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garret

name · 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡæɹɪt/
  • General-American: /ˈɡæɹɪt/
  • General-American: /ˈɡɛɹɪt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æɹɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: G EH1 R IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A male given name.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: loft, attic

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: floor, level, storey, story

Narrower terms: cockloft, hayloft, haymow, mow

History

Etymology

Variant of Garrett.

From Middle English garett, garite, from Old French garite, guerite (“watchtower”), from garir, guarir (“to defend, protect”) (compare English garrison), ultimately of Germanic origin (see English garage). Doublet of guerite.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: мансарда (mansarda) — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Catalan: golfa — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Catalan: cadamunt — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Chinese Mandarin: 閣樓 /阁楼 (gélóu) — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Czech: podkroví — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Dutch: vliering — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Dutch: zolder — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Dutch: zolderkamer — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Finnish: ullakkohuone — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Finnish: ullakko — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • French: galetas — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Galician: faiado — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Galician: barra — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Galician: bastardo — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Georgian: სხვენი (sxveni) — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Georgian: მანსარდა (mansarda) — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • German: Mansarde — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • German: Dachwohnung — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Greek: σοφίτα (sofíta) — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Hindi: दुछत्ती (duchattī) — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Hindi: अटारी (aṭārī) — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Hungarian: padlásszoba — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Hungarian: manzárdszoba — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Icelandic: háaloft — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Icelandic: ris — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Japanese: 屋根裏部屋 (yaneurabeya) — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Macedonian: мансарда (mansarda) — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Middle English: garite — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Norwegian: loft — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Norwegian: loftsrom — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Occitan: galatras — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Pannonian Rusyn: пойд (pojd) — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Plautdietsch: Dakstow — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Polish: poddasze — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Portuguese: sótão — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Russian: черда́к (čerdák) — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Russian: манса́рда (mansárda) — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Scottish Gaelic: seòmar-mullaich — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Serbo-Croatian: поткровље — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Serbo-Croatian: potkrovlje — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Spanish: buhardilla — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Swedish: vindsrum — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Swedish: skyffe — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house
  • Turkish: çatı katı — an attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house