dwelling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdwɛl.ɪŋ/, SAMPA: /"dwEl.IN/
• Rhymes: -ɛlɪŋ

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Noun

dwelling (plural dwellings)

1. A habitation; a place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.

   The old house served as a dwelling for Albert.

   Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. - Alfred Tennyson

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:abode

Derived terms

• dwelling house: a house intended to be occupied as a residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other building
• dwelling place
• lake dwelling: prehistoric structure

Translations

a place or house in which a person lives

Arabic: منزل (ar) (mánzil) m. Basque: bizileku (eu), bizitoki (eu) Bulgarian: жилище (bg) (žílište) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 住宅 (cmn) (zhùzhái), 住所 (cmn) (zhùsuǒ) Czech: obydlí (cs) n. Dutch: woning (nl) Finnish: asunto (fi), asumus (fi) French: domicile (fr) m., habitation (fr) f. German: Wohnsitz (de) m., Wohnung (de) f. Hebrew: שכן (shechen) Hungarian: lak (hu), lakás (hu)

Ido: lojeyo (io) Italian: abitazione (it) f., residenza (it) f., dimora (it) f. Japanese: 居留 (ja) (きょりゅう, kyoryū), 住居 (ja) (じゅうきょ, jūkyo), 住宅 (ja) (じゅうたく, jūtaku) Old Norse: bo (Eastern dialect), bu (Western dialect) Pashto: كور (ps) (kor) m., خونه (ps) (xuna) f. Polish: mieszkanie (pl) n. Portuguese: domicílio (pt) m., moradia (pt) f. Russian: жилище (ru) (žilíšče) n., жильё (ru) (žil'jó) n. Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaidh (gd) f. Spanish: domicilio (es), morada (es), residencia (es), vasa (es). Ukrainian: житло (uk) (žytló) n., помешкання (uk) (poméškannja) n.

References

• dwelling in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Verb

dwelling

1. Present participle of dwell.

   I was dwelling in the cave.