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courthouse

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈkɔɹt.haʊs/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AO1 R T HH AW2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A public building housing courts of law.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The public building where most American counties have their county offices.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a building that houses judicial courts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: house

4

noun

Meaning 4

a government building that houses the offices of a county government

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: government building

History

Etymology

From court + house.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: geregsgebou — public building housing courts of law
  • Afrikaans: justisiepaleis — public building housing courts of law
  • Afrikaans: paleis van justisie — public building housing courts of law
  • Afrikaans: hofgebou — public building housing courts of law
  • Armenian: դատարան (dataran) — public building housing courts of law
  • Basque: justizia jauregi — public building housing courts of law
  • Basque: epaitegi — public building housing courts of law
  • Catalan: palau de justícia — public building housing courts of law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法庭 (fǎtíng) — public building housing courts of law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法院 (fǎyuàn) — public building housing courts of law
  • Danish: retsbygning — public building housing courts of law
  • Danish: domhus — public building housing courts of law
  • Danish: tinghus — public building housing courts of law
  • Dutch: gerechtsgebouw — public building housing courts of law
  • Dutch: justitiepaleis — public building housing courts of law
  • Dutch: paleis van justitie — public building housing courts of law
  • Finnish: oikeustalo — public building housing courts of law
  • French: palais de justice — public building housing courts of law
  • French: tribunal — public building housing courts of law
  • French: maison de cour — public building housing courts of law
  • Galician: pazo de justiza — public building housing courts of law
  • German: Gerichtsgebäude — public building housing courts of law
  • German: Justizpalast — public building housing courts of law
  • German: Justizgebäude — public building housing courts of law
  • Greek: δικαστικό μέγαρο (dikastikó mégaro) — public building housing courts of law
  • Hungarian: bíróság — public building housing courts of law
  • Irish: teach na cúirte — public building housing courts of law
  • Italian: palazzo di giustizia — public building housing courts of law
  • Japanese: 裁判所 (saibansho) — public building housing courts of law
  • Japanese: 法廷 (hōtei) — public building housing courts of law
  • Khmer: សាលាក្តី (saalaa ktəy) — public building housing courts of law
  • Latin: cūria — public building housing courts of law
  • Macedonian: судница (sudnica) — public building housing courts of law
  • Māori: whare whakawā — public building housing courts of law
  • Navajo: aahwiinítʼį́ bá hooghan — public building housing courts of law
  • Norwegian: tinghus — public building housing courts of law
  • Ojibwe: onashowewigamig — public building housing courts of law
  • Plautdietsch: Rechthus — public building housing courts of law
  • Polish: gmach sądu — public building housing courts of law
  • Portuguese: tribunal — public building housing courts of law
  • Portuguese: palácio da justiça — public building housing courts of law
  • Romanian: tribunal — public building housing courts of law
  • Romanian: palat de justiție — public building housing courts of law
  • Russian: зда́ние суда́ (zdánije sudá) — public building housing courts of law
  • Russian: суд (sud) — public building housing courts of law
  • Russian: дворе́ц правосу́дия (dvoréc pravosúdija) — public building housing courts of law
  • Scottish Gaelic: taigh-cùirte — public building housing courts of law
  • Serbo-Croatian: зграда суда — public building housing courts of law
  • Serbo-Croatian: судница — public building housing courts of law
  • Serbo-Croatian: суд — public building housing courts of law
  • Serbo-Croatian: zgrada suda — public building housing courts of law
  • Serbo-Croatian: sudnica — public building housing courts of law
  • Serbo-Croatian: sud — public building housing courts of law
  • Spanish: palacio de justicia — public building housing courts of law
  • Swedish: tingshus — public building housing courts of law
  • Swedish: justitiepalats — public building housing courts of law
  • Swedish: rättsbyggnad — public building housing courts of law
  • Tagalog: hukuman — public building housing courts of law
  • Tagalog: bulwagan ng katarungan — public building housing courts of law
  • Tok Pisin: haus kot — public building housing courts of law
  • Vietnamese: toà án — public building housing courts of law
  • Volapük: cödöp — public building housing courts of law
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