Phrase guide

boarding house

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A boarding school building where boarders live during term time.

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boardinghouse

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: house

Narrower terms: bed and breakfast, bed-and-breakfast

History

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Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gastehuis — private house for paying guests
  • Bulgarian: пансио́н (pansión) — private house for paying guests
  • Chinese Mandarin: 招待所 (zhāodàisuǒ) — private house for paying guests
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寄宿舍 (jìsùshè) — private house for paying guests
  • Dutch: pension — private house for paying guests
  • Esperanto: loĝantejo — private house for paying guests
  • Esperanto: pensiono — private house for paying guests
  • Estonian: külalistemaja — private house for paying guests
  • Estonian: pansion — private house for paying guests
  • Estonian: pansionaat — private house for paying guests
  • Estonian: kodumajutus — private house for paying guests
  • Finnish: kotimajoitus — private house for paying guests
  • Finnish: majatalo — private house for paying guests
  • French: pension — private house for paying guests
  • German: Pension — private house for paying guests
  • German: Gasthaus — private house for paying guests
  • German: Gästehaus — private house for paying guests
  • Hungarian: panzió — private house for paying guests
  • Hungarian: vendégház — private house for paying guests
  • Hungarian: fogadó — private house for paying guests
  • Hungarian: vendégfogadó — private house for paying guests
  • Irish: teach lóistín — private house for paying guests
  • Italian: pensione — private house for paying guests
  • Japanese: 下宿屋 (geshukuya) — private house for paying guests
  • Japanese: 寄宿舎 (kishukusha) — private house for paying guests
  • Korean: 하숙집 (hasukjip) — private house for paying guests
  • Kyrgyz: пансион (pansion) — private house for paying guests
  • Latin: hospitium — private house for paying guests
  • Latvian: pansionāts — private house for paying guests
  • Māori: whare rīhi — private house for paying guests
  • Polish: pensjonat — private house for paying guests
  • Polish: kwatera — private house for paying guests
  • Portuguese: pensão — private house for paying guests
  • Portuguese: pensionato — private house for paying guests
  • Russian: пансио́н (pansión) — private house for paying guests
  • Russian: пансиона́т (pansionát) — private house for paying guests
  • Russian: бординга́уз (bordingáuz) — private house for paying guests
  • Spanish: pensión — private house for paying guests
  • Spanish: pupilaje — private house for paying guests
  • Thai: หอพัก (hɔ̌ɔ-pák) — private house for paying guests
  • Ukrainian: пансіо́н (pansión) — private house for paying guests
  • Vietnamese: nhà nghỉ — private house for paying guests
  • Vietnamese: nhà trọ — private house for paying guests
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宿舍 (sùshè) — boarding school building
  • Faroese: næmingaheim — boarding school building
  • Finnish: asuntola — boarding school building
  • French: pensionnat — boarding school building
  • Greek: οικοτροφείο (oikotrofeío) — boarding school building
  • Hungarian: diákotthon — boarding school building
  • Hungarian: kollégium — boarding school building
  • Hungarian: bentlakásos iskola — boarding school building
  • Hungarian: internátus — boarding school building
  • Latvian: internāts — boarding school building
  • Polish: internat — boarding school building
  • Polish: bursa — boarding school building
  • Russian: интерна́т (intɛrnát) — boarding school building
  • Slovak: internát — boarding school building
  • Spanish: internado — boarding school building
  • Turkish: pansiyon — boarding school building