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Webster 1913 Edition
Veranda
Ve-ran′da
,Noun.
[A word brought by the English from India; of uncertain origin; cf. Skr.
varaṇḍa
, Pg. varanda
, Sp. baranda
, Malay baranda
.] (Arch.)
An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See
Loggia
. The house was of adobe, low, with a wide
veranda
on the three sides of the inner court. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Veranda
VERAN'DA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Veranda
veranda
veranda
English
Alternative forms
Noun
veranda (plural verandas)
- A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. [from 18th c.]
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
- No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, in Crime out of Mind:
- Our part of the veranda did not hang over the gorge, but edged the meadow where half a dozen large and sleek horses had stopped grazing to join us.
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Translations
roofed open gallery
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Danish
Etymology
Noun
veranda c (singular definite verandaen, plural indefinite verandaer)
Inflection
Inflection of veranda
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | veranda | verandaen | verandaer | verandaerne |
genitive | verandas | verandaens | verandaers | verandaernes |
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɛrɒndɒ]
- Hyphenation: ve‧ran‧da
Noun
veranda (plural verandák)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | veranda | verandák |
accusative | verandát | verandákat |
dative | verandának | verandáknak |
instrumental | verandával | verandákkal |
causal-final | verandáért | verandákért |
translative | verandává | verandákká |
terminative | verandáig | verandákig |
essive-formal | verandaként | verandákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | verandában | verandákban |
superessive | verandán | verandákon |
adessive | verandánál | verandáknál |
illative | verandába | verandákba |
sublative | verandára | verandákra |
allative | verandához | verandákhoz |
elative | verandából | verandákból |
delative | verandáról | verandákról |
ablative | verandától | verandáktól |
Possessive forms of veranda | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | verandám | verandáim |
2nd person sing. | verandád | verandáid |
3rd person sing. | verandája | verandái |
1st person plural | verandánk | verandáink |
2nd person plural | verandátok | verandáitok |
3rd person plural | verandájuk | verandáik |
Synonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
veranda m (definite singular verandaen, indefinite plural verandaer, definite plural verandaene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
veranda m (definite singular verandaen, indefinite plural verandaer or verandaar, definite plural verandaene or verandaane)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋěraːnda/
- Hyphenation: ve‧ran‧da
Noun
vèrānda f (Cyrillic spelling вѐра̄нда)
Declension
Declension of veranda
Swedish
Noun
veranda c
- a verandah
Declension
Inflection of veranda | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | veranda | verandan | verandor | verandorna |
Genitive | verandas | verandans | verandors | verandornas |
Related terms
- verandadörr
- verandatrappa
References
- veranda in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)