Meanings
plural summerhouses · alternative summer house · alternative summer-house
- A house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year.
- An outbuilding in a garden where the owners can relax in warm weather.
"When he had religion he used to be always hammerin' up seats and summer-houses and things out of bits of twisty wood. Mad over that, he was."
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 138
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishsumerhūs
- Middle Englishsomer-hous
- Englishsummerhouse
From Middle English somer-hous, from Old English sumerhūs, sumorhūs, equivalent to summer + house. Compare Dutch zomerhuis, German Sommerhaus, Danish sommerhus, Swedish sommarhus.
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Afrikaans somerhuis
- somerhuishouse used as vacation home in summer
Chinese Mandarin 避暑别墅
- 避暑别墅house used as vacation home in summer
Danish sommerhus, sommerbolig
- sommerhushouse used as vacation home in summer
- sommerboligsummer residence
Dutch zomerhuis
- zomerhuishouse used as vacation home in summer
Esperanto somerdomo, somerdomo
- somerdomohouse used as vacation home in summer
- somerdomosummer residence
Finnish kesämökki, kesäasunto
- kesämökkihouse used as vacation home in summer
- kesäasuntosummer residence
- kesätalosummer residence
- huvimajaoutbuilding in a garden
German Sommerhaus
- Sommerhaushouse used as vacation home in summer
Greek εξοχικό
- εξοχικό (exochikó)house used as vacation home in summer
Latin trichila, triclea
- trichilaoutbuilding in a garden
- tricleaoutbuilding in a garden
Polish dom letniskowy, letniak
- dom letniskowyhouse used as vacation home in summer
- letniakhouse used as vacation home in summer
- dom wakacyjnysummer residence
- przybudówka wakacyjnaoutbuilding in a garden
Russian да́ча
- да́ча (dáča)house used as vacation home in summer
Swedish sommarhus
- sommarhushouse used as vacation home in summer
Turkish yazlık ev, yazlık
- yazlık evhouse used as vacation home in summer
- yazlıkhouse used as vacation home in summer
Yiddish זומערהויז
- זומערהויז (zumerhoyz)house used as vacation home in summer
Cite this entry
summerhouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summerhouse
“summerhouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summerhouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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