lodging

English

Etymology

lodge +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋ/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɒdʒɪŋ

Noun

lodging (plural lodgings)

1. A place to live or lodge.
2. Sleeping accommodation.
   • 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. XI, The Abbot’s Ways”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):

     When I was a Cloister-monk, I was once sent to Durham on business of our Church; and coming home again, the dark night caught me at Risby, and I had to beg a lodging there.

3. (in the plural) Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation.
5. (agriculture) The condition of a plant, especially a cereal, that has been flattened in the field or damaged so that it cannot stand upright, as by weather conditions or because the stem is not strong enough to support the plant.

Derived terms

• board and lodging
• dry lodging
• lodging house

 

Related terms

• lodge

Translations

place to live or lodge

• Afrikaans: verblyf
• Arabic: إِقَامَة f (ʔiqāma)
• Belarusian: жыллё n (žylljó), начле́г m (načljéh) (lodging for the night)
• Bulgarian: жили́ще (bg) n (žilíšte)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 住宿 (zh) (zhùsù), 寄宿 (zh) (jìsù)

• Czech: ubytování (cs) n, nocleh m (lodging for the night)
• Dutch: onderdak (nl) n, logies (nl) n
• Finnish: majapaikka (fi), majoitus (fi)
• French: logement (fr) m, hébergement (fr) m
• German: Unterkunft (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: κατάλυμα n (katáluma)

• Hindi: आवास (hi) m (āvās)
• Hungarian: szállás (hu), szálláshely (hu)
• Irish: lóistín m
• Italian: alloggio (it) m
• Japanese: 宿泊 (ja) (しゅくはく, shukuhaku)
• Korean: 숙박 (sukbak)
• Lao: ທີ່ພັກ (thī phak)
• Macedonian: сместување n (smestuvanje)
• Manx: aaght m
• Persian: اسکان (fa) (eskân)
• Plautdietsch: Wonunk f
• Polish: kwatera (pl) f, nocleg (pl) m (lodging for the night), lokum (pl) n
• Portuguese: alojamento (pt) m
• Quechua: tampu
• Romanian: găzduire (ro) f, camere de închiriat f pl
• Russian: жили́ще (ru) n (žilíšče), жильё (ru) n (žilʹjó), ночле́г (ru) m (nočlég) (lodging for the night)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: смјештај m

  Roman: smještaj (sh) m

• Slovak: ubytovanie n, nocľah m (lodging for the night)
• Slovene: nastanitev f
• Spanish: alojamiento (es) m, hospedaje (es) m
• Swedish: logi (sv) c
• Thai: ที่พัก (th) (tîi-pák)
• Ukrainian: житло́ (uk) n (žytló), нічлі́г m (ničlíh) (lodging for the night)
• Vietnamese: chỗ ở (vi)

sleeping accommodation

• Afrikaans: verblyf
• Bulgarian: подслон (bg) m (podslon)
• Finnish: yösija (fi)
• Ingrian: öösiha
• Irish: lóistín m, iostas m
• Kabuverdianu: gazadju

furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation

• Afrikaans: huurkamer
• Bulgarian: стая под наем f (staja pod naem)
• Dutch: kost (nl) m
• Finnish: kalustettu asunto
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌸𐍅𐍉𐍃 f pl (saliþwōs)
• Indonesian: kos (id), indekos (id)

condition of a plant that has been flattened

• Catalan: ajagut (ca)
• Finnish: lako (fi)
• French: verse (fr) f
• Ingrian: lako
• Italian: allettamento (it) m
• Spanish: encamado (es) m
• Walloon: flaxhaedje (wa) m

Verb

lodging

1. present participle and gerund of lodge

Further reading

• lodging on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• lodging (agriculture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Golding, dogling, godling, golding