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Definition 2024

boarding_house

boarding house

See also: boardinghouse

English

Noun

boarding house ‎(plural boarding houses)

A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals.
A boarding school building where boarders live during term time.

Translations

private house for paying guests

Bulgarian: пансио́н (bg) m ‎(pansión)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 招待所 (zh) ‎(zhāodàisuǒ), 寄宿舍 (zh) ‎(jìsùshè)
Dutch: pension (nl) n
Esperanto: loĝantejo, pensiono
Estonian: külalistemaja
Finnish: kotimajoitus, majatalo
French: pension (fr) f
German: Pension (de) f, Gasthaus (de) n, Gästehaus (de) n
Irish: teach lóistín m
Italian: pensione (it) f
Japanese: 下宿屋 ‎(げしゅくや, geshukuya), 寄宿舎 ‎(きしゅくしゃ, kishukusha)

Korean: 하숙집 (ko) ‎(hasukjip)
Kyrgyz: пансион (ky) f ‎(pansion)
Lao:
Latvian: pansionāts m
Malay:
Polish: pensjonat (pl) m, kwatera (pl) f
Portuguese: pensão (pt) f, pensionato m
Russian: пансио́н (ru) m ‎(pansión), пансиона́т (ru) m ‎(pansionát)
Tamil:
Thai: หอพัก ‎(hŏr-pák)
Ukrainian: пансіо́н m ‎(pansión)
Vietnamese: nhà nghỉ, nhà trọ (vi)

boarding school building

Faroese: næmingaheim n
Finnish: asuntola (fi)
French: pensionnat (fr) m
Greek: οικοτροφείο (el) n ‎(oikotrofeío)

Latvian: internāts m
Polish: internat m
Russian: интерна́т (ru) m ‎(intɛrnát)
Slovak: internát m

Synonyms

digs (UK)
guesthouse
lodging house
rooming house (US)