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Webster 1913 Edition

Henhouse

Hen′houseˊ

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Henhouses

.

A house or shelter for fowls.

Webster 1828 Edition

Henhouse

HEN'HOUSE

,

Noun.

A house or shelter for fowls.

Definition 2024

henhouse

henhouse

See also: hen-house and hen house

English

Noun

henhouse ‎(plural henhouses)

A small house or hutch for chickens or, more specifically, hens to live in.

Synonyms

Derived terms

fox in the henhouse

Translations

house for chickens to live in

Albanian: kotec (sq) m
Bulgarian: ку́рник (bg) m ‎(kúrnik)
Catalan: galliner
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雞舍 (zh), 鸡舍 (zh) ‎(jīshè)
Czech: kurník (cs) m
Finnish: kanala (fi), (really small) kanakoppi
French: poulailler (fr) m
Friulian: gjalinâr m
Galician: galiñeiro m
German: Hühnerstall (de) m, Hühnerschlag m
Greek: κοτέτσι (el) n ‎(kotétsi), ορνιθώνας (el) m ‎(ornithónas)
Ido: hanodometo (io), haneyo (io)
Irish: cró cearc m, cúb cearc f
Italian: pollaio m
Japanese: 鶏小屋 ‎(にわとりごや, niwatorigoya)
Latin: officina f
Macedonian: кокошарник m, f ‎(kokošarnik)

Malay: reban
Norwegian:

Bokmål: hønsehus n

Nynorsk: hønehus n, hønsehus n
Occitan: galinièr (oc) m
Polish: kurnik (pl) m
Portuguese: galinheiro (pt) m, capoeira (pt) f
Rapa Nui: hare moa
Romanian: găinărie (ro) f
Russian: куря́тник (ru) m ‎(kurjátnik)
Scottish Gaelic: taigh-chearc m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: кокошињац m, кокошарник m

Roman: kokošinjac (sh), kokošarnik (sh)
Spanish: gallinero m
Thai: สุ่ม ‎(sùm)
Walloon: poyî (wa) m, poytreye (wa) f