treehouse

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treehouse

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English

Alternative forms

• tree house
• tree-house

Etymology

From tree +‎ house. First use appears c. 1867. See cite below.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹiːˌhaʊs/

Noun

treehouse (plural treehouses)

1. (chiefly US) A house, or similar structure within a tree, or several trees, built with light materials.
   • 1867, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Life of John Coleridge Patteson, Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands, Volume 2, page 177:

     so that I am high and dry, and have all the better view too, quite a grand flight of steps-a broad ladder-up into my house. The Mahaga lads and I call it my tree-house.

2. A tropical residence built in a tree, or on stilts.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:treehouse.

Translations

a house within a tree

Chinese: Mandarin: 樹屋 / 树屋 (shùwū) Czech: domeček na stromě m Dutch: boomhut (nl) c Esperanto: arba domo French: maison arboricole f, maison dans les arbres f, cabane dans les arbres f German: Baumhaus (de) n Greek: δεντρόσπιτο (el) n (dentróspito) Hungarian: lombház Icelandic: tréhús n Japanese: ツリーハウス Malayalam: ഏറുമാടം (ml) (ēṟumāṭaṁ) Polish: domek na drzewie m Portuguese: casa da árvore f, casa na árvore f Russian: дом на дереве m (dom na dereve) Slovak: domček na strome m Spanish: casa del árbol f

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