veranda

Alternative forms

• verandah
• viranda
• virandah

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बरामदा m (barāmdā) or बरण्डा m (baraṇḍā), from Portuguese varanda (“balustrade; balcony”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /vəˈɹæn.də/

Noun

veranda (plural verandas)

1. A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. [from 18th c.]
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:

     No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.

   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, in Crime out of Mind‎:

     Our part of the veranda did not hang over the gorge, but edged the meadow where half a dozen large and sleek horses had stopped grazing to join us.

Noun

veranda f

1. verandah

Etymology

From French véranda.

Noun

veranda c (singular definite verandaen, plural indefinite verandaer)

1. verandah

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛrɒndɒ]
• Hyphenation: ve‧ran‧da

Noun

veranda (plural verandák)

1. verandah

Noun

veranda f (plural verande)

1. verandah, porch

Anagrams

• drenava

Noun

veranda m (definite singular verandaen, indefinite plural verandaer, definite plural verandaene)

1. a veranda or verandah (roofed open gallery)

Noun

veranda m (definite singular verandaen, indefinite plural verandaer or verandaar, definite plural verandaene or verandaane)

1. a veranda or verandah (as above)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋěraːnda/
• Hyphenation: ve‧ran‧da

Noun

vèrānda f (Cyrillic spelling вѐра̄нда)

1. verandah
2. balcony
3. patio

Noun

veranda c

1. a verandah

References

• veranda in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Noun

veranda

1. verandah
2. balcony
3. patio