noun
Meaning 1
A place to live or lodge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lodging
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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General-American: /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɒdʒɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: L AA1 JH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Sleeping accommodation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The condition of a plant, especially a cereal, that has been flattened in the field or damaged so that it cannot stand upright, as by weather conditions or because the stem is not strong enough to support the plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of lodge
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 6
the act of lodging
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: residency, residence, abidance
noun
Meaning 7
structures collectively in which people are housed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: housing, living accommodations
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: structure, construction
Narrower terms: apartment, flat, billet, block, camp, condominium, dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house, hospice, hostel, youth hostel, student lodging, living quarters, quarters, mobile home, manufactured home, pied-a-terre, quartering, rattrap, shelter, tract housing
noun
Meaning 8
the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the lodgment of the balloon in the tree
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lodgment, lodgement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbh-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Proto-West Germanic *laub Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *laubijābor. Early Medieval Latin laubiader. Old French logebor. Middle English logge English lodge English -ing English lodging From lodge + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
83 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: verblyf — place to live or lodge
- Arabic: إِقَامَة (ʔiqāma) — place to live or lodge
- Belarusian: жыллё (žylljó) — place to live or lodge
- Belarusian: начле́г (načljéh) — place to live or lodge
- Bulgarian: жили́ще (žilíšte) — place to live or lodge
- Catalan: allotjament — place to live or lodge
- Chinese Mandarin: 住宿 (zhùsù) — place to live or lodge
- Chinese Mandarin: 寄宿 (jìsù) — place to live or lodge
- Czech: ubytování — place to live or lodge
- Czech: nocleh — place to live or lodge
- Dutch: onderdak — place to live or lodge
- Dutch: logies — place to live or lodge
- Finnish: majapaikka — place to live or lodge
- Finnish: majoitus — place to live or lodge
- French: logement — place to live or lodge
- French: hébergement — place to live or lodge
- German: Unterkunft — place to live or lodge
- German: Herberge — place to live or lodge
- Ancient Greek: κατάλυμα (katáluma) — place to live or lodge
- Hindi: आवास (āvās) — place to live or lodge
- Hindi: बसेरा (baserā) — place to live or lodge
- Hungarian: szállás — place to live or lodge
- Hungarian: szálláshely — place to live or lodge
- Irish: lóistín — place to live or lodge
- Italian: alloggio — place to live or lodge
- Japanese: 宿泊 (shukuhaku) — place to live or lodge
- Korean: 숙박 (sukbak) — place to live or lodge
- Lao: ທີ່ພັກ (thī phak) — place to live or lodge
- Macedonian: сместување (smestuvanje) — place to live or lodge
- Manx: aaght — place to live or lodge
- Persian: اسکان (eskân) — place to live or lodge
- Plautdietsch: Wonunk — place to live or lodge
- Polish: kwatera — place to live or lodge
- Polish: nocleg — place to live or lodge
- Polish: lokum — place to live or lodge
- Portuguese: alojamento — place to live or lodge
- Quechua: tampu — place to live or lodge
- Romanian: găzduire — place to live or lodge
- Romanian: camere de închiriat — place to live or lodge
- Russian: жили́ще (žilíšče) — place to live or lodge
- Russian: жильё (žilʹjó) — place to live or lodge
- Russian: ночле́г (nočlég) — place to live or lodge
- Serbo-Croatian: смјештај — place to live or lodge
- Serbo-Croatian: smještaj — place to live or lodge
- Slovak: ubytovanie — place to live or lodge
- Slovak: nocľah — place to live or lodge
- Slovene: nastanitev — place to live or lodge
- Spanish: alojamiento — place to live or lodge
- Spanish: hospedaje — place to live or lodge
- Spanish: aposentamiento — place to live or lodge
- Swedish: logi — place to live or lodge
- Thai: ที่พัก (tîi-pák) — place to live or lodge
- Ukrainian: житло́ (žytló) — place to live or lodge
- Ukrainian: нічлі́г (ničlíh) — place to live or lodge
- Vietnamese: chỗ ở — place to live or lodge
- Afrikaans: verblyf — sleeping accommodation
- Bulgarian: подслон (podslon) — sleeping accommodation
- Finnish: yösija — sleeping accommodation
- German: Herberge — sleeping accommodation
- Ingrian: öösiha — sleeping accommodation
- Irish: lóistín — sleeping accommodation
- Irish: iostas — sleeping accommodation
- Italian: alloggio — sleeping accommodation
- Italian: sistemazione — sleeping accommodation
- Judeo-Italian: מַאנִימֵינְטוֹ — sleeping accommodation
- Kabuverdianu: gazadju — sleeping accommodation
- Polish: zakwaterowanie — sleeping accommodation
- Afrikaans: huurkamer — furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation
- Bulgarian: стая под наем (staja pod naem) — furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation
- Dutch: kost — furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation
- Finnish: kalustettu asunto — furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌸𐍅𐍉𐍃 (saliþwōs) — furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation
- Indonesian: kos — furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation
- Indonesian: indekos — furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation
- Polish: pensjonat — furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation
- Catalan: ajagut — condition of a plant that has been flattened
- Finnish: lako — condition of a plant that has been flattened
- French: verse — condition of a plant that has been flattened
- Ingrian: lako — condition of a plant that has been flattened
- Italian: allettamento — condition of a plant that has been flattened
- Polish: wyleganie — condition of a plant that has been flattened
- Spanish: encamado — condition of a plant that has been flattened
- Walloon: flaxhaedje — condition of a plant that has been flattened
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