farmhouse

See also: farm house and farm-house

English

Alternative forms

farm house
farm-house (dated)

Etymology

farm +‎ house

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːmhaus/

Noun

farmhouse (plural farmhouses)

A house (usually the main house) on a farm; thus:
1. (traditionally and archetypally) A farmer's residence.
2. A house that was once a farmer's residence albeit today lived in by residents whose occupation is not farming.
  Since the farm's redevelopment into mixed commercial and residential space, the farmhouse has served as a community center.
  
  The couple live in a renovated farmhouse that was once the hub of a 300-acre farm.

Derived terms

farmhouse loaf

Translations

farmer's residence

Cornish: chi-tiek m
Danish: sruehus n
Finnish: maalaistalo (fi), maatalo (fi)
Galician: casal m, casa (gl) f
German: Bauernhaus (de) n, Farmhaus (de) n
Greek: αγροικία (el) f (agroikía)
Ancient: βᾶρις f (bâris)
Italian: casale (it) m, casa colonica (it), casolare (it)
Latin: colōnica f
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: boerderi'je f

German Low German: Buernhuus n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: våningshus n

Nynorsk: våningshus n
Scots: fermhoose
Spanish: alquería (es) f
Volapük: farmadom (vo)
Welsh: ffermdy m

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