bungalow
Syllables: bun·ga·low/ˈbʌŋɡələʊ/US/ˈbʌŋɡəloʊ/
bungalow noun: a single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
Noun
bungalow (plural bungalows)
- 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.
- the proprietor of the little tin bungalow that did duty for a garage1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter XII, in Have His Carcase
- A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.
- Following the rule adopted in most tropical countries, a bungalow style of house was chosen.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 110
- A chalet or lodge.
- A detached, freestanding house or mansion.
bungalow meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bungalow in Hindi
- single-storey house
- बँगला baṅglā, बंगला baṅglā
- one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah
- बंगला baṅglā, बँगला baṅglā
bungalow in Tamil
- வளமனை, சுற்றுத் சுற்றுத் தாழ்வாரத்தோடு கூடிய, ஓரடுக்கு வீடு, ஒற்றைமாடி இல்லம்
bungalow in Marathi
- single-storey house
- बंगला baṅglā
bungalow in Urdu
- single-storey house
- بنگلہ baṅglā
More languagesFewer languages
- bungalow in Bengali
- বাংলা baṅla
- bungalow in Telugu
- బంగళా baṅgaḷā
- bungalow in Malayalam
- ബംഗ്ലാവ് baṅglāvŭ
- bungalow in Kannada
- ಬಂಗಲೆ, ಬಂಗಲೆಯ
- bungalow in Gujarati
- બંગલો baṅglo, બંગલી baṅglī
- bungalow in Tagalog
- bunggalo
- bungalow in Malay
- banglo
- bungalow in Persian
- بنگله bangale
- bungalow in Thai
- บังกะโล bang-gà-loo
- bungalow in Vietnamese
- boong-ga-lô, bung-ga-lô, bun-ga-lô
Examples of bungalow in a sentence
- Joe and Edna moved to a bungalow after deciding to downsize when the children had left home.
- "Both candidates held onto their bases: Johnson’s Milwaukee Avenue progressives and Vallas’ bungalow belt conservatives."
- They clicked some pictures outside his sea facing bungalow and left dejected again.
Forms of bungalow
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Origin of bungalow
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 and Bangla.
Words formed from bungalow
Phrases with bungalow
Words that rhyme with bungalow
Questions about bungalow
- What does bungalow mean?
- Bungalow means a single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
- What is bungalow in Hindi?
- Bungalow in Hindi is बँगला (baṅglā), बंगला (baṅglā). See Bungalow meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bungalow?
- Bungalow is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bungalow?
- Bungalow is pronounced /ˈbʌŋɡələʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bungalow?
- The plural of bungalow is bungalows.
Words near bungalow in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bungalow (page history and authors); bungalow (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); బంగళా (Telugu) (page history and authors); ബംഗ്ലാവ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); bungalow (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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