"retirement home" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: retirement homes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} retirement home (plural retirement homes)
  1. A multi-residence housing facility intended for the elderly. Wikipedia link: retirement home Synonyms: eventide home, old people's home, old-age home, old folks' home Translations (multi-residence housing facility intended for the elderly): بَيْتُ تَقاعُدٍ (baytu taqāʕudin) (Arabic), دَار مُسِنِّين (dār musinnīn) [feminine] (Arabic), دَار عَجَزَة (dār ʕajaza) [feminine] (Arabic), دار العجزة (dār el-ʕajaza) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), domov důchodců [masculine] (Czech), vanhainkoti (Finnish), maison de retraite [feminine] (French), EHPAD [masculine] (French), Altersheim [neuter] (German), Altenheim [neuter] (German), Seniorenheim [neuter] (German), Seniorenresidenz [feminine] (German), οίκος ευγηρίας (oíkos evgirías) [masculine] (Greek), elliheimili (Icelandic), casa di riposo [feminine] (Italian), Altersheem [neuter] (Luxembourgish), Seniorenheem [neuter] (Luxembourgish), dom spokojnej starości [masculine] (Polish), dom starców [masculine] (Polish), casa de retiro [feminine] (Portuguese), lar de idosos [masculine] (Portuguese), asilo de ancianos [masculine] (Spanish), hogar de ancianos [masculine] (Spanish), casa de reposo [feminine] (Spanish), äldreboende [neuter] (Swedish), ålderdomshem [neuter] (Swedish), åldringshem (english: Finland Swedish) [neuter] (Swedish), ospice (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-retirement_home-en-noun-Ko4b-NL4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "multi-residence housing facility intended for the elderly",
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