lodger

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.?

Proto-Germanic *laubą

Frankish *laub

Proto-Germanic *-jô

Frankish *-jō

Frankish *laubijābor.

Early Medieval Latin laubiader.

Old French logebor.

Middle English logge

English lodge

English -er

English lodger

From lodge + -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑd͡ʒɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒd͡ʒə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒdʒə(ɹ)

Noun

lodger (plural lodgers)

1. A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant).

   paying lodger

   family lodger

   accept a lodger

   They took in a lodger to help cover the rent.

   The police questioned the lodger after the incident.

Derived terms

• lodgerdom
• lodgerless

Translations

person who lodges in another's house

• Arabic: مُسْتَأجِر
• Bulgarian: квартирант (bg) m (kvartirant)
• Dutch: kostganger (nl) m
• Finnish: alivuokralainen
• Hebrew: דיר (he) (dayar)
• Icelandic: leigjandi (is) m
• Latin: inquilīnus m
• Macedonian: по́тстанар m (pótstanar)
• Russian: жилец (ru) m (žilec), квартирант (ru) m (kvartirant), квартирантка (ru) f (kvartirantka), постоялец (ru) m (postojalec), жилица (ru) f (žilica)
• Spanish: huésped (es) m

Anagrams

• dogrel, golder, Gerold, Golder