hovel

n.

1. A small, miserable dwelling.
2. An open, low shed.

[Middle English, hut.]

noun

An ugly, squalid dwelling: hole, hut, shack, shanty. See good/bad, rich/poor.

1. A shed open at the sides and covered overhead for sheltering livestock, produce, or people.
2. A poorly constructed and ill-kept house.

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

The fruit of a flower called the Palace.

        Twaddle had a hovel,
            Twiddle had a palace;
        Twaddle said:  "I'll grovel
            Or he'll think I bear him malice" --
    A sentiment as novel
        As a castor on a chalice.
    
        Down upon the middle
            Of his legs fell Twaddle
        And astonished Mr. Twiddle,
            Who began to lift his noddle.
        Feed upon the fiddle-
            Faddle flummery, unswaddle
    A new-born self-sufficiency and think himself a [mockery.]
                                                                  G.J.

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IN BRIEF: A small poorly constructed house.

Art happens - no hovel is safe from it, no prince may depend upon it, the vastest intelligence cannot bring it about. — James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Dansk (Danish)
n. - skur, hytte, rønne

Nederlands (Dutch)
krot, (nederige) stulp, kot, veeloods, schuurtje, ovenschacht

Français (French)
n. - taudis

Deutsch (German)
n. - Hütte, Bruchbude

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χαμόσπιτο, τρώγλη, χαμοκέλα, καλύβα

Italiano (Italian)
baracca, catapecchia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cabana (f)

Русский (Russian)
лачуга

Español (Spanish)
n. - casucha, tugurio, chabola

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skjul, ruckel, (kägelformig) överbyggnad för porslinsugn

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小屋, 家畜小屋, 杂物间

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小屋, 家畜小屋, 雜物間

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 오두막집, 헛간, 벽감

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - あばら屋, 物置, 家畜小屋

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) زريبه مكشوفه, خيمه, كوخ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מבנה חרוטי המכיל כבשן, בית עלוב, צריפון, בית-שימוש‬

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