lodgings

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪŋz/

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• Hyphenation: lodg‧ings

Noun

lodgings

1. plural of lodging

Noun

lodgings pl (plural only)

1. A room or set of rooms in another person's house where a person lodges.
   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.

2. (historical) A furnished room or suite of rooms rented within a private house as a temporary or semi-permanent accommodation, often including a baseline of domestic service.
   • 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:

     ' […] I saw her placed in comfortable lodgings, and under proper attendants; I visited her every day during the rest of her short life; I was with her in her last moments.'

3. An official residence.

Synonyms

• digs (colloquial)

Translations

room or set of rooms in another person's house where a person lodges

• Finnish: huone (fi), huoneet (fi) pl; luukku (fi), boksi (fi)
• Hungarian: albérlet (hu)
• Irish: lóistín m
• Kashubian: kwatéra f
• Latin: hospitium n
• Manx: aaght m
• Polish: stancja (pl) f
• Russian: жильё (ru) n (žilʹjó), жили́ще (ru) n (žilíšče), берло́га (ru) f (berlóga)

official residence

• Finnish: residenssi (fi), asunto (fi)
• Polish: rezydencja (pl) f

Anagrams

• doglings, godlings, goldings, sling dog