"housewarming" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-housewarming.ogg Forms: housewarmings [plural]
Etymology: From house + warming. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|house|warming}} house + warming Head templates: {{en-noun}} housewarming (plural housewarmings)
  1. (idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Parties Synonyms: house-heating [archaic] Translations (party): навасе́лле (navasjéllje) [neuter] (Belarusian), အိမ်တက်မင်္ဂလာ (imtakmangga.la) (Burmese), 喬遷宴 /乔迁宴 (qiáoqiānyàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 喬遷之喜 /乔迁之喜 (qiáoqiānzhīxǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), kolaudace [feminine] (Czech), instuif [masculine] (Dutch), huiswarming [feminine] (Dutch), soolaleib (Estonian), soolaleivapidu (Estonian), tupaantuliaiset [plural] (Finnish), tuparit [colloquial, plural] (Finnish), pendaison de crémaillère [feminine] (French), Einweihungsparty [feminine] (German), नाँगल (nāṅgal) (Hindi), lakásavató (Hungarian), házavató (Hungarian), lakásszentelő (Hungarian), házszentelő (Hungarian), 新築祝い (shinchikuiwai) (alt: しんちくいわい) (Japanese), 집들이 (jipdeuri) (Korean), kawanga whare (Maori), innvielsesfest [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ولیمه (valime) (Persian), parapetówka [feminine] (Polish), festa de inauguração (da casa nova) [feminine] (Portuguese), новосе́лье (novosélʹje) [neuter] (Russian), kolaudácia [feminine] (Slovak), inflyttningsfest [common-gender] (Swedish), ขึ้นบ้านใหม่ (Thai), งานขึ้นบ้านใหม่ (Thai), yeni eve taşınma partisi (Turkish), новосі́лля (novosíllja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), ăn tân gia (Vietnamese), lễ tân gia (Vietnamese), tân gia (Vietnamese)
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  2. The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home. Translations (act): tupaantuliainen (note: especially a housewarming gift) (Finnish), lakásavatás (Hungarian), házavatás (Hungarian), lakásszentelés (Hungarian), házszentelés (Hungarian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: house warming, house-warming Related terms: infare

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "party",
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      "word": "festa de inauguração (da casa nova)"
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      "sense": "party",
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      "code": "th",
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      "sense": "party",
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "party",
      "word": "lễ tân gia"
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      "sense": "party",
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      "note": "especially a housewarming gift",
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      "word": "tupaantuliainen"
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      "sense": "act",
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      "code": "hu",
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}

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