noun
Meaning 1
Someone who owns a house.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
homeowner
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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CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 M OW2 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Someone who does not have the title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it in installments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone who owns a home
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: householder
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: owner, possessor
Narrower terms: weekend warrior
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz Proto-West Germanic *haim Old English hām Middle English hōm English home English own Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English owner English homeowner From home + owner.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: домопритежа́тел (domopritežátel) — someone who owns a house
- Bulgarian: домопритежа́телка (domopritežátelka) — someone who owns a house
- Chinese Mandarin: 屋主 (wūzhǔ) — someone who owns a house
- Dutch: huiseigenaar — someone who owns a house
- Finnish: asunnonomistaja — someone who owns a house
- Georgian: სახლის მფლობელი (saxlis mplobeli) — someone who owns a house
- German: Hauseigentümer — someone who owns a house
- German: Hauseigentümerin — someone who owns a house
- Ancient Greek: οἰκονόμος (oikonómos) — someone who owns a house
- Hebrew: בַּעַל בַּיִת (bá'al báyit) — someone who owns a house
- Hindi: घरवाला (gharvālā) — someone who owns a house
- Hindi: घरवाली (gharvālī) — someone who owns a house
- Hungarian: lakástulajdonos — someone who owns a house
- Hungarian: háztulajdonos — someone who owns a house
- Japanese: 家持ち (iemochi) — someone who owns a house
- Plautdietsch: Husieejendeema — someone who owns a house
- Polish: właściciel domu/mieszkania — someone who owns a house
- Portuguese: proprietário (de casa) — someone who owns a house
- Portuguese: proprietária (de casa) — someone who owns a house
- Portuguese: dono (de casa) — someone who owns a house
- Portuguese: dona (de casa) — someone who owns a house
- Romanian: proprietar — someone who owns a house
- Romanian: proprietară — someone who owns a house
- Russian: домовладе́лец (domovladélec) — someone who owns a house
- Russian: домовладе́лица (domovladélica) — someone who owns a house
- Spanish: dueño de casa — someone who owns a house
- Spanish: dueña de casa — someone who owns a house
- Swedish: villaägare — someone who owns a house
- Swedish: husägare — someone who owns a house
- Welsh: perchen tŷ — someone who owns a house
- Hungarian: házbérlő — someone who does not have title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it by instalments
- Hungarian: lakásbérlő — someone who does not have title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it by instalments
- Hungarian: lakó — someone who does not have title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it by instalments
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