bungalow

See also: Bungalow

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati બંગલો (baṅglo, “Bengali”), referring to the Bengali-style house. Compare Hindi बंगला (baṅglā) and Bengali বাংলা (bangla).

Noun

bungalow (plural bungalows)

  1. A small house or cottage usually having a single story
    • 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 1, in The Subtle Minotaur‎:
      Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward.
  2. A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide verandah

Translations

one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah

Finnish

Noun

bungalow

  1. bungalow (one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah)

Declension

Inflection of bungalow (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative bungalow bungalowit
genitive bungalowin bungalowien
partitive bungalowia bungaloweja
illative bungalowiin bungaloweihin
singular plural
nominative bungalow bungalowit
accusative nom. bungalow bungalowit
gen. bungalowin
genitive bungalowin bungalowien
partitive bungalowia bungaloweja
inessive bungalowissa bungaloweissa
elative bungalowista bungaloweista
illative bungalowiin bungaloweihin
adessive bungalowilla bungaloweilla
ablative bungalowilta bungaloweilta
allative bungalowille bungaloweille
essive bungalowina bungaloweina
translative bungalowiksi bungaloweiksi
instructive — bungalowein
abessive bungalowitta bungaloweitta
comitative — bungaloweineen

French

Pronunciation

  • (France, Belgium, Switzerland) IPA(key): /bœ̃.ɡa.lo/
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  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /bɔŋ.ɡa.lo/
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Noun

bungalow m (plural bungalows)

  1. bungalow

Further reading

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English bungalow.

Noun

bungalow m (plural bungalows)

  1. bungalow
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