/ ==== Noun ==== hous (plural hous or houses or housen) house, residence house of worship, temple ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: house (see there for further descendants) English: (West Yorkshire) haase English: (Ottawa-Valley) heus, hous Geordie: hoose Scots: hoose, oos Yola: heouse, houze, howze === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronoun ==== hous (chiefly south West Midland) alternative form of us == Old French == === Alternative forms === hus, huche, houche, huse, houce, houlx === Etymology === Borrowed from Frankish *hulis (“holly”). === Noun === hous m (plural houx) (botany) holly ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: hous, houx, houlx French: houx Norman: housse (Jèrriais) Picard: hoûx (Athois), oûch Walloon: hoû (Charleroi), hoûssê (Forrières), hoûs