house

1. 1. A structure serving as a dwelling for one or more persons, especially for a family.
   2. A household or family.
2. Something, such as a burrow or shell, that serves as a shelter or habitation for a wild animal.
3. A dwelling for a group of people, such as students or members of a religious community, who live together as a unit: a sorority house.
4. A building that functions as the primary shelter or location of something: a carriage house; the lion house at the zoo.
5. 1. A facility, such as a theater or restaurant, that provides entertainment or food for the public: a movie house; the specialty of the house.
   2. The audience or patrons of such an establishment: a full house.
6. 1. A commercial firm: a brokerage house.
   2. A publishing company: a house that specializes in cookbooks.
   3. A gambling casino.
   4. Slang. A house of prostitution.
7. A residential college within a university.
8. 1. often House A legislative or deliberative assembly.
   2. The hall or chamber in which such an assembly meets.
   3. A quorum of such an assembly.
9. often House A family line including ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble family: the House of Orange.
10. 1. One of the 12 parts into which the heavens are divided in astrology.
    2. The sign of the zodiac indicating the seat or station of a planet in the heavens. Also called mansion.
11. House music.

1. To provide living quarters for; lodge: The cottage housed ten students.
2. To shelter, keep, or store in or as if in a house: a library housing rare books.
3. To contain; harbor.
4. To fit into a socket or mortise.
5. Nautical. To secure or stow safely.

1. To reside; dwell.
2. To take shelter.

like a house on fire (or afire) Informal.

1. In an extremely speedy manner: ran away like a house on fire; tickets that sold like a house afire.

1. At the expense of the establishment; free: food and drinks on the house.

1. To organize one's affairs in a sensible, logical way.

[Middle English hous, from Old English hūs.]

1. Internal product or possession, such as list that is controlled by the list owner and includes all of the owner's customers, or a house advertising agency that is owned by an advertiser, or a house advertisement that is placed at no cash cost in the advertiser's own medium. House advertisements are placed at the expense of lost advertising space sales revenue. See also house organ.

2. Residential unit as defined by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, sharing a common entrance and cooking facilities; also called household.

3. Firm providing a product or service, such as a publishing house or a catalog house.

1. Free-standing dwelling.

2. Business establishment that is occupied heavily by customers, such as a bar, theater, or casino.

3. Firm or individual engaged in business as a broker-dealer in securities or investment banking and related services.

4. Nickname for the London Stock Exchange.

5. Synonym for company or firms, such as in the term publishing house.

In the world of food and drink, the word "house" refers to the restaurant or establishment at hand. For example: 1. House wine is one featured by a restaurant or bar and often served in a carafe or by the glass. Sometimes, a winery does a special bottling and labels the wines for an establishment. House wines are usually inexpensive wines that offer the diner an economical option to the more pricey, better-known selections on the wine list. Ask the server what the house wine is-he or she should be able to tell you the variety (chardonnay, merlot, and so on), brand name and vintage (if any). 2. House dressing is generally a salad dressing created by that restaurant's chef. 3. House brand typically refers to a liquor (usually inexpensive) that a bar uses for drinks unless a specific brand is requested. 4. On the house refers to an item given to the customer for free.

noun

1. A building or shelter where one lives: abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, home, lodging (often used in plural), place, residence. Chiefly British dig (used in plural). See protection/exposure.
2. A group of usually related people living together as a unit: family, household, ménage. See group.
3. A commercial organization: business, company, concern, corporation, enterprise, establishment, firm². Informal outfit. See group.
4. A group of people sharing common ancestry: clan, family, kindred, lineage, stock, tribe. Idioms: flesh and blood, kith and kin. See kin.

verb

1. To provide with often temporary lodging: accommodate, bed (down), berth, bestow, billet, board, bunk¹, domicile, harbor, lodge, put up, quarter, room. See protection/exposure.
2. To have as one's domicile, usually for an extended period: abide, domicile, dwell, live¹, reside. See place.
3. To give refuge to: harbor, haven, shelter. See protection/exposure.

Idioms beginning with house:
house of cards

In addition to the idiom beginning with house, also see boardinghouse reach; bring down the house; clean house; eat someone out of house and home; get on (like a house afire); keep house; on the house; open house; people who live in glass houses; put one's house in order; safe as houses.

The most substantial body of folk practice and belief concerning houses focuses on protecting them from witchcraft, evil spirits, fire, thunder, and lightning; this involved placing protective objects, generally near a point of possible entry—door, hearth and chimney, window. There are ample records showing that certain items (e.g. holed stones, horseshoes, houseleeks, rowans, thunder-stones, witch posts, a piece of Yule Log) were believed to ward off danger; in other cases this interpretation is more conjectural, though plausible (e.g. putting dried cats, horse bones, and shoes inside walls, and stone heads on the façade). It has recently been suggested (Lloyd, 1999) that certain patterns cut into timbers of East Anglian houses were protective. Some of these features, such as witch posts, must be the work of the builders, presumably by agreement with the owners; others could be added by anyone at any time. It is not always clear where magic ends and decoration begins; traditional features such as the finials on tiled roofs and plaited bird figures on thatches were probably regarded as lucky by some craftsmen and some customers, but as simply ornamental by others. Some trees and shrubs also protected against fire, witchcraft, or both; these include bay, elder, holly, and rowan.

The only belief about houses themselves appears to be one mentioned by Charles Dickens in Dombey and Son ((1848) chapter 51): ‘Mr Towlinson … frequently begs to know whether he didn't say that no good would come of living in a corner house’. This prejudice was ‘common in Herefordshire’ (N&Q 5s: 4 (1875), 216), and Opie and Tatem give a further reference from 1947.

Also from the mid-19th century, and more regularly reported, is the idea that to enter a house with a spade (or axe, mattock, etc.) on your shoulder presages death, because these tools are used to dig graves. Standard collections mention this for several regions, including Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Dorset (Burne, 1883: 280; Leather, 1912: 119; Udal, 1922: 286); the first known reference is in N&Q 1s: 12 (1855), 488. The somewhat similar taboo on opening an umbrella indoors is less easily explicable.

See also BUILDING TRADE, FOUNDATION SACRIFICES. For beliefs about house furnishings, see BEDS, FIRES, MIRRORS, etc.

Bibliography
The full bibliography list is available here.

• Opie and Tatem, 1989: 97, 331, 367

1. A building or dwelling for human residence.
2. A theater, as a legitimate house. 3. (Colloq.) The auditorium in a theater; the audience space.

All-inclusive and may include any and every kind of structure, depending upon the context in which it is used and the purpose sought to be effected. 169 A. 2d 65, 68. Whether a structure is defined as a "house" or "home" may have constitutional implications. For Fourth Amendment purposes, "houses" include curtilage. 375 F. Supp. 949, 958. See domicile; dwelling house; residence.See also halfway house; prostitution[house of prostitution].

As used in France's champagne region, the word "house" refers to a company (such as Taittinger or Veuve Clicquot) that produces and sells its Champagne under its brand name.

n.

A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat, mouse, beelte, cockroach, fly, mosquito, flea, bacillus and microbe. House of Correction, a place of reward for political and personal service, and for the detention of offenders and appropriations. House of God, a building with a steeple and a mortgage on it. House-dog, a pestilent beast kept on domestic premises to insult persons passing by and appal the hardy visitor. House-maid, a youngerly person of the opposing sex employed to be variously disagreeable and ingeniously unclean in the station in which it has pleased God to place her.

Because a house is a personal dwelling place, a house under construction shows inner work is being performed on the psyche. The condition of a house-whether it is in disrepair or it is fixed up and newly painted-is also symbolic.

The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article or discuss the issue on the talk page.

For other uses, see House (disambiguation).

A ranch style house in Salinas, California, United States

Example of an early Victorian "Gingerbread House" in the United States, built in 1855

A house is generally a shelter or building or structure that is a dwelling or place for habitation by human beings. The term includes many kinds of dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to high-rise apartment buildings.^[1] In some contexts, "house" may mean the same as dwelling, residence, home, abode, lodging, accommodation, or housing, among other meanings.

The social unit that lives in a house is known as a household. Most commonly, a household is a family unit of some kind, though households can be other social groups, such as single persons, or groups of unrelated individuals. Settled agrarian and industrial societies are composed of household units living permanently in housing of various types, according to a variety of forms of land tenure. English-speaking people generally call any building they routinely occupy "home". Many people leave their houses during the day for work and recreation, and return to them to sleep or for other activities.

Contents 1 History 2 Types 2.1 Structure 2.2 Shape 2.3 Function 3 Inside the house 3.1 Layout 3.2 Parts 4 Construction 4.1 Energy-efficiency 4.2 Earthquake protection 5 Legal issues 5.1 United Kingdom 5.2 United States and Canada 6 Identifying houses 7 Animal houses 8 Shelter 9 Houses and symbolism 9.1 Heraldry 10 See also 11 References 12 External links

History

The oldest house in the world is approximately from 10,000 BC and was made of mammoth bones, found at Mezhirich near Kiev in Ukraine. It was probably covered with mammoth hides. The house was discovered in 1965 by a farmer digging a new basement six feet below the ground.^[2]

Architect Norbert Schoenauer, in his book 6,000 Years of Housing, identifies three major categories of types of housing: the "Pre-Urban" house, the "Oriental Urban" house, and the "Occidental Urban" house.

Types of Pre-Urban houses include temporary dwellings such as the Inuit igloo, semi-permanent dwellings such as the pueblo, and permanent dwellings such as the New England homestead.

"Oriental Urban" houses include houses of the ancient Greeks and Romans, and traditional urban houses in China, India, and Islamic cities.

"Occidental Urban" houses include medieval urban houses, the Renaissance town house, and the houses, tenements and apartments of the 19th and 20th centuries. Houses of that time were generally made of simple and raw materials.^[1]

Types

See also: List of house types

Structure

A suburban neighborhood in San Jose, California, United States.

Wood houses in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland.

The developed world in general features three basic types of house that have their own ground-level entry and private open space, and usually on a separately titled parcel of land:

• Single-family detached houses - free-standing on all sides.
• Semi-detached houses (duplexes) - houses that are attached, usually to only one other house via a party wall.
• Terraced house (UK) also known as a row house or townhouse - attached to other houses, possibly in a row, each separated by a party wall.

In addition, there are various forms of attached housing where a number of dwelling units are co-located within the same structure, which share a ground-level entry and may or may not have any private open space, such as apartments (a.k.a. flats) of various scales. Another type of housing is movable, such as houseboats, caravans, and trailer homes.

In the United Kingdom, 27% of the population live in terraced houses and 32% in semi-detached houses, as of 2002. In the United States as of 2000, 61.4% of people live in detached houses and 5.6% in semi-detached houses, 26% in row houses or apartments, and 7% in mobile homes.

Shape

Archaeologists have a particular interest in house shape: they see the transition over time from round huts to rectangular houses as a significant advance in optimizing the use of space, and associate it with the growth of the idea of a personal area (see personal space).^{[citation needed]}

Function

A Nalukettu traditional Kerala house in India

Some houses transcend the basic functionality of providing "a roof over one's head" or of serving as a family "hearth and home". When a house becomes a display-case for wealth and/or fashion and/or conspicuous consumption, we may speak of a "great house". The residence of a feudal lord or of a ruler may require defensive structures and thus turn into a fort or a castle. The house of a monarch may come to house courtiers and officers as well as the royal family: this sort of house may become a palace. Moreover, in time the lord or monarch may wish to retreat to a more personal or simple space such as a villa, a hunting lodge or a dacha. Compare the popularity of the holiday house or cottage, also known as a crib.

In contrast to a relatively upper class or modern trend to ownership of multiple houses, much of human history shows the importance of multi-purpose houses. Thus the house long served as the traditional place of work (the original cottage industry site or "in-house" small-scale manufacturing workshop) or of commerce (featuring, for example, a ground floor "shop-front" shop or counter or office, with living space above). During the Industrial Revolution there was a separation of manufacturing and banking from the house, though to this day some shopkeepers continue (or have returned) to live "over the shop".

Inside the house

Layout

Traditional house in Brazil.

Main article: House plan

Ideally, architects of houses design rooms to meet the needs of the people who will live in the house. Such designing, known as "interior design", has become a popular subject in universities. Feng shui, originally a Chinese method of situating houses according to such factors as sunlight and micro-climates, has recently expanded its scope to address the design of interior spaces with a view to promoting harmonious effects on the people living inside the house. Feng shui can also mean the 'aura' in or around a dwelling. Compare the real-estate sales concept of "indoor-outdoor flow".

The square footage of a house in the United States reports the area of "living space", excluding the garage and other non-living spaces. The "square metres" figure of a house in Europe reports the area of the walls enclosing the home, and thus includes any attached garage and non-living spaces.^{[citations needed]}

Parts

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Room. (Discuss)

Floor plan of a "foursquare" house

Many houses have several rooms with specialized functions. These may include a living/eating area, a sleeping area, and (if suitable facilities and services exist) washing and lavatory areas. In traditional agriculture-oriented societies, domestic animals such as chickens or larger livestock (like cattle) often share part of the house with human beings. Most conventional modern houses will at least contain a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen (or kitchen area), and a living room. A typical "foursquare house" (as pictured) occurred commonly in the early history of the United States of America, with a staircase in the center of the house, surrounded by four rooms, and connected to other sections of the house (including in more recent eras a garage).

The names of parts of a house often echo the names of parts of other buildings, but could typically include:

atrium attic alcove basement / cellar bathroom (in various senses of the word) bath / shower toilet bedroom (or nursery, for infants or small children) conservatory dining room family room or den Fireplace (for warmth during winter; generally not found in warmer climates) foyer front room (in various senses of the phrase) garage hallway/passage hearth - often an important symbolic focus of family togetherness

kitchen larder laundry room library living room loft nook office or study pantry parlour recreation room / rumpus room / television room shrines to serve the religious functions associated with a family stairwell sunroom storage room / box room workshop pew / porch

See also: Room (architecture)

Construction

The structure of the house (under demolition). This house is constructed from bricks and wood and was later covered by insulating panels. The roof construction is also seen.

In the United States, modern house-construction techniques include light-frame construction (in areas with access to supplies of wood) and adobe or sometimes rammed-earth construction (in arid regions with scarce wood-resources). Some areas use brick almost exclusively, and quarried stone has long provided walling. To some extent, aluminum and steel have displaced some traditional building materials. Increasingly popular alternative construction materials include insulating concrete forms (foam forms filled with concrete), structural insulated panels (foam panels faced with oriented strand board or fiber cement), and light-gauge steel framing and heavy-gauge steel framing.

The Saitta House, Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, New York, United States built in 1899 is made of and decorated in wood.^[3]

More generally, people often build houses out of the nearest available material, and often tradition and/or culture govern construction-materials, so whole towns, areas, counties or even states/countries may be built out of one main type of material. For example, a large fraction of American houses use wood, while most British and many European houses utilize stone or brick.

In the 1900s, some house designers started using prefabrication. Sears, Roebuck & Co. first marketed their Houses by Mail to the general public in 1908. Prefab techniques became popular after World War II. First small inside rooms framing, then later, whole walls were prefabricated and carried to the construction site. The original impetus was to use the labor force inside a shelter during inclement weather. More recently builders have begun to collaborate with structural engineers who use computers and finite element analysis to design prefabricated steel-framed homes with known resistance to high wind-loads and seismic forces. These newer products provide labor savings, more consistent quality, and possibly accelerated construction processes.

Lesser-used construction methods have gained (or regained) popularity in recent years. Though not in wide use, these methods frequently appeal to homeowners who may become actively involved in the construction process. They include:

• Cannabrick construction
• Cordwood construction
• Straw bale construction
• Geodesic domes
• Wattle and daub

Thermographic comparison of traditional (left) and 'passivhaus' (right) buildings

Energy-efficiency

In the developed world, energy-conservation has grown in importance in house-design. Housing produces a major proportion of carbon emissions (30% of the total in the UK, for example).^{[citation needed]}

Development of a number of low-energy building types and techniques continues. They include the zero-energy house, the passive solar house, superinsulated and houses built to the Passivhaus standard.

Earthquake protection

One tool of earthquake engineering is base isolation which is increasingly used for earthquake protection. Base isolation is a collection of structural elements of a building that should substantially decouple it from the shaking ground thus protecting the building's integrity^[4] and enhancing its seismic performance. This technology, which is a kind of seismic vibration control, can be applied both to a newly designed building and to seismic upgrading of existing structures.^[5]

Normally, excavations are made around the building and the building is separated from the foundations. Steel or reinforced concrete beams replace the connections to the foundations, while under these, the isolating pads, or base isolators, replace the material removed. While the base isolation tends to restrict transmission of the ground motion to the building, it also keeps the building positioned properly over the foundation. Careful attention to detail is required where the building interfaces with the ground, especially at entrances, stairways and ramps, to ensure sufficient relative motion of those structural elements.

Legal issues

Buildings with historical importance have restrictions.

United Kingdom

New houses in the UK are not covered by the Sale of Goods Act. When purchasing a new house the buyer has less legal protection than when buying a new car. New houses in the UK may be covered by a NHBC guarantee but some people feel that it would be more useful to put new houses on the same legal footing as other products.

United States and Canada

In the US and Canada, many new houses are built in housing tracts, which provide homeowners a sense of "belonging" and the feeling they have "made the best use" of their money. However, these houses are often built as cheaply and quickly as possible by large builders seeking to maximize profits. Many environmental health issues are ignored or minimized in the construction of these structures. In one case in Benicia, California, a housing tract was built over an old landfill. Home buyers were never told, and only found out when some began having reactions to high levels of lead and chromium.

Identifying houses

With the growth of dense settlement, humans designed ways of identifying houses and/or parcels of land. Individual houses sometimes acquire proper names; and those names may acquire in their turn considerable emotional connotations: see for example the house of Howards End or the castle of Brideshead Revisited. A more systematic and general approach to identifying houses may use various methods of house numbering.

Animal houses

Humans often build "houses" for domestic or wild animals, often resembling smaller versions of human domiciles. Familiar animal houses built by humans include bird-houses, hen-houses/chicken-coops and doghouses (kennels); while housed agricultural animals more often live in barns and stables. However, human interest in building houses for animals does not stop at the domestic pet. People build bat-houses, nesting-sites for wild ducks and other birds, bee houses, giraffe houses, kangaroo houses, worm houses, hermit crab houses, as well as shelters for many other animals.

Shelter

A modern style house in Canberra, Australia

Forms of (relatively) simple shelter may include:

• Bus stop
• Camper
• Chalet
• Cottage
• dugout
• Gazebo
• Hangar
• Houseboat
• hut
• Lean-to
• Log Cabin
• Shack
• Tent (see also camp)
• yaodong
• Caravan
• Umbrella

Houses and symbolism

Houses may express the circumstances or opinions of their builders or their inhabitants. Thus a vast and elaborate house may serve as a sign of conspicuous wealth, whereas a low-profile house built of recycled materials may indicate support of energy conservation.

Houses of particular historical significance (former residences of the famous, for example, or even just very old houses) may gain a protected status in town planning as examples of built heritage and/or of streetscape values. Plaques may mark such structures.

House-ownership provides a common measure of prosperity in economics. Contrast the importance of house-destruction, tent dwelling and house rebuilding in the wake of many natural disasters.

Peter Olshavsky's House for the Dance of Death provides a 'pataphysical variation on the house.

Heraldry

The house occurs as a rare charge in heraldry.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Houses

Institutions

• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse
  • HUD USER
• Moladi

Economics

• Affordable housing
• Housing bubble
  • United States housing bubble

Functions

• Building science
• Mixed-use development
• Visitability

Types

• Home automation
• Hurricane proof house
• Earth sheltering
• Lodging
• Boarding house
• Lustron house
• Mobile home
• Modular home
• Housing in Japan
• Housing estate

Miscellaneous

• Housewarming party
• Domestic robot
• Squatting

Lists

• List of house types
• List of house styles
• List of types of lodging
• List of real estate topics
• List of famous American Houses

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Schoenauer, Norbert (2000). 6,000 Years of Housing (rev. ed.) (New York: W.W. Norton & Company).
2. ^ Gregorovich, Andrew (1994), Ancient Inventions of Ukraine, http://www.infoukes.com/history/inventions/ 
3. ^ “Saitta House - Report Part 1”,DykerHeightsCivicAssociation.com
4. ^ YouTube - Testing of a New Line of Seismic Base Isolators
5. ^ James M. Kelly, Professor Emeritus Civil and Environmental Engineering. "Base Isolation: Origins and Development". National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering, University of California, Berkeley. http://nisee.berkeley.edu/lessons/kelly.html. 

External links

Look up house in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Housing from UCB Libraries GovPubs

v • d • e Room Names atrium • attic • alcove • basement / cellar • bathroom • Ballroom • bedroom (or nursery, for infants or small children) • conservatory • dining room • family room or den • drawing room • foyer • front room (in various senses of the phrase) • garage • great room • hallway/passage • kitchen • larder • laundry room • library • living room • lobby • loft • nook • office or study • pantry • parlour • recreation room / rumpus room / television room • shrines to serve the religious functions associated with a family • stairwell • sunroom • storage room / box room • workshop

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Common misspelling(s) of house

• housr

Dansk (Danish)
n. - hus, hjem, bolig, husstand, ejendom
adj. - hus-, hjemme-
v. tr. - huse, skaffe tag over hovedet, skaffe bolig, installere, opbevare
v. intr. - bo

idioms:

• get on like a house on fire    komme glimrende ud af det med hinanden
• get one's house in order    feje for egen dør, bringe orden i sin tilværelse
• house arrest    husarrest
• house guest    gæst på husets regning
• house husband    hjemmegående mand
• house lights    lyset i salonen
• house magazine    personaleblad
• House of Commons    Underhuset
• house of God    kirke
• House of Lords    Overhuset
• House of Representatives    repræsentanternes hus
• house owner    husejer
• house party    selskab af overnattende gæster
• house plant    stueplante, kedelig person der sidder hjemme
• house room    husrum, husly
• Houses of Parliament    Parlamentet, parlamentsbygningen
• keep house    holde hus, føre hus, holde sig inde
• on the house    gratis, på husets regning
• opera house    operahus
• show house    udstillingsbygning
• subsidized house    boligtilskud, boligsikring
• tea house    tehus, terestaurant
• temporary house    midlertidig bolig
• terraced house    rækkehus
• tied house    tjenestebolig

Nederlands (Dutch)
huis, woning, firma, het Witte huis, vorstenhuis, internaat, bordeel, huis van bewaring, religieuze gemeenschap, afdeling van (kost)school, onderdeel van universiteit, Kamer (van parlement), verbeterings- gesticht, bioscoop, schouwburg, tekens van dierenriem, de beurs, housemuziek, parlements-/ Kamerleden, zaal, publiek, huishouding/-gezin, hofhouding, huisvesten, bewonen, (op)bergen, huis-

Français (French)
n. - maison, logement, (Pol) chambre, (Comm) maison, (Théât) assistance, salle, séance, Maison (des Windsor), (Relig) maison, (Astrol) maison, house music (musique de discothèque)
adj. - de la maison (un vin), (Comm) (produit) fait par un détaillant et vendu sous son nom
v. tr. - héberger, loger, abriter, contenir
v. intr. - demeurer, prendre refuge

idioms:

• get on like a house on fire    s'entendre à merveille
• get one's house in order    mettre de l'ordre dans ses affaires
• house arrest    résidence surveillée
• house guest    invité
• house husband    homme au foyer
• house lights    (Théât) éclairage
• house magazine    bulletin/magazine interne
• House of Commons    (GB, Pol) la Chambre des Communes
• house of God    maison de Dieu
• House of Lords    (GB, Pol) la Chambre des Lords
• House of Representatives    (GB, Pol) Chambre des représentants
• house owner    propriétaire
• house party    réception
• house plant    plante d'intérieur
• house room    pour rien au monde (objet), perte de temps (pour une idée)
• Houses of Parliament    Parlement britannique
• keep house    tenir une maison
• keep to the house    tenir la maison
• on the house    aux frais de la princesse, aux frais de la maison, c'est la maison qui offre (des boissons)
• opera house    opéra
• show house    maison témoin
• subsidized house    HLM, logements sociaux
• tea house    salon de thé
• temporary house    logement provisoire
• terraced house    maison en terrasses
• tied house    pub où l'on ne vend qu'une marque de bière

Deutsch (German)
n. - Haus, Haushalt, Hütte, Vorstellung, Schlafsaal (Internat) , (Parlaments-)Kammer, Quorum (im Parlament), (hist.) Haus, Dynastie, (ugs.) Bordell
v. - unterbringen, beherbergen, (Seew.) sicher verstauen
adj. - Haus...

idioms:

• get on like a house on fire    sich gut verstehen
• get one's house in order    seine Angelegenheiten in Ordnung bringen
• house arrest    Hausarrest
• house guest    Gast
• house husband    Hausmann
• house lights    Lichter im Theatersaal
• house magazine    Hauszeitschrift, Hausnachrichten
• House of Commons    das Unterhaus (GB: das gewählte Parlament)
• house of God    Gotteshaus
• House of Lords    das Oberhaus (GB: bestehend aus Adeligen und Bischöfen)
• House of Representatives    Repräsentantenhaus (Unterhaus des US-Kongresses)
• house owner    Hauseigentümer
• house party    Gesellschaft, mehrtägige Feier
• house plant    Zimmerpflanze
• house room    Platz im Hause
• Houses of Parliament    brit. Parlament
• keep house    den Haushalt führen
• keep to the house    den Haushalt machen/führen
• on the house    auf Kosten des Hauses
• opera house    Opernhaus
• show house    Musterhaus
• subsidized house    bezuschußte Wohnung
• tea house    Teehaus
• temporary house    vorübergehende Wohnung
• terraced house    Reihenhaus
• tied house    Dienstwohnung, an eine Brauerei gebundene Gaststätte

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - οικία, οίκος, σπίτι, κατοικία, νοικοκυριό, κοινοβούλιο, βουλή, ακροατήριο ή σύνολο θεατών, (αστρολογικός) οίκος, (θεατρική, κινηματογραφική κ.λπ.) παράσταση, (οικον.) οίκος, επιχείρηση (κν. φίρμα)
v. - στεγάζω, αποθηκεύω

idioms:

• get on like a house on fire    τα πηγαίνουμε μια χαρά
• get one's house in order    τακτοποιώ τα του οίκου μου
• house arrest    περιορισμός κατ' οίκον
• house guest    φιλοξενούμενος (ένοικος)
• house husband    άντρας που ασχολείται με το νοικοκυριό του σπιτιού
• house lights    τα φώτα της αίθουσας θεάτρου
• house magazine    εσωτερική έκδοση
• House of Commons    Βουλή των Κοινοτήτων
• house of God    (θρησκ.) οίκος του Θεού, ιερός ναός
• House of Lords    (Βρετ.) η Βουλή των Λόρδων
• House of Representatives    Βουλή των αντιπροσώπων
• house owner    ιδιοκτήτης σπιτιού
• house party    δεξίωση ή φιλοξενία σε σπίτι (για πάνω από ένα 24ωρο), φιλοξενούμενοι
• house plant    φυτό εσωτερικού χώρου
• house room    χώρος φιλοξενίας ή αποθήκευσης αντικειμένων στο σπίτι
• Houses of Parliament    Κοινοβούλιο, το κτίριο του κοινοβουλίου
• keep house    κρατώ σπίτι/νοικοκυριό
• on the house    κερνάει το κατάστημα
• opera house    λυρική σκηνή, όπερα
• show house    σπίτι έκθεμα
• subsidized house    επιδοτούμενο σπίτι
• tea house    τεϊοποτείο
• temporary house    προσωρινό σπίτι
• terraced house    κατοικία που ανήκει σε σειρά όμοιων κατοικιών ενωμένων με μεσοτοιχία
• tied house    (Βρετ.) μπιραρία (που ανήκει σε ζυθοποιία και διαθέτει μόνο δικά της προϊόντα)

Italiano (Italian)
alloggiare, casa, pubblico, famiglia

idioms:

• get on like a house on fire    fare amicizia con gran rapidità
• get/put/set one's house in order    sistemare i propri affari
• house arrest    arresti domiciliari
• house guest    ospite
• house husband    marito che non lavora e bada alla casa
• house lights    luci di sala
• house magazine    rivista sulla casa
• House of Commons    Camera dei Comuni
• house of God    Casa di Dio
• House of Lords    Camera dei Lord
• House of Representatives    Camera dei deputati
• house owner    proprietario di casa
• house party    festa condotta in una grande casa fuori città
• house plant    pianta d'appartamento
• house room    spazio disponibile in casa
• Houses of Parliament    Parlamento
• keep house    mantenere (in ordine) la casa, lavorare nel governo della casa
• on the house    omaggio della casa
• opera house    teatro dell'opera
• show house    casa campione
• subsidized house    casa sovvenzionata
• tea house    sala da tè
• temporary house    abitazione provvisoria
• terraced house    casa a schiera
• tied house    residenza ufficiale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - casa (f), estabelecimento (m)
v. - morar, abrigar

idioms:

• get on like a house on fire    agir rapidamente ou entusiasmadamente
• get/put/set one's house in order    colocar sua vida em ordem
• house arrest    prisão (f) domiciliar (Jur.)
• house guest    hóspede (m) (f) de casa (por dias)
• house husband    marido (m) cuja mulher trabalha fora
• house lights    iluminação (f) do auditório, teatro, etc.
• house magazine    publicação (f) interna
• House of Commons    Câmara (f) dos Comuns (Brit.)
• house of God    igreja (f)
• House of Lords    Câmara (f) dos Lordes (Brit.)
• House of Representatives    Câmara (f) dos Representantes (Brit.)
• house owner    proprietário (m)
• house party    festa-reunião (f) de turma, grupo ou outras
• house plant    planta (f) para interiores (Bot.)
• house room    acomodação (f) em casa
• Houses of Parliament    Casas (f pl) do Parlamento (Brit.)
• keep house    cuidar da casa
• on the house    por conta da casa
• opera house    teatro (m) de ópera
• show house    teatro (m)
• subsidized house    casa (f) subsidiada (pelo governo ou outro)
• tea house    casa (f) de chá
• temporary house    casa (f) provisória
• terraced house    casa (f) em ou com terraços
• tied house    casa (f) exclusiva ou concessionária (f)

Русский (Russian)
дом, семейство, здание, торговая фирма, предоставлять жилище, жить, помещать, убирать, прятать, вмещать

idioms:

• get on like a house on fire    быстро и легко подружиться
• get/put/set one's house in order    приводить дом в порядок
• house arrest    домашний арест
• house guest     гость, , остающийся на ночлег
• house husband    управляющий
• house lights    освещение зрительного зала в театре
• house magazine    периодическое издание фирмы
• House of Commons    палата Общин
• house of God    фом Божий
• House of Lords    палата Лордов
• House of Representatives    палата Представителей
• house owner    домовладелец
• house party    гости, приглашенные на несколько дней
• house plant    комнатное растение
• house room    жилая площадь
• Houses of Parliament    Парламент
• keep house    вести домашнее хозяйство
• on the house    за казенный счет
• opera house    Опера
• show house    образцовый дом, выставляемый подрядчиком для осмотра
• subsidized house    субсидированная оплата аренды квартиры
• tea house    чайный домик
• temporary house    временное жилище
• terraced house    дома, плотно расположенные друг к другу
• tied house    бар, имеющий право торговать только одним сортом пива

Español (Spanish)
n. - casa, morada, vivienda, alojamiento, cámara, sala, público, establecimiento, linaje
adj. - doméstico
v. tr. - alojar, aposentar, hospedar, poner en lugar seguro
v. intr. - refugiarse, hospedarse

idioms:

• get on like a house on fire    progresar rápidamente, llevarse de maravilla
• get one's house in order    cuidarse de los asuntos propios
• house arrest    arresto domiciliario
• house guest    invitado
• house husband    marido que trabaja en la casa
• house lights    luces de la sala
• house magazine    revista de la empresa
• House of Commons    Cámara de los Comunes
• house of God    la casa de Dios
• House of Lords    Cámara de los Lores
• House of Representatives    Cámara de Representantes
• house owner    propietario de su casa
• house party    reunión social de varios días en una casa de campo, grupo de personas que acuden a una reunión de ese tipo
• house plant    planta de interior
• house room    capacidad de una casa, sitio o espacio (en casa)
• Houses of Parliament    Parlamento
• keep house    mantener la casa
• keep to the house    permanecer en la casa
• on the house    regalo de cortesía de la casa, invita o paga la casa
• opera house    teatro de la ópera
• show house    vivienda de muestra
• subsidized house    vivienda subvencionada
• tea house    salón de té
• temporary house    vivienda temporaria
• terraced house    casa adosada
• tied house    casa que un granjero o una firma entrega al personal para residir, bar que pertenece a una cervecería y vende sólo una marca de cerveza o licor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hus (äv. astrol.), byggnad, villa, lägenhet, hem, hus (parl.), kammare (parl.), salong (teat.), föreställning (teat.), handelshus, elevhem, kloster, hushåll, släkt, bordell, hand (kortsp.), underhuset, börsen (britt.), horhus
v. - skaffa bostad åt, härbärgera, surr

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
房产, 议院, 房屋, 房屋的, 家养的, 在家中出没为害的, 住院的, 供单位内阅读的, 给...房子住, 覆盖, 收藏, 住, 躲藏

idioms:

• get on like a house on fire    进展迅速, 动作迅速
• get one's house in order    把屋子收拾好, 把自己的事情处理好, 进行必要的改革
• house arrest    软禁
• house guest    过夜的客人
• house husband    家庭主夫
• house lights    观众席照明灯
• house magazine    商行内部报刊, 单位出版刊物
• House of Commons    下院
• house of God    教堂, 礼拜堂
• House of Lords    上院
• House of Representatives    众议院
• house owner    屋主
• house party    在家中为住宿客人举行的宴会
• house plant    室内盆栽植物
• house room    房屋中的房间
• Houses of Parliament    英国的国会两院
• keep house    当家
• on the house    本店奉送, 由店家出钱, 免费
• opera house    歌剧院, 剧场
• show house    剧院, 剧场, 样品屋
• subsidized house    住宅补贴
• tea house    茶室, 茶叶部, 茶馆
• temporary house    临时住处, 临时的家
• terraced house    排屋中的一栋房屋, 联立房屋
• tied house    特约酒店

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 房產, 議院, 房屋
adj. - 房屋的, 家養的, 在家中出沒為害的, 住院的, 供單位內閱讀的
v. tr. - 給...房子住, 覆蓋, 收藏
v. intr. - 住, 躲藏

idioms:

• get on like a house on fire    進展迅速, 動作迅速
• get one's house in order    把屋子收拾好, 把自己的事情處理好, 進行必要的改革
• house arrest    軟禁
• house guest    過夜的客人
• house husband    家庭主夫
• house lights    觀眾席照明燈
• house magazine    商行內部報刊, 單位出版刊物
• House of Commons    下院
• house of God    教堂, 禮拜堂
• House of Lords    上院
• House of Representatives    眾議院
• house owner    屋主
• house party    在家中為住宿客人舉行的宴會
• house plant    室內盆栽植物
• house room    房屋中的房間
• Houses of Parliament    英國的國會兩院
• keep house    當家
• on the house    本店奉送, 由店家出錢, 免費
• opera house    歌劇院, 劇場
• show house    劇院, 劇場, 樣品屋
• subsidized house    住宅補貼
• tea house    茶室, 茶葉部, 茶館
• temporary house    臨時住處, 臨時的家
• terraced house    排屋中的一棟房屋, 聯立房屋
• tied house    特約酒店

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 집, 가정, 우리, 여관
adj. - (동물 등이) 집에서 사는, 의료원 숙소의, 회사의, 사회의
v. tr. - 집을 주다, 숙박 시키다, ~을 넣어두다, ~을 지붕으로 덮다
v. intr. - 유숙하다, 피난하다

idioms:

• get on like a house on fire    금방 친해지다
• get one's house in order    필요한 개장을 하다
• keep house    살림을 하다, 일가를 이루다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 家, 家屋, 家族, 家系, 劇場, 観客, 建物, 寮, 会社, 議院, 議事堂, 一家, 商店, 会館, 聴衆, 宮
v. - 家に入れる, 収容する, 収納する, 覆う, はめる, 宿る, 住む

idioms:

• doll's house    おもちゃの家, 人形の家, ちっちゃな家
• get on like a house on fire    仲良くなる
• get/put/set one's house in order    家の中を整理する, 仕事を片付ける
• house arrest    自宅監禁, 軟禁
• house guest    泊り客
• house husband    主夫
• house lights    観客席用の照明
• house magazine    社内報
• House of Commons    下院
• house of God    教会
• House of Lords    上院
• House of Representatives    下院
• house owner    家主
• house party    パーティー
• house plant    観葉植物
• house room    収容力
• on the house    無料で
• rooming house    下宿屋
• subsidized house    補助金受給住宅
• tied house    社宅, 特約酒場

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) منزل أو بيت, زريبه, مرآب, اسرة أو عائله, بيت للطلاب, مقر اخويه دينيه, مجلس تشريعي, بيت تجاري مؤسسه تجاريه, دار, ادارة ناد للقمار, كازينو, فندق, مطعم, حانه, ماخور أو مغى, مسرح, النظارة أو جماعه المشاهين في المسرح (فعل) يؤوي أو يسكن, يصنع في مكان آمن, يشتمل على, يسكن أو يقيم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בית, דירה, תיאטרון, הצגה, אולם, קהל, בית-נבחרים, שושלת, בית-מסחר, מכללה, קהילה דתית, בית-בושת, הפסקה בין שיעורים (בריטניה), מאורה‬
adj. - ‮של בית, מתאים לבית, מוגש במסעדה כמאכל או משקה המיוחד שלה‬
v. tr. - ‮שיכן, אכסן, אחסן, שם בתוך, הכיל‬
v. intr. - ‮גר, חסה ב-‬

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