bungalow

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14
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19
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈbʌŋɡələʊ/
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/ˈbʌŋɡələʊ/ · /ˈbʌŋɡl̩əʊ/ · /ˈbʌŋɡəloʊ/ · /ˈbʌŋɡl̩oʊ/ · /ˈbəŋɡ(ə)lo/ · /ˈbəŋɡ(ə)lɔ(w)/

Definition of bungalow

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
    “My aunt can't manage the stairs any more, so she's moving to a bungalow.”
    “the proprietor of the little tin bungalow that did duty for a garage”
    “Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward.”
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noun

  1. A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
    “My aunt can't manage the stairs any more, so she's moving to a bungalow.”
    “the proprietor of the little tin bungalow that did duty for a garage”
    “Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward.”
  2. A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.
    “Following the rule adopted in most tropical countries, a bungalow style of house was chosen.”
  3. (Atlantic-Canada)A chalet or lodge.
  4. (Malaysia, Singapore)A detached, freestanding house or mansion.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati બંગલો (baṅglo, “Bengali-style house; a detached house situated between a garden or a field”). Compare Hindi बंगला (baṅglā, “Bengali”), Bengali বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengal”). Doublet of bangalo.

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