penthouse
A structure or annexe extending from the side of a building, sometimes as protection…A structure or annexe (especially one with a sloping roof) extending from the side of a building, sometimes as protection from the weather.
» Tom lives in a penthouse on the 30th floor.
Tom wohnt in einem Penthouse im dreißigsten Stock.
Tom bewohnt ein Penthouse im dreißigsten Stockwerk.
Meaning
4 senses(historical)A structure or annexe (especially one with a sloping roof) extending from the side of a building, sometimes as protection from the weather.
Dachwohnung
тентtɛnt, наве́с, фли́гельflígelʹ
Any of the sloping roofs at the side of a real tennis court.
Schrägdach
An apartment or suite found on an upper floor, or floors, of a tall building, especially one that is expensive or luxurious with panoramic views.
Dachwohnung, Penthouse
пентха́усpɛntxáus, надстро́йкаnadstrójka
an apartment located on the top floors of a building
(archaic, broadly)Something forming a shelter or canopy over something; an awning, shelter, etc.
Examples
12 sentencesTom lives in a penthouse on the 30th floor.
deTom wohnt in einem Penthouse im dreißigsten Stock. — mramosch
Sami lived in a two-storey penthouse.
Ziri moved to his new penthouse apartment.
Sami moved from a poor house to a penthouse overnight.
I searched in vain for a penthouse on the ground floor.
deIch habe vergeblich nach einem Penthouse im Erdgeschoss gesucht. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Anglo-Norman pentiz (“pentice”), from apendiz (“appentice”), ultimately from a suffixFrom Anglo-Norman pentiz (“pentice”), from apendiz (“appentice”), ultimately from a suffixed form of Latin appendō (“to append”). Altered by folk etymology to appear to be a compound of house. Doublet of appentice and pentice.
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Forms
plural: penthouses| Singular | penthouse |
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