house

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English hous, hus, from Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūs, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kews-, from *(s)kewH- (“to cover, hide”). More at hose. Eclipsed non-native Middle English mees, meson, measoun (“house”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman mes, mies, meis, maisun (“house”). The uncommon plural form housen is from Middle English husen, housen. (The Old English nominative plural was simply hūs.) ==== Alternative forms ==== hoose (Northumbria) houss (obsolete) ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: hous, IPA(key): /haʊs/ (Canada, Virginia, Scotland) IPA(key): /hʌʊs/ (Geordie) IPA(key): /huːs/ (Ireland) IPA(key): /hæʊs/, /haʊs/ (Local Dublin) IPA(key): /hæʊs/, /hɛʊs/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /hɐʏs/, /hɛʉs/ (Munster) IPA(key): /hɐʊs/, /hʌʊs/ Rhymes: -aʊs ==== Noun ==== house (countable and uncountable, plural houses or (dialectal) housen or (chiefly humorous) hice) A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings. [from 9th c.] (Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building within a public housing estate. A container; a thing which houses another. (uncountable) Size and quality of residential accommodations; housing. A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these. Coordinate terms: apartment, condo, condominium, flat The people who live in a house; a household. [from 9th c.] A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). [from 10th c.] A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier. [from 10th c.] A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof. [from 10th c.] (historical) A workhouse. The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance. [from 10th c.] (politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature. [from 10th c.] A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one. [from 10th c.] (figurative) A place of rest or repose. [from 9th c.] A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities. [from 19th c.] An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection. [from 10th c.] (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart. [from 14th c.] (cartomancy) The fourth Lenormand card. (chess, now rare) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece. [from 16th c.] (curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice. [from 19th c.] Lotto; bingo. [from 20th c.] (uncountable) A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household. (US, dialect) A small stand of trees in a swamp. (sudoku) A set of cells in a sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box. (American football, slang, with “the”) The end zone. ===== Synonyms ===== (establishment): shop (company or organisation): shop ===== Hypernyms ===== building dwelling, residence ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== Further reading ===== house on Wikipedia.Wikipedia house (astrology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia house (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === From Middle English housen, from Old English hūsian, from Proto-Germanic *hūsōną (“to house, live, dwell”), from the noun (see above). Compare Dutch huizen (“to live, dwell, reside”), German Low German husen (“to live, dwell, reside”), German hausen (“to live, dwell, reside”), Norwegian Nynorsk husa (“to house”), Faroese húsa (“to house”), Icelandic húsa (“to shelter, house”). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: houz, IPA(key): /haʊz/ Rhymes: -aʊs, -aʊz Homophone: how's ==== Verb ==== house (third-person singular simple present houses, present participle housing, simple past and past participle housed) (transitive) To keep within a structure or container. (transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor. To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge. (transitive, astrology) To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses. (transitive) To contain or cover mechanical parts. (transitive) To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole. (obsolete) To drive to a shelter. (obsolete) To deposit and cover, as in the grave. (nautical) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe. (Canada, US, slang, transitive) To eat; especially, to scarf down. 2019, Joe Lawson, Shameless (series 10, episode 4, "A Little Gallagher Goes a Long Way") All you wanna do is drink a fifth, house a lasagna, and hide in a dumpster until that baby stops crying. ===== Synonyms ===== (keep within a structure or container): store (admit to residence): accommodate, harbor/harbour, host, put up (contain or enclose mechanical parts): enclose ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Probably from The Warehouse, a nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, USA, where the music became popular around 1985. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: hous, IPA(key): /haʊs/ ==== Noun ==== house (uncountable) (music) House music. ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== == Chinese == === Etymology === From English house. === Pronunciation === === Noun === house (Hong Kong Cantonese) mansion; large house (Classifier: 間／间 c) == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦou̯sɛ] === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== house n gosling ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Unadapted borrowing from English house, originally from a clipped form of house music. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦaʊ̯s] ==== Noun ==== house m inan house music, house (a genre of music) Synonym: house music ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === “house”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “house”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “house”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Dutch == === Etymology === From English house. Doublet of huis and osso. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦɑu̯s/ Hyphenation: house Rhymes: -ɑu̯s === Noun === house m (uncountable, no diminutive) house music, house (a genre of music) Synonym: housemuziek ==== Derived terms ==== gabberhouse smurfenhouse == Finnish == === Etymology === From English house. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɑu̯s/, [ˈhɑ̝u̯s̠] Rhymes: -ɑus Syllabification(key): hou‧se Hyphenation(key): hou‧se === Noun === house (uncountable) (music) house music, house (a genre of music) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “house”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (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 === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /aws/ === Noun === house f (uncountable) house music, house (a genre of music) Synonym: house music === Anagrams === houes, houés == Hungarian == === Etymology === From English house. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhɒuz] Hyphenation: house Rhymes: -uz === Noun === house (plural house-ok) (music) house music, house (a type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== house-parti house-zene === References === == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== house alternative form of hous === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== house alternative form of housen == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English house, house music. Doublet of hus. === Noun === house m (indeclinable) (uncountable) house music, house (a genre of music) ==== Synonyms ==== housemusikk === References === “house” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From English house. Doublet of hus. === Noun === house m house music, house (a genre of music) == Polish == === Etymology === Pseudo-anglicism, derived from house music. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxaws/ Rhymes: -aws Syllabification: house === Noun === house m inan house music, house (genre of music) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === house in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English house. === Noun === house m (uncountable) house music, house (a genre of music) Synonym: música house == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English house. === Noun === house m (uncountable) house music ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English house music. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxaus/ [ˈxau̯s] Rhymes: -aus === Noun === house m (uncountable) house music, house (a genre of music) Synonym: música house ==== 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 === “house”, 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 == Swedish == === Etymology === From English house music. === Noun === house c house music, house (a genre of music) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== housemusik, house-musik