bungalow

See also: Bungalow

English

Bungalows on Carr Moss Lane, Halsall, Lancashire

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati બંગલો (baṅglo, “Bengali-style house; a detached house situated between a garden or a field”). Compare Hindi बंगला (baṅglā, “Bengali”), Bengali বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengal”). Doublet of bangalo.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌŋɡələʊ/, /ˈbʌŋɡl̩əʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌŋɡəloʊ/, /ˈbʌŋɡl̩oʊ/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈbəŋɡ(ə)lo/, (spelling pronunciation) /ˈbəŋɡ(ə)lɔ(w)/
• Hyphenation: bun‧ga‧low
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

bungalow (plural bungalows)

1. A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.

   My aunt can't manage the stairs any more, so she's moving to a bungalow.

   • 1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter XII, in Have His Carcase:

     the proprietor of the little tin bungalow that did duty for a garage

   • 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 1, in The Subtle Minotaur‎^[1]:

     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 veranda; a similar house in this style.
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 110:

     Following the rule adopted in most tropical countries, a bungalow style of house was chosen.

3. (Atlantic Canada) A chalet or lodge.
4. (Singapore, Malaysia) A detached, freestanding house or mansion.

Derived terms

• bungaloft
• bungaloid
• Bungalow Belt
• bungalowed
• California bungalow
• dak bungalow, dawk bungalow
• good class bungalow

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: бунга́ло (bungálo)
• → Dutch: bungalow
• → Finnish: bungalow
• → French: bungalow
• → German: Bungalow
• → Georgian: ბუნგალო (bungalo)
• → Irish: bungaló
• → Italian: bungalow
• → Portuguese: bangalô
• → Romanian: bungalow
• → Spanish: bungalow
• → Russian: бунгало (bungalo)
• → Welsh: byngalo

Translations

single-storey house

• Armenian: ամառանոց (hy) (amaṙanocʻ)
• Bengali: বাংলা (bn) (baṅla)
• Bulgarian: бунгало n (bungalo)
• Catalan: bungalou m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 平房 (zh) (píngfáng)

• Czech: bungalov (cs)
• Danish: bungalow c
• Dutch: bungalow (nl) m
• Esperanto: bangalo
• Finnish: pientalo (fi)
• Georgian: ბუნგალო (bungalo)
• German: Bungalow (de) m, eingeschossiges Haus n
• Greek: μπανγκαλόου (el) n (bangkalóou)
• Greenlandic: bungalowi
• Hindi: बँगला (hi) m (baṅglā), बंगला m (baṅglā)
• Hungarian: bungaló (hu), egyszintes ház
• Irish: bungaló m
• Japanese: バンガロー (ja) (bangarō)
• Korean: 방갈로 (ko) (banggallo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: bungalo f, kolik (ku) m, holik (ku) m, koxik (ku) m

• Malay: banglo
• Marathi: बंगला m (baṅglā)
• Persian: بنگله (fa) (bangale)
• Portuguese: bangalô (pt) m
• Russian: да́ча (ru) f (dáča), бу́нга́ло (ru) n (búngálo)
• Slovene: bungalov m
• Spanish: bungaló (es)
• Tagalog: bunggalo
• Thai: บังกะโล (bang-gà-loo)
• Turkish: bungalov (tr)
• Urdu: بنگلہ m (baṅglā)
• Vietnamese: boong-ga-lô, bung-ga-lô, bun-ga-lô
• Welsh: byngalo m

one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah

• Danish: bungalow c
• Finnish: bungalow (fi)
• Georgian: ბუნგალო (bungalo)
• German: Bungalow (de) m
• Gujarati: બંગલો m (baṅglo), બંગલી f (baṅglī)
• Hindi: बंगला m (baṅglā), बँगला (hi) m (baṅglā)
• Hungarian: bungaló (hu)
• Irish: bungaló m
• Japanese: バンガロー (ja) (bangarō)
• Russian: бунга́ло (ru) n (bungálo), бу́нгало (ru) n (búngalo)

References

• “bungalow”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “bungalow”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “bungalow”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bungalow, from Gujarati બંગલો (baṅglo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʏŋ.ɡə.loː/, /ˈbʏŋ.ɡaː.loː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bun‧ga‧low

Noun

bungalow m (plural bungalows, diminutive bungalowtje n)

1. a bungalow (small holiday home, usually single-storey)

Derived terms

• bungalowpark

Finnish

Etymology

From English bungalow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑŋːɑlou̯/, [ˈbɑ̝ŋːɑ̝lo̞u̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑŋːɑlou

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
abessive		bungalowitta	bungaloweitta
instructive		—	bungalowein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of bungalow (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bungalowini bungalowini accusative nom. bungalowini bungalowini gen. bungalowini genitive bungalowini bungalowieni partitive bungalowiani bungalowejani inessive bungalowissani bungaloweissani elative bungalowistani bungaloweistani illative bungalowiini bungaloweihini adessive bungalowillani bungaloweillani ablative bungalowiltani bungaloweiltani allative bungalowilleni bungaloweilleni essive bungalowinani bungaloweinani translative bungalowikseni bungaloweikseni abessive bungalowittani bungaloweittani instructive — — comitative — bungaloweineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative bungalowisi bungalowisi accusative nom. bungalowisi bungalowisi gen. bungalowisi genitive bungalowisi bungalowiesi partitive bungalowiasi bungalowejasi inessive bungalowissasi bungaloweissasi elative bungalowistasi bungaloweistasi illative bungalowiisi bungaloweihisi adessive bungalowillasi bungaloweillasi ablative bungalowiltasi bungaloweiltasi allative bungalowillesi bungaloweillesi essive bungalowinasi bungaloweinasi translative bungalowiksesi bungaloweiksesi abessive bungalowittasi bungaloweittasi instructive — — comitative — bungaloweinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative bungalowimme bungalowimme accusative nom. bungalowimme bungalowimme gen. bungalowimme genitive bungalowimme bungalowiemme partitive bungalowiamme bungalowejamme inessive bungalowissamme bungaloweissamme elative bungalowistamme bungaloweistamme illative bungalowiimme bungaloweihimme adessive bungalowillamme bungaloweillamme ablative bungalowiltamme bungaloweiltamme allative bungalowillemme bungaloweillemme essive bungalowinamme bungaloweinamme translative bungalowiksemme bungaloweiksemme abessive bungalowittamme bungaloweittamme instructive — — comitative — bungaloweinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative bungalowinne bungalowinne accusative nom. bungalowinne bungalowinne gen. bungalowinne genitive bungalowinne bungalowienne partitive bungalowianne bungalowejanne inessive bungalowissanne bungaloweissanne elative bungalowistanne bungaloweistanne illative bungalowiinne bungaloweihinne adessive bungalowillanne bungaloweillanne ablative bungalowiltanne bungaloweiltanne allative bungalowillenne bungaloweillenne essive bungalowinanne bungaloweinanne translative bungalowiksenne bungaloweiksenne abessive bungalowittanne bungaloweittanne instructive — — comitative — bungaloweinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative bungalowinsa bungalowinsa accusative nom. bungalowinsa bungalowinsa gen. bungalowinsa genitive bungalowinsa bungalowiensa partitive bungalowiaan bungalowiansa bungalowejaan bungalowejansa inessive bungalowissaan bungalowissansa bungaloweissaan bungaloweissansa elative bungalowistaan bungalowistansa bungaloweistaan bungaloweistansa illative bungalowiinsa bungaloweihinsa adessive bungalowillaan bungalowillansa bungaloweillaan bungaloweillansa ablative bungalowiltaan bungalowiltansa bungaloweiltaan bungaloweiltansa allative bungalowilleen bungalowillensa bungaloweilleen bungaloweillensa essive bungalowinaan bungalowinansa bungaloweinaan bungaloweinansa translative bungalowikseen bungalowiksensa bungaloweikseen bungaloweiksensa abessive bungalowittaan bungalowittansa bungaloweittaan bungaloweittansa instructive — — comitative — bungaloweineen bungaloweinensa

Further reading

• “bungalow”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

French

Pronunciation

• (France, Belgium, Switzerland) IPA^(key): /bœ̃.ɡa.lo/
• (France) IPA^(key): /bɛ̃.ɡa.lo/

• Audio (France):

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /bɔŋ.ɡa.lo/

• Audio (Quebec):

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• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Saint-Étienne)):

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Noun

bungalow m (plural bungalows)

1. bungalow

Further reading

• “bungalow”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English bungalow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbun.ɡa.lov/
• Rhymes: -unɡalov
• Hyphenation: bun‧ga‧low

Noun

bungalow m (invariable)

1. bungalow

References

• bungalow in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English bungalow.

Noun

bungalow n (plural bungalow-uri)

1. bungalow

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bungalow	bungalowul	bungalow-uri	bungalow-urile
genitive-dative	bungalow	bungalowului	bungalow-uri	bungalow-urilor
vocative	bungalowule		bungalow-urilor

Spanish

Alternative forms

• bungaló

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bungalow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bunɡaˈlo/ [bũŋ.ɡaˈlo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: bun‧ga‧low

Noun

bungalow m (plural bungalows)

1. bungalow

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “bungalow”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025