Phrase guide

home sweet home

intj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: hōm swēt hōm
  • Received-Pronunciation: /həʊm swiːt həʊm/
  • US: hōm swēt hōm
  • US: /hoʊm swiːt hoʊm/
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1

intj

Meaning 1

Expressing contentment or relief at residing in or returning to one's own home.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

One's home, especially a nice, comfortable home.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: الْبَيْت السَّعِيد (al-bayt as-saʕīd) — Nice, comfortable home
  • Catalan: llar, dolça llar — Nice, comfortable home
  • Esperanto: hejmon, dolĉan hejmon — Nice, comfortable home
  • Estonian: kodu armas kodu — Nice, comfortable home
  • Finnish: oma koti kullan kallis — Nice, comfortable home
  • French: on est bien à la maison — Nice, comfortable home
  • French: qu'on est bien chez soi — Nice, comfortable home
  • German: trautes Heim — Nice, comfortable home
  • Greek: σπίτι μου, σπιτάκι μου (spíti mou, spitáki mou) — Nice, comfortable home
  • Hungarian: otthon, édes otthon — Nice, comfortable home
  • Indonesian: rumahku surgaku — Nice, comfortable home
  • Italian: casa dolce casa — Nice, comfortable home
  • Japanese: ホーム・スイート・ホーム (hōmu suīto hōmu) — Nice, comfortable home
  • Malay: rumahku syurgaku — Nice, comfortable home
  • Navajo: doo lá dóʼ shighan da — Nice, comfortable home
  • Portuguese: lar, doce lar — Nice, comfortable home
  • Russian: дом, милый дом (dom, milyj dom) — Nice, comfortable home
  • Slovene: ljubo doma, kdor ga ima — Nice, comfortable home
  • Spanish: hogar, dulce hogar — Nice, comfortable home
  • Swedish: hem, ljuva hem — Nice, comfortable home