Meanings
plural doll's houses · alternative dolls' house · alternative dollshouse · alternative dollhouse
- UKA miniature house used by children as a toy for recreating domestic settings.
Adam Stockhausen's doll's-house production design is eye-wateringly precise, the black-and-white images of the city's ancient buildings (shot in Angouleme) deserve their own coffee table book
2021 July 12, Nicholas Barber, “The French Dispatch: Four stars for Wes Anderson's latest”, in BBCSynonyms: playhouse
- figurativelyA small, cramped, dwelling-place.
A slightly incongruous note is struck by the National Westminster Bank beside the Vine [pub], a tiny dolls' house of a building, about the size of a garden shed, in herringbone-patterned brick.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 202, about Goudhurst, Kent
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA miniature house used by children as a toy for recreating domestic settings.
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Translations
Afrikaans pophuis
- pophuisminiature house for dolls
Bulgarian къща за кукли, куклена къща
- къща за кукли (kăšta za kukli)miniature house for dolls
- куклена къща (kuklena kăšta)miniature house for dolls
Catalan casa de nines
- casa de ninesminiature house for dolls
Chinese Mandarin 玩具房子, 玩偶之家
- 玩具房子 (wánjù fángzi)miniature house for dolls
- 玩偶之家 (wán'ǒu zhī jiā)miniature house for dolls
- 玩具屋 (wánjù wū)miniature house for dolls
Danish dukkehus
- dukkehusminiature house for dolls
Dutch poppenhuis
- poppenhuisminiature house for dolls
Esperanto pupdomo
- pupdomominiature house for dolls
Estonian nukumaja
- nukumajaminiature house for dolls
Finnish nukkekoti, nukketalo
- nukkekotiminiature house for dolls
- nukketalominiature house for dolls
French maison de poupée
- maison de poupéeminiature house for dolls
German Puppenstube, Puppenhaus
- Puppenstubeminiature house for dolls
- Puppenhausminiature house for dolls
Greek κουκλόσπιτο
- κουκλόσπιτο (kouklóspito)miniature house for dolls
Hindi घरौंदा
- घरौंदा (gharaundā)miniature house for dolls
Hungarian babaház
- babaházminiature house for dolls
Icelandic dúkkuhús
- dúkkuhúsminiature house for dolls
Indonesian rumah boneka
- rumah bonekaminiature house for dolls
Italian casa di bambole
- casa di bamboleminiature house for dolls
Japanese 人形の家, ドールハウス
- 人形の家 (ningyō no ie)miniature house for dolls
- ドールハウス (dōruhausu)miniature house for dolls
Korean 인형의 집, 돌하우스
- 인형의 집 (inhyeong-ui jip)miniature house for dolls
- 돌하우스 (dolhauseu)miniature house for dolls
Polish domek dla lalek
- domek dla lalekminiature house for dolls
Portuguese casa de bonecas/boneca
- casa de bonecas/bonecaminiature house for dolls
Russian ку́кольный до́мик
- ку́кольный до́мик (kúkolʹnyj dómik)miniature house for dolls
Spanish casa de muñecas
- casa de muñecasminiature house for dolls
Swedish dockhus, dockskåp
- dockhusminiature house for dolls
- dockskåpminiature house for dolls
Turkish oyungaç ev, oyuncak ev
- oyungaç evminiature house for dolls
- oyuncak evminiature house for dolls
Welsh tŷ dòl
- tŷ dòlminiature house for dolls
Cite this entry
doll's house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doll's%20house
“doll's house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doll's%20house. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doll's house,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doll's%20house.
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