veranda
/vəˈɹæn.də/
veranda noun: a gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.
Noun
veranda (plural verandas)
- A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.
- Boulte ate his breakfast, advised her to see her Arab pony fed in the veranda, and went out.1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Wayside Comedy”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 66
- No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46
veranda meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
veranda in Hindi
- roofed open gallery
- बरामदा barāmdā, बरण्डा baraṇḍā
veranda in Tamil
- roofed open gallery
- தாழ்வாரம் tāḻvāram
veranda in Urdu
- roofed open gallery
- برامدہ barāmdā, برنڈا baraṇḍā
veranda in Bengali
- roofed open gallery
- বারান্দা baranda
More languagesFewer languages
- veranda in Telugu
- పంచ pañca, వసారా vasārā
- veranda in Malayalam
- വരാന്ത varānta, തിണ്ണ tiṇṇa
- veranda in Kannada
- ದಿಣ್ಣೆ, ಕೀಳು, ಜಗಲಿ, ಕಯ್ಸಾಲೆ
- veranda in Punjabi
- برانڈا barāṇḍā
- veranda in Gujarati
- અડાળી aḍāḷī, પરસાળ parsāḷ
- veranda in Tagalog
- beranda
- veranda in Arabic
- شُرْفَة šurfa, فَارَنْدَة fāranda
- veranda in Persian
- برآمده bar-âmde, ایوان eyvân
- veranda in Vietnamese
- hiên
- veranda in Myanmar
- ဝရန်တာ wa.ranta
Examples of veranda in a sentence
- Xavier sliced the pawpaw in half, emptying the tiny black seeds over the veranda wall.
- The veranda, cluttered with waders, boots, rods and tackle, is where the fishing day begins.
- Lunch was waiting on the veranda along with Athina’s husband, Pericles.
Forms of veranda
| plural | verandas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | verandah |
| alternative form (dated) | viranda |
| alternative form (dated) | virandah |
| alternative form (obsolete) | virando |
Origin of veranda
An Indian English word of Indo-Portuguese origin, from Portuguese varanda (“balustrade; balcony”). Further etymology is unclear and disputed.
Words formed from veranda
Words that rhyme with veranda
Questions about veranda
- What does veranda mean?
- Veranda means a gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.
- What is veranda in Hindi?
- Veranda in Hindi is बरामदा (barāmdā), बरण्डा (baraṇḍā). See Veranda meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is veranda?
- Veranda is a noun.
- How do you pronounce veranda?
- Veranda is pronounced /vəˈɹæn.də/ (UK).
- What is the plural of veranda?
- The plural of veranda is verandas.
Words near veranda in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: veranda (page history and authors); పంచ (Telugu) (page history and authors); തിണ്ണ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); veranda (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); برانڈا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); અડાળી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). 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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