Meanings
plural boarding houses · alternative boarding-house · alternative boardinghouse
- A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals.
Yet Clacton, like every other station at a big seaside resort, is bedevilled by the traditional insistence of boarding-house landladies that their clients must arrive on Saturday before lunch and leave on Saturday after breakfast.
1959 April, B. Perren, “The Essex Coast Branches of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 191 - A boarding school building where boarders live during term time.
Synonyms: digs, guesthouse, pension, lodging house, rooming house
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA boarding school building where boarders live during term time.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans gastehuis
- gastehuisprivate house for paying guests
Bulgarian пансио́н
- пансио́н (pansión)private house for paying guests
Chinese Mandarin 招待所, 寄宿舍
- 招待所 (zhāodàisuǒ)private house for paying guests
- 寄宿舍 (jìsùshè)private house for paying guests
- 宿舍 (sùshè)boarding school building
Dutch pension
- pensionprivate house for paying guests
Esperanto loĝantejo, pensiono
- loĝantejoprivate house for paying guests
- pensionoprivate house for paying guests
Estonian külalistemaja, pansion
- külalistemajaprivate house for paying guests
- pansionprivate house for paying guests
- pansionaatprivate house for paying guests
- kodumajutusprivate house for paying guests
Finnish kotimajoitus, majatalo
- kotimajoitusprivate house for paying guests
- majataloprivate house for paying guests
- asuntolaboarding school building
French pension, pensionnat
- pensionprivate house for paying guests
- pensionnatboarding school building
German Pension, Gasthaus
- Pensionprivate house for paying guests
- Gasthausprivate house for paying guests
- Gästehausprivate house for paying guests
Greek οικοτροφείο
- οικοτροφείο (oikotrofeío)boarding school building
Hindi छात्रालय
- छात्रालय (chātrālay)boarding school building
Hungarian panzió, vendégház
- panzióprivate house for paying guests
- vendégházprivate house for paying guests
- fogadóprivate house for paying guests
- vendégfogadóprivate house for paying guests
- diákotthonboarding school building
- kollégiumboarding school building
- bentlakásos iskolaboarding school building
- internátusboarding school building
Irish teach lóistín
- teach lóistínprivate house for paying guests
Italian pensione
- pensioneprivate house for paying guests
Japanese 下宿屋, 寄宿舎
- 下宿屋 (geshukuya)private house for paying guests
- 寄宿舎 (kishukusha)private house for paying guests
Korean 하숙집
- 하숙집 (hasukjip)private house for paying guests
Latin hospitium
- hospitiumprivate house for paying guests
Latvian pansionāts, internāts
- pansionātsprivate house for paying guests
- internātsboarding school building
Māori whare rīhi
- whare rīhiprivate house for paying guests
Polish pensjonat, kwatera
- pensjonatprivate house for paying guests
- kwateraprivate house for paying guests
- internatboarding school building
- bursaboarding school building
Portuguese pensão, pensionato
- pensãoprivate house for paying guests
- pensionatoprivate house for paying guests
Russian пансио́н, пансиона́т
- пансио́н (pansión)private house for paying guests
- пансиона́т (pansionát)private house for paying guests
- бординга́уз (bordingáuz)private house for paying guests
- интерна́т (intɛrnát)boarding school building
Slovak internát
- internátboarding school building
Spanish pensión, pupilaje
- pensiónprivate house for paying guests
- pupilajeprivate house for paying guests
- internadoboarding school building
Thai หอพัก
- หอพัก (hɔ̌ɔ-pák)private house for paying guests
Turkish pansiyon
- pansiyonboarding school building
Ukrainian пансіо́н
- пансіо́н (pansión)private house for paying guests
Vietnamese nhà nghỉ, nhà trọ
- nhà nghỉprivate house for paying guests
- nhà trọprivate house for paying guests
Cite this entry
boarding house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boarding%20house
“boarding house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boarding%20house. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boarding house,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boarding%20house.
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