intj · noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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2
noun
Meaning 2
A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a thatched hut; a mud hut; a shepherd’s hut
1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 186, 28 December, 1751, Volume 6, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, pp. 108-109, [...] love, that extends his dominion wherever humanity can be found, perhaps exerts the same power in the Greenlander’s hut, as in the palaces of eastern monarchs.
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A small wooden shed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a groundsman’s hut
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A small stack of grain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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5
noun
Meaning 5
Acronym of home/household using television.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: broadcasting, media
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6
verb
Meaning 6
To provide (someone) with shelter in a hut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
Examples
to hut troops in winter quarters
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7
verb
Meaning 7
To take shelter in a hut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
Examples
1653, Newsletter sent from London to Edward Nicholas dated 17 June, 1653, in William Dunn Macray (ed.), Calendar of the Clarendon State Papers, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1869, Volume 2, p. 219, Seven boatfuls of Dutch prisoners have been taken to Chelsea College, where they are to hut under the walls.
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8
verb
Meaning 8
To stack (sheaves of grain).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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9
noun
Meaning 9
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hovel, hutch, shack, shanty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shelter
Narrower terms: igloo, iglu, mudhif
10
noun
Meaning 10
temporary military shelter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: army hut, field hut
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shelter
Narrower terms: Nissen hut, Quonset hut
History
Etymology
A short, sharp sound of command. Compare hey, hup, etc.
From Middle English *hutte, hotte, from both Old English hōd and Old English hȳdan (“to hide”) and influenced by Anglo-Norman hute or hutte, from Middle French hutte, from Old French hute (“hut”), hute (“cottage”), from Old High German hutta (“hut, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *hudjǭ, *hudjō (“hut”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to deck; cover; covering; skin”). Cognate with German Hütte (“hut”), Dutch hut (“hut”), West Frisian hutte (“hut”), Saterland Frisian Hutte (“hut”), Danish hytte (“hut”), Norwegian Bokmål hytte (“hut”), Swedish hydda (“hut”). Related to hide.
Across languages
Translations
216 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
bun
— small wooden shed
Albanian:
kasolle
— small wooden shed
Albanian:
kolibe
— small wooden shed
Arabic:
كُوخ
(kūḵ)
— small wooden shed
Arabic:
تَخْشِيبَة
(taḵšība)
— small wooden shed
Arabic:
نْوالة
(nwæla)
— small wooden shed
Armenian:
բարաք
(barakʻ)
— small wooden shed
Armenian:
խրճիթ
(xrčitʻ)
— small wooden shed
Armenian:
հյուղ
(hyuġ)
— small wooden shed
Assamese:
জুপুৰি
(zupuri)
— small wooden shed
Azerbaijani:
daxma
— small wooden shed
Belarusian:
хаці́на
(xacína)
— small wooden shed
Belarusian:
халу́па
(xalúpa)
— small wooden shed
Belarusian:
ха́та
(xáta)
— small wooden shed
Bhojpuri:
कुटिया
(kuṭiyā)
— small wooden shed
Bulgarian:
коли́ба
(kolíba)
— small wooden shed
Bulgarian:
хи́жа
(híža)
— small wooden shed
Burmese:
တဲ
(tai:)
— small wooden shed
Catalan:
cabana
— small wooden shed
Catalan:
cabanya
— small wooden shed
Cebuano:
payag
— small wooden shed
Chinese Mandarin:
棚屋
(péngwū)
— small wooden shed
Czech:
kůlna
— small wooden shed
Czech:
přístřešek
— small wooden shed
Old Czech:
chyšě
— small wooden shed
Danish:
hytte
— small wooden shed
Dutch:
hut
— small wooden shed
Esperanto:
kabano
— small wooden shed
Esperanto:
kabaneto
— small wooden shed
Estonian:
hütt
— small wooden shed
Estonian:
onn
— small wooden shed
Even:
урадан
(uradan)
— small wooden shed
Finnish:
vaja
— small wooden shed
French:
hutte
— small wooden shed
Galician:
cafúa
— small wooden shed
Galician:
choza
— small wooden shed
Galician:
chouza
— small wooden shed
Galician:
choupana
— small wooden shed
Galician:
cabana
— small wooden shed
Georgian:
ქოხი
(koxi)
— small wooden shed
German:
Hütte
— small wooden shed
Gothic:
𐌷𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰
(hleiþra)
— small wooden shed
Greek:
υπόστεγο
(ypóstego)
— small wooden shed
Greek:
καλύβα
(kalýva)
— small wooden shed
Ancient Greek:
καλύβη
(kalúbē)
— small wooden shed
Ancient Greek:
κλισία
(klisía)
— small wooden shed
Hebrew:
בִּקְתָּה
(biktá)
— small wooden shed
Hebrew:
צְרִיף
(tsríf)
— small wooden shed
Hindi:
झोंपड़ा
(jhõpṛā)
— small wooden shed
Hindi:
झोंपड़ी
(jhõpṛī)
— small wooden shed
Hindi:
झोपड़ी
(jhopṛī)
— small wooden shed
Hindi:
झोपड़ा
(jhopṛā)
— small wooden shed
Hindi:
कुटी
(kuṭī)
— small wooden shed
Hindi:
कुटिया
(kuṭiyā)
— small wooden shed
Hungarian:
kunyhó
— small wooden shed
Hungarian:
kalyiba
— small wooden shed
Hungarian:
kulipintyó
— small wooden shed
Ido:
kabaneto
— small wooden shed
Indonesian:
gubuk
— small wooden shed
Irish:
both
— small wooden shed
Italian:
capanna
— small wooden shed
Japanese:
小屋
(koya)
— small wooden shed
Kazakh:
лашық
(laşyq)
— small wooden shed
Khmer:
ខ្ទម
(khtɔɔm)
— small wooden shed
Khmer:
តូប
(toup)
— small wooden shed
Korean:
오두막
(odumak)
— small wooden shed
Korean:
소옥
(sook)
— small wooden shed
Kyrgyz:
алачык
(alacık)
— small wooden shed
Kyrgyz:
кепе
(kepe)
— small wooden shed
Lao:
ກະທ່ອມ
(ka thǭm)
— small wooden shed
Lao:
ຕູບ
(tūp)
— small wooden shed
Lao:
ຖຽງ
(thīang)
— small wooden shed
Latin:
casa
— small wooden shed
Latin:
tugurium
— small wooden shed
Latvian:
būda
— small wooden shed
Lithuanian:
lūšnelė
— small wooden shed
Lithuanian:
lūšna
— small wooden shed
Luxembourgish:
Häip
— small wooden shed
Macedonian:
ко́либа
(kóliba)
— small wooden shed
Malay:
pondok
— small wooden shed
Malayalam:
കുടിൽ
(kuṭil)
— small wooden shed
Māori:
wharau
— small wooden shed
Māori:
whare pūrokuroku
— small wooden shed
Māori:
pāhoka
— small wooden shed
Māori:
pāhokahoka
— small wooden shed
Marathi:
झोपडी
(jhopḍī)
— small wooden shed
Mòcheno:
hitt
— small wooden shed
Mongolian:
овоохой
(ovooxoj)
— small wooden shed
Nanai:
кава
(kawa)
— small wooden shed
Norwegian Bokmål:
hytte
— small wooden shed
Norwegian Nynorsk:
hytte
— small wooden shed
Occitan:
cabana
— small wooden shed
Pannonian Rusyn:
колїба
(koljiba)
— small wooden shed
Iranian Persian:
کُلْبِه
(kolbe)
— small wooden shed
Iranian Persian:
کومِه
(kume)
— small wooden shed
Iranian Persian:
کازِه
(kâze)
— small wooden shed
Plautdietsch:
Kot
— small wooden shed
Polish:
chata
— small wooden shed
Polish:
chałupa
— small wooden shed
Portuguese:
cabana
— small wooden shed
Portuguese:
choupana
— small wooden shed
Romanian:
cabană
— small wooden shed
Romanian:
baracă
— small wooden shed
Romanian:
colibă
— small wooden shed
Russian:
хи́жина
(xížina)
— small wooden shed
Russian:
лачу́га
(lačúga)
— small wooden shed
Russian:
халу́па
(xalúpa)
— small wooden shed
Russian:
хиба́ра
(xibára)
— small wooden shed
Sanskrit:
कुटी
(kuṭī)
— small wooden shed
Serbo-Croatian:
gajba
— small wooden shed
Serbo-Croatian:
ко̀либа
— small wooden shed
Serbo-Croatian:
kòliba
— small wooden shed
Slovak:
prístrešok
— small wooden shed
Slovak:
búda
— small wooden shed
Slovene:
koča
— small wooden shed
Slovene:
koliba
— small wooden shed
Lower Sorbian:
buda
— small wooden shed
Upper Sorbian:
hěta
— small wooden shed
Spanish:
cabaña
— small wooden shed
Spanish:
chamizo
— small wooden shed
Swedish:
hydda
— small wooden shed
Tagalog:
dampa
— small wooden shed
Tajik:
кулба
(kulba)
— small wooden shed
Tajik:
коза
(koza)
— small wooden shed
Tamil:
குடில்
(kuṭil)
— small wooden shed
Tamil:
குடிசை
(kuṭicai)
— small wooden shed
Thai:
กระต๊อบ
(grà-dtɔ́p)
— small wooden shed
Thai:
กระท่อม
(grà-tɔ̂m)
— small wooden shed
Thai:
ตูบ
(dtùup)
— small wooden shed
Tinrin:
mwâ
— small wooden shed
Tocharian B:
koṣkīye
— small wooden shed
Turkish:
kulübe
— small wooden shed
Ottoman Turkish:
كلبه
(külbe)
— small wooden shed
Turkmen:
külbe
— small wooden shed
Ukrainian:
хати́на
(xatýna)
— small wooden shed
Ukrainian:
хи́жа
(xýža)
— small wooden shed
Ukrainian:
халу́па
(xalúpa)
— small wooden shed
Ukrainian:
ха́та
(xáta)
— small wooden shed
Urdu:
جھون٘پْڑا
(jhõpṛā)
— small wooden shed
Urdu:
جھون٘پْڑی
(jhõpṛī)
— small wooden shed
Urdu:
کُٹِیا
(kuṭiyā)
— small wooden shed
Urdu:
کُلْبَہ
(kulba)
— small wooden shed
Uzbek:
kulba
— small wooden shed
Vietnamese:
chòi
— small wooden shed
Walloon:
cahoute
— small wooden shed
Walloon:
houte
— small wooden shed
Walloon:
houbete
— small wooden shed
Welsh:
cwt
— small wooden shed
Amharic:
ጎጆ
(goǧo)
— primitive dwelling
Arabic:
عْشّة
(ʕšša)
— primitive dwelling
Armenian:
բարաք
(barakʻ)
— primitive dwelling
Armenian:
խրճիթ
(xrčitʻ)
— primitive dwelling
Belarusian:
хаці́на
(xacína)
— primitive dwelling
Bulgarian:
коли́ба
(kolíba)
— primitive dwelling
Bulgarian:
хи́жа
(híža)
— primitive dwelling
Czech:
chata
— primitive dwelling
Danish:
hytte
— primitive dwelling
Dutch:
hut
— primitive dwelling
Esperanto:
ĥato
— primitive dwelling
Esperanto:
kabano
— primitive dwelling
Finnish:
maja
— primitive dwelling
French:
hutte
— primitive dwelling
Galician:
choupana
— primitive dwelling
Galician:
cabana
— primitive dwelling
Galician:
cafúa
— primitive dwelling
Galician:
choza
— primitive dwelling
Georgian:
ქოხი
(koxi)
— primitive dwelling
Georgian:
ფაცხა
(pacxa)
— primitive dwelling
German:
Hütte
— primitive dwelling
Greek:
καλύβα
(kalýva)
— primitive dwelling
Ancient Greek:
καλύβη
(kalúbē)
— primitive dwelling
Ancient Greek:
κλισία
(klisía)
— primitive dwelling