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farmhouse

noun · 3 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːmhaus/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: F AA1 R M HH AW2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A house (usually the main house) on a farm; thus:

A farmer's residence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: traditionally and archetypally

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A house (usually the main house) on a farm; thus:

A house that was once a farmer's residence albeit today lived in by residents whose occupation is not farming.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Since the farm's redevelopment into mixed commercial and residential space, the farmhouse has served as a community center.
  • The couple live in a renovated farmhouse that was once the hub of a 300-acre farm.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

house for a farmer and family

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: house

History

Etymology

From farm + house.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Cornish: chi-tiek — farmer's residence
  • Danish: stuehus — farmer's residence
  • Danish: bondehus — farmer's residence
  • Finnish: maalaistalo — farmer's residence
  • Finnish: maatalo — farmer's residence
  • French: fermette — farmer's residence
  • Galician: casal — farmer's residence
  • Galician: casa — farmer's residence
  • German: Bauernhaus — farmer's residence
  • German: Farmhaus — farmer's residence
  • Greek: αγροικία (agroikía) — farmer's residence
  • Ancient Greek: βᾶρις (bâris) — farmer's residence
  • Italian: casale — farmer's residence
  • Italian: casa colonica — farmer's residence
  • Italian: casolare — farmer's residence
  • Latin: colōnica — farmer's residence
  • Low German: Buernhuus — farmer's residence
  • Khiamniungan Naga: lūap — farmer's residence
  • Norwegian Bokmål: våningshus — farmer's residence
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: våningshus — farmer's residence
  • Scots: fermhoose — farmer's residence
  • Spanish: alquería — farmer's residence
  • Turkish: çiftlik evi — farmer's residence
  • Volapük: farmadom — farmer's residence
  • Welsh: ffermdy — farmer's residence
Real reading context

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