different between bach vs bungalow

English

Etymology

Probable shortening of bachelor.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bæt?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /bat?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /b?t?/
• Rhymes: -æt?
• Homophone: batch

Noun

bach (plural baches)

1. (New Zealand, northern) A holiday home, usually small and near the beach, often with only one or two rooms and of simple construction.

Synonyms

• crib (New Zealand)

Translations

Verb

bach (third-person singular simple present baches, present participle baching, simple past and past participle bached)

1. (US) To live apart from women, as during the period when a divorce is in progress. (Compare bachelor pad.)

Anagrams

• BHCA

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba??/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *b?x, from Proto-Celtic *bikkos.

Adjective

bach (feminine singular bach, plural bach, equative lleied, comparative llai, superlative lleiaf)

1. small, little, short

2. not fully-grown or developed, young
3. insignificant, unimportant, humble
4. small (of business, etc.)
5. lowercase (of letter)

Derived terms

• to bach (“circumflex”)
• t? bach (“toilet, loo”)

Synonyms

• bychan

Etymology 2

From Old Welsh bach, from Proto-Celtic *bakkos, from Proto-Indo-European *bak-.

Noun

bach m or f (plural bachau)

1. hook
2. bend, corner
3. hinge
4. bracket

Derived terms

• bach cyrliog
• bach petryal

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “bach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ????? (ba?gl?, “Bengali”), referring to the Bengali-style house. Compare Gujarati ????? (ba?glo) and Bengali ????? (ba?la). Doublet of bangalo.

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.
2. A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide verandah

Translations

References

• “bungalow”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “bungalow” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2021.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bungalow, from Hindi ????? (ba?gl?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??.??.lo?/, /?b??.?a?.lo?/
• Hyphenation: bun?ga?low

Noun

bungalow m (plural bungalows, diminutive bungalowtje n)

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

Derived terms

• bungalowpark

Finnish

Noun

bungalow

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

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• (France, Belgium, Switzerland) IPA^(key): /bœ?.?a.lo/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /b??.?a.lo/

Noun

bungalow m (plural bungalows)

1. bungalow

Further reading

• “bungalow” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Alternative forms

• bungaló

Etymology

From English bungalow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bun?a?lo/, [b??.?a?lo]

Noun

bungalow m (plural bungalows)

1. bungalow

Further reading

• “bungalow” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.