penthouse
To provide with a penthouse, shelter by means of a shed sloping from a wall, or…To provide with a penthouse, shelter by means of a shed sloping from a wall, or anything similar.
» Tom lives in a penthouse on the 30th floor.
Tom wohnt in einem Penthouse im dreißigsten Stock. — mramosch
Tom bewohnt ein Penthouse im dreißigsten Stockwerk. — mramosch
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1 sensesTo provide with a penthouse, shelter by means of a shed sloping from a wall, or anything similar.
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
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
penthouses, penthousing, penthoused, penthoused| Base form | penthouse · to penthouse |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | penthouses |
| Present participle | penthousing |
| Past simple | penthoused |
| Past participle | penthoused |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle