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henhouse

noun · 2 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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1

noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of hencoop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hencoop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: house, outbuilding

2

noun

Meaning 2

a farm building for housing poultry

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chicken coop, coop, hencoop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: farm building

History

Etymology

From hen + house.

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kotec — house for chickens to live in
  • Armenian: հավանոց (havanocʻ) — house for chickens to live in
  • Armenian: հավաբուն (havabun) — house for chickens to live in
  • Assamese: গঁৰাল (gõral) — house for chickens to live in
  • Azerbaijani: hin — house for chickens to live in
  • Belarusian: куратнік (kuratnik) — house for chickens to live in
  • Bulgarian: ку́рник (kúrnik) — house for chickens to live in
  • Bulgarian: кокошарник (kokošarnik) — house for chickens to live in
  • Catalan: galliner — house for chickens to live in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雞舍 /鸡舍 (jīshè) — house for chickens to live in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雞窩 /鸡窝 (jīwō) — house for chickens to live in
  • Czech: kurník — house for chickens to live in
  • Danish: hønsehus — house for chickens to live in
  • Dutch: kippenhok — house for chickens to live in
  • Estonian: kanala — house for chickens to live in
  • Finnish: kanala — house for chickens to live in
  • Finnish: kanakoppi — house for chickens to live in
  • French: poulailler — house for chickens to live in
  • Friulian: gjalinâr — house for chickens to live in
  • Galician: galiñeiro — house for chickens to live in
  • German: Hühnerstall — house for chickens to live in
  • German: Hühnerschlag — house for chickens to live in
  • German: Hühnerhaus — house for chickens to live in
  • Greek: κοτέτσι (kotétsi) — house for chickens to live in
  • Greek: ορνιθώνας (ornithónas) — house for chickens to live in
  • Ancient Greek: ὀρνιθοτροφεῖον (ornithotropheîon) — house for chickens to live in
  • Hungarian: tyúkól — house for chickens to live in
  • Ido: hanodometo — house for chickens to live in
  • Ido: haneyo — house for chickens to live in
  • Irish: cró cearc — house for chickens to live in
  • Irish: cúb cearc — house for chickens to live in
  • Italian: pollaio — house for chickens to live in
  • Japanese: 鶏小屋 (niwatorigoya) — house for chickens to live in
  • Korean: 닭장 (dakjang) — house for chickens to live in
  • Latin: gallinārium — house for chickens to live in
  • Latin: officina — house for chickens to live in
  • Macedonian: кокошарник (kokošarnik) — house for chickens to live in
  • Malay: reban — house for chickens to live in
  • Navajo: naaʼahóóhai bighan — house for chickens to live in
  • Norman: poulailli — house for chickens to live in
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hønsehus — house for chickens to live in
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hønehus — house for chickens to live in
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hønsehus — house for chickens to live in
  • Occitan: galinièr — house for chickens to live in
  • Polish: kurnik — house for chickens to live in
  • Portuguese: galinheiro — house for chickens to live in
  • Portuguese: capoeira — house for chickens to live in
  • Rapa Nui: hare moa — house for chickens to live in
  • Romanian: găinărie — house for chickens to live in
  • Russian: куря́тник (kurjátnik) — house for chickens to live in
  • Scottish Gaelic: taigh-chearc — house for chickens to live in
  • Serbo-Croatian: кокошињац — house for chickens to live in
  • Serbo-Croatian: кокошарник — house for chickens to live in
  • Serbo-Croatian: kokošinjac — house for chickens to live in
  • Serbo-Croatian: kokošarnik — house for chickens to live in
  • Sicilian: gaḍḍinaru — house for chickens to live in
  • Sicilian: jaḍḍinaru — house for chickens to live in
  • Spanish: gallinero — house for chickens to live in
  • Swedish: hönshus — house for chickens to live in
  • Tagalog: manukan — house for chickens to live in
  • Thai: สุ่ม (sùm) — house for chickens to live in
  • Tok Pisin: haus kakaruk — house for chickens to live in
  • Turkish: kümes — house for chickens to live in
  • Turkish: tavuk kümesi — house for chickens to live in
  • Ukrainian: курни́к (kurnýk) — house for chickens to live in
  • Walloon: poyî — house for chickens to live in
  • Walloon: poytreye — house for chickens to live in
  • Welsh: cwt ieir — house for chickens to live in
  • Welsh: cut ieir — house for chickens to live in
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