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hut

intj · noun · verb · 10 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /hʌt/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /hɐt/
  • rhymes with -ʌt
  • Northern-England: /hʊt/
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AH1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

intj

Meaning 1

Called by the quarterback to prepare the team for a play.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A small wooden shed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a groundsman’s hut

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A small stack of grain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Acronym of home/household using television.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Topics: broadcasting, media

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To stack (sheaves of grain).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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
  • Hungarian: kalyiba — primitive dwelling
  • Hungarian: kunyhó — primitive dwelling
  • Irish: both — primitive dwelling
  • Irish: bothán — primitive dwelling
  • Italian: capanna — primitive dwelling
  • Khmer: ខ្ទម (ktɔɔm) — primitive dwelling
  • Korean: 소옥 (sook) — primitive dwelling
  • Korean: 오두막집 (odumakjip) — primitive dwelling
  • Latin: attegia — primitive dwelling
  • Latin: tugurium — primitive dwelling
  • Latin: gurgustium — primitive dwelling
  • Macedonian: ко́либа (kóliba) — primitive dwelling
  • Malay: pondok — primitive dwelling
  • Malayalam: കുടിൽ (kuṭil) — primitive dwelling
  • Māori: whare pōrukuruku — primitive dwelling
  • Marathi: झोपडी (jhopḍī) — primitive dwelling
  • Muna: wale — primitive dwelling
  • Norwegian: hytte — primitive dwelling
  • Norwegian Bokmål: koie — primitive dwelling
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: koie — primitive dwelling
  • Polish: chata — primitive dwelling
  • Polish: szałas — primitive dwelling
  • Portuguese: cabana — primitive dwelling
  • Portuguese: casebre — primitive dwelling
  • Romanian: colibă — primitive dwelling
  • Romanian: cocioabă — primitive dwelling
  • Russian: хи́жина (xížina) — primitive dwelling
  • Scottish Gaelic: bothan — primitive dwelling
  • Slovak: chalupa — primitive dwelling
  • Lower Sorbian: buda — primitive dwelling
  • Upper Sorbian: hěta — primitive dwelling
  • Spanish: choza — primitive dwelling
  • Swedish: koja — primitive dwelling
  • Tamil: குடிசை (kuṭicai) — primitive dwelling
  • Turkish: kulübe — primitive dwelling
  • Ukrainian: хати́на (xatýna) — primitive dwelling
  • Ukrainian: хи́жа (xýža) — primitive dwelling
  • Ukrainian: халу́па (xalúpa) — primitive dwelling
  • Vietnamese: chòi — primitive dwelling
  • Volapük: ludom — primitive dwelling
  • Volapük: ludomil — primitive dwelling
  • Walloon: houte — primitive dwelling
  • Walloon: cahoute — primitive dwelling
  • Walloon: houbete — primitive dwelling