Meaning

4 senses
  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.

    Bungalow, eingeschossiges Haus

    да́чаdáča, бу́нга́лоbúngálo

  2. A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.

    Bungalow

    бунга́лоbungálo, бу́нгалоbúngalo

    a small house with a single story

  3. (Atlantic Canada)A chalet or lodge.

  4. (Malaysia, Singapore)A detached, freestanding house or mansion.

Examples

15 sentences
  1. I live in a small bungalow.

    deIch wohne in einem kleinen Bungalow.

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  2. Tom and Mary live in a bungalow.

    deTom und Mary wohnen in einem Bungalow.

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  3. There were many beautiful bungalows near the beach.

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  4. I want a bungalow.

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  5. What's going on inside that bungalow?

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
single-storey house:
one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
single-storey house:

Origin

Borrowed from Gujarati બંગલો (baṅglo, “Bengali-style house; a detached house situated betw

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.

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Forms

plural: bungalows
Singularbungalow
Pluralbungalows

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a small house with a single story:cottage

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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