"live house" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: live houses [plural], livehouse [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ライブハウス, itself a pseudo-anglicism derived from live + house. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|en}}, {{bor+|en|ja|ライブハウス}} Borrowed from Japanese ライブハウス, {{pl|en|en|live|house|nocap=1|nocat=1}} pseudo-anglicism derived from live + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} live house (plural live houses)
  1. A music venue featuring live music.

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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