haunt
A place at which one is regularly foundA place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.
» I went to a haunted house.
Я пошёл в дом с привидениями.
Я пішов до будинку з привидами.
Я пішла до будинку з привидами.
Meaning
3 sensesA place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.
The shopping mall is a popular haunt of the local teenagers in this town.
I went back the town I used to live and visited all my old haunts.
Treffpunkt
(dialectal)A ghost.
A lair or feeding place of animals in the wild.
- a frequently visited place
Examples
367 sentencesI went to a haunted house.
Я пішов до будинку з привидами. — deniko
ruЯ пошёл в дом с привидениями. — odexed
Tom thinks his house is haunted.
Том думає, що в його будинку є привиди. — deniko
ruТом думает, что у него в доме привидения. — marafon
deTom glaubt, bei ihm zu Hause spuke es. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
They say this old house is haunted.
Кажуть, що у старому будинку живуть привиди. — aandrusiak
ruГоворят, что в старом доме живут привидения. — shanghainese
deMan sagt, dass in dem alten Haus ein Gespenst lebt. — Manfredo
How do you know your house is haunted?
Звідки ти знаєш, що в твоєму будинку живуть привиди? — deniko
The house is haunted.
У будинку живуть привиди. — aandrusiak
ruВ этом доме живут привидения. — sigavax
deIm Haus spukt es. — Sudajaengi
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), from Old French hanter (“From Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), from Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”), from Old Northern French hanter (“to go back home, frequent”), from Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”) or/and from Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to house, bring home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village”).
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