different between dacha vs summerhouse

English

Alternative forms

• datcha

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ????? (dá?a), originally "gift, portion, land (granted by a prince)", from ???? (dat?, “to give”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dæt??/
• Rhymes: -æt??

Noun

dacha (plural dachas)

1. A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.

Translations

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• datcha

Noun

dacha f (plural dachas)

1. dacha (a Russian villa, or summer house, in the countryside)

Spanish

Noun

dacha f (plural dachas)

1. dacha

English

Alternative forms

• summer house, summer-house

Etymology

From Middle English somer-hous, from Old English sumerh?s, sumorh?s, equivalent to summer +? house. Compare Dutch zomerhuis, German Sommerhaus.

Noun

summerhouse (plural summerhouses)

1. A house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year.
2. An outbuilding in a garden where the owners can relax in warm weather.

Translations

See also

• country house
• dacha
• holiday home
• villa
• winterhouse

References

• “summerhouse”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.