Meanings
plural Wendy houses
- A toy house in which children can play.
Synonyms: play house, cubby house, toyhouse
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA toy house in which children can play.
More synonyms by meaning
nounplaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Wendy + house, named after Wendy Darling, a character in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. A prop house was created by Barrie for the first stage production of the play in 1904, and Wendy sings: “I wish I had a darling house / The littlest ever seen, / With funny little red walls / And roof of mossy green.”
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian детска къща
- детска къща (detska kăšta)toy house for children to play in
Danish legehus
- legehustoy house for children to play in
Estonian mängumaja
- mängumajatoy house for children to play in
Finnish leikkimökki
- leikkimökkitoy house for children to play in
French cabane de jeu
- cabane de jeutoy house for children to play in
German Spielhaus, Spielhäuschen
- Spielhaustoy house for children to play in
- Spielhäuschentoy house for children to play in
Italian casetta giocattolo
- casetta giocattolotoy house for children to play in
Polish domek do zabawy
- domek do zabawytoy house for children to play in
Swedish lekstuga
- lekstugatoy house for children to play in
Cite this entry
Wendy house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wendy%20house
“Wendy house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wendy%20house. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wendy house,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wendy%20house.
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