"country house" meaning in All languages combined

See country house on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: country houses [plural], country-house [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} country house (plural country houses)
  1. (especially British) A house serving as a weekend and holiday residence, used as a retreat from city life; traditionally and archetypically in the country, and especially of wealthy owners. Tags: British, especially Translations (residence): ամառանոց (amaṙanocʻ) (Armenian), դաչա (dačʻa) (Armenian), landhuis [neuter] (Dutch), buitenhuis [neuter] (Dutch), kesämökki (Finnish), maison de campagne [feminine] (French), Landhaus [neuter] (German), wiejski dom [masculine] (Polish), casa de campo [feminine] (Portuguese), vila [feminine] (Portuguese), casa de campo [feminine] (Spanish), casalicio solariego [masculine] (Spanish), finca [feminine] (Spanish), casal [masculine] (Spanish), lantställe [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-country_house-en-noun-G68UJ7gM Categories (other): British English, English links with manual fragments, Housing Disambiguation of Housing: 33 38 29 Disambiguation of 'residence': 56 42 2
  2. (especially British) Such a house, even as a primary residence and even in an area that is no longer rural, but with an aesthetic in keeping with that traditional distinction of country ways. Tags: British, especially
    Sense id: en-country_house-en-noun-drsxdo4B Categories (other): British English, English links with manual fragments, English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Housing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 53 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 58 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 56 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 58 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 19 58 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 18 53 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 53 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 58 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 57 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 55 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 61 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 58 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 19 57 24 Disambiguation of Housing: 33 38 29
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see country, house: a house in the country: one not in town. Related terms: dacha, great house, holiday home, manor house, summerhouse, villa, winterhouse
    Sense id: en-country_house-en-noun-bRWtXwVS Categories (other): Housing Disambiguation of Housing: 33 38 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (second home): kakkoskoti (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'second home': 48 46 6

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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