noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: house-heating
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a housewarming gift
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new home
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: party
History
Etymology
From house + warming.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
навасе́лле
(navasjéllje)
— party
Burmese:
အိမ်တက်မင်္ဂလာ
(imtakmangga.la)
— party
Chinese Mandarin:
喬遷宴 /乔迁宴
(qiáoqiānyàn)
— party
Chinese Mandarin:
喬遷之喜 /乔迁之喜
(qiáoqiānzhīxǐ)
— party
Czech:
kolaudace
— party
Dutch:
instuif
— party
Dutch:
huiswarming
— party
Estonian:
soolaleib
— party
Estonian:
soolaleivapidu
— party
Finnish:
tupaantuliaiset
— party
Finnish:
tuparit
— party
French:
pendaison de crémaillère
— party
German:
Einweihungsparty
— party
Hindi:
गृहप्रवेश
(gŕhapraveś)
— party
Hungarian:
lakásavató
— party
Hungarian:
házavató
— party
Hungarian:
lakásszentelő
— party
Hungarian:
házszentelő
— party
Japanese:
新築祝い
(shinchikuiwai)
— party
Korean:
집들이
(jipdeuri)
— party
Māori:
kawanga whare
— party
Norwegian Bokmål:
innvielsesfest
— party
Persian:
ولیمه
(valime)
— party
Polish:
parapetówka
— party
Portuguese:
festa de inauguração (da casa nova)
— party
Russian:
новосе́лье
(novosélʹje)
— party
Slovak:
kolaudácia
— party
Swedish:
inflyttningsfest
— party
Tamil:
புதுமனை புகுவிழா
(putumaṉai pukuviḻā)
— party
