Wendy house

English

Etymology

From Wendy +‎ house, named after Wendy Darling, a character in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. A prop house was created by Barrie for the first stage production of the play in 1904, and Wendy sings: “I wish I had a darling house / The littlest ever seen, / With funny little red walls / And roof of mossy green.”

Noun

Wendy house (plural Wendy houses)

1. A toy house in which children can play.

   Synonyms: play house, cubby house, toyhouse

   Hypernyms: toy, house

Coordinate terms

• doll's house

Translations

toy house for children to play in

• Cebuano: balay-balay
• Danish: legehus (da) n
• Estonian: mängumaja
• Finnish: leikkimökki
• French: cabane de jeu f
• German: Spielhaus n, Spielhäuschen n
• Italian: casetta giocattolo f
• Malayalam: കുട്ടികളുടെ കളിയറ (kuṭṭikaḷuṭe kaḷiyaṟa)
• Swedish: lekstuga (sv) c