house party

English

Noun

house party (plural house parties)

1. (now rare) The guests staying at a given house, as opposed to those visiting for the day. [from 19th c.]
   • 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XVII, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 288:

     The house-party consisted of twelve people, and there were more expected to arrive on the next day.

   • 1945, Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of Love, Penguin, published 2010, page 39:

     The difference between Aunt Sadie and Uncle Matthew was not as to whether Lord Merlin should or should not be asked to the ball […] , but whether he should be asked to bring a house party.

2. A social gathering at someone's house, generally with music, drinking etc. [from 20th c.]

Translations

social gathering

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 轟趴／轰趴 (hōngpā)

• Dutch: huisfeest
• Esperanto: domfesto
• Finnish: kotibileet pl
• German: Hausparty f, Budenzauber m (dated)
• Hungarian: házibuli (hu)
• Polish: (colloquial) domówka (pl) f, wieczorek (pl) m, prywatka (pl) f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: hemmafest c, ghäda c (slang)