penthouse

== English == === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman pentiz (“pentice”), from apendiz (“appentice”), ultimately from a suffixed form of Latin appendō (“to append”). Altered by folk etymology to appear to be a compound of house. Doublet of appentice and pentice. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɛnt(h)aʊs/ === Noun === penthouse (plural penthouses) (now historical) A structure or annexe (especially one with a sloping roof) extending from the side of a building, sometimes as protection from the weather. [from 14th c.] (by extension, now rare) Something forming a shelter or canopy over something; an awning, shelter, etc. [from 16th c.] (tennis) Any of the sloping roofs at the side of a real tennis court. [from 17th c.] 2005, Tony Collins (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Traditional British Rural Sports, Routledge, page 262, An odd derivative of real tennis lasted until the latter part of the eighteenth century at Rattray in Perthshire. It was played in the churchyard by two pairs of men, and the method for starting the play was to throw the ball onto the church roof, using it like the sloping penthouse of the tennis court. An apartment or suite found on an upper floor, or floors, of a tall building, especially one that is expensive or luxurious with panoramic views. [from 19th c.] ==== Hypernyms ==== apartment suite ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === penthouse (third-person singular simple present penthouses, present participle penthousing, simple past and past participle penthoused) (transitive) To provide with a penthouse, shelter by means of a shed sloping from a wall, or anything similar. == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English penthouse. === Noun === penthouse m (plural penthouses) penthouse === Further reading === “penthouse”, 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