Meanings
noundetached house (plural detached houses)
plural detached houses
- A free-standing, single-family dwelling unit that does not share a common wall with any other structure.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 独立式别墅, 独栋别墅
- 独立式别墅 (dúlìshìbiéshù)free-standing family dwelling unit
- 独栋别墅 (dúdòngbiéshù)free-standing family dwelling unit
Czech rodinný dům
- rodinný důmfree-standing family dwelling unit
Danish villa, fritliggende hus
- villafree-standing family dwelling unit
- fritliggende husfree-standing family dwelling unit
- enkelthusfree-standing family dwelling unit
Finnish omakotitalo, erillistalo
- omakotitalofree-standing family dwelling unit
- erillistalofree-standing family dwelling unit
French maison individuelle
- maison individuellefree-standing family dwelling unit
German Einfamilienhaus
- Einfamilienhausfree-standing family dwelling unit
Greek μονοκατοικία
- μονοκατοικία (monokatoikía)free-standing family dwelling unit
Hungarian családi ház, különálló ház
- családi házfree-standing family dwelling unit
- különálló házfree-standing family dwelling unit
Irish teach scoite, teach aonair
- teach scoitefree-standing family dwelling unit
- teach aonairfree-standing family dwelling unit
Italian casa isolata, abitazione isolata
- casa isolatafree-standing family dwelling unit
- abitazione isolatafree-standing family dwelling unit
Japanese 一戸建て
- 一戸建て (ikkodate)free-standing family dwelling unit
Norwegian Bokmål enebolig, villa
- eneboligfree-standing family dwelling unit
- villafree-standing family dwelling unit
Polish dom jednorodzinny, dom wolnostojący
- dom jednorodzinnyfree-standing family dwelling unit
- dom wolnostojącyfree-standing family dwelling unit
Russian особня́к, отде́льный дом
- особня́к (osobnják)free-standing family dwelling unit
- отде́льный дом (otdélʹnyj dom)free-standing family dwelling unit
- односеме́йный дом (odnoseméjnyj dom)free-standing family dwelling unit
- однокварти́рный дом (odnokvartírnyj dom)free-standing family dwelling unit
Welsh tŷ sengl, tŷ ar wahân
- tŷ senglfree-standing family dwelling unit
- tŷ ar wahânfree-standing family dwelling unit
Cite this entry
APA
detached house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detached%20house
MLA
“detached house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detached%20house. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “detached house,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detached%20house.
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