bungalow

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati બંગલો (baṅglo, “Bengali-style house; a detached house situated between a garden or a field”). Compare Hindi बंगला (baṅglā, “Bengali”), Bengali বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengal”). Doublet of bangalo.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌŋɡələʊ/, /ˈbʌŋɡl̩əʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌŋɡəloʊ/, /ˈbʌŋɡl̩oʊ/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈbəŋɡəloː/
• Hyphenation: bun‧ga‧low
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

bungalow (plural bungalows)

1. A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.

   My aunt can't manage the stairs any more, so she's moving to a bungalow.

   • 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 1, in The Subtle Minotaur‎:

     Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward.

2. A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 110:

     Following the rule adopted in most tropical countries, a bungalow style of house was chosen.

3. (Atlantic Canada) A chalet or lodge
4. (Singapore, Malaysia) A detached, freestanding house or mansion

References

• “bungalow”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “bungalow” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “bungalow”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Etymology

Borrowed from English bungalow, from Gujarati બંગલો (baṅglo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʏŋ.ɡə.loː/, /ˈbʏŋ.ɡaː.loː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bun‧ga‧low

Noun

bungalow m (plural bungalows, diminutive bungalowtje n)

1. a bungalow (small holiday home, usually single-storey)

Etymology

From English bungalow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑŋːɑlou̯/, [ˈbɑ̝ŋːɑ̝lo̞u̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑŋːɑlou

Noun

bungalow

1. bungalow (one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah)

Further reading

• “bungalow”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Pronunciation

• (France, Belgium, Switzerland) IPA^(key): /bœ̃.ɡa.lo/

• Audio (France):

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• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /bɔŋ.ɡa.lo/

• Audio (Quebec):

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Noun

bungalow m (plural bungalows)

1. bungalow

Further reading

• “bungalow”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Etymology

Borrowed from English bungalow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbun.ɡa.lov/
• Rhymes: -unɡalov
• Hyphenation: bun‧ga‧low

Noun

bungalow m (invariable)

1. bungalow

References

• bungalow in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology

Borrowed from English bungalow.

Noun

bungalow n (plural bungalow-uri)

1. bungalow

Alternative forms

• bungaló

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bungalow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bunɡaˈlo/ [bũŋ.ɡaˈlo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: bun‧ga‧low

Noun

bungalow m (plural bungalows)

1. bungalow

Further reading

• “bungalow”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10