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English
Etymology
- As an English surname, from the noun house.
- Also as an English surname, variant of Howes.
- Also as a topographic English surname, from a derivative of Old English hyse (“place overgrown with water plants”), from hos (“bramble, thorn, sprout”). This may have also made its way into Hose, Huss.
- As a German surname, calqued from the surname Haus.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
House (countable and uncountable, plural Houses)
- (politics) A particular chamber of political representation
- (US politics, as "the House") Ellipsis of House of Representatives.
- (politics, Westminsterian parliamentary systems) Ellipsis of House of Commons.
- (politics) Ellipsis of House of Parliament.
- More generally, a shortened name for any chamber of a legislature that is named "House of...", especially where the other chamber(s) are not so named, or where there is no other chamber (unicameral).
- A placename:
- A village in Quay County, New Mexico, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States.
- A topographic surname from Middle English for someone residing in a house (as opposed to a hut) or in a religious house.
- (Oxford University slang, dated) Christ Church, Oxford.
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from English house. Doublet of Haus.
Pronunciation
Noun
House m (strong, genitive Houses or House, no plural)
- (music) house music, house
- Synonyms: House-Musik f, Housemusik f
Declension
Further reading
- “House” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “House” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “House” in Duden online
- House on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de