# bungalow
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati બંગલો (baṅglo, “Bengali-style house; a detached house situated between a garden or a field”). Compare Hindi बंगला (baṅglā, “Bengali”), Bengali বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengal”). Doublet of bangalo.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbʌŋɡələʊ/, /ˈbʌŋɡl̩əʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈbʌŋɡəloʊ/, /ˈbʌŋɡl̩oʊ/
* (India) IPA: /ˈbəŋɡəloː/
* Hyphenation: bun‧ga‧low
* Rhymes: -əʊ

### Noun

bungalow (plural bungalows)
* A single-storey house, typically with rooms all on one level, or sometimes also with upper rooms set into the roof space.
    My aunt can't manage the stairs any more, so she's moving to a bungalow.
** 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 1, in The Subtle Minotaur‎:Slowly she turned round and faced towards a neat white bungalow, set some way back from the path behind a low hedge of golden privet. No light showed, but someone there was playing the piano. The strange elusiveness of the soft, insistent melody seemed to draw her forward.
* A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.
** 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 110:Following the rule adopted in most tropical countries, a bungalow style of house was chosen.
* (Atlantic Canada) A chalet or lodge
* (Singapore, Malaysia) A detached, freestanding house or mansion

#### Derived terms

* bungaloft
* bungaloid
* Bungalow Belt
* bungalowed
* California bungalow
* dak bungalow, dawk bungalow

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: bungalow
* → Finnish: bungalow
* → French: bungalow
* → German: Bungalow
* → Georgian: ბუნგალო (bungalo)
* → Irish: bungaló
* → Italian: bungalow
* → Portuguese: bangalô
* → Romanian: bungalow
* → Spanish: bungalow
* → Russian: бунгало (bungalo)
* → Welsh: byngalo

#### Translations
### References

* “bungalow”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “bungalow” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.
* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “bungalow”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bungalow, from Gujarati બંગલો (baṅglo).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʏŋ.ɡə.loː/, /ˈbʏŋ.ɡaː.loː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bun‧ga‧low

### Noun

bungalow m (plural bungalows, diminutive bungalowtje n)
* a bungalow (small holiday home, usually single-storey)

#### Derived terms

* bungalowpark

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English bungalow.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɑŋːɑlou̯/, [ˈbɑ̝ŋːɑ̝lo̞u̯]
* Rhymes: -ɑŋːɑlou

### Noun

bungalow
* bungalow (one-story house in India surrounded by a verandah)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of bungalow (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bungalowini
bungalowini
accusative
nom.
bungalowini
bungalowini
gen.
bungalowini
genitive
bungalowini
bungalowieni
partitive
bungalowiani
bungalowejani
inessive
bungalowissani
bungaloweissani
elative
bungalowistani
bungaloweistani
illative
bungalowiini
bungaloweihini
adessive
bungalowillani
bungaloweillani
ablative
bungalowiltani
bungaloweiltani
allative
bungalowilleni
bungaloweilleni
essive
bungalowinani
bungaloweinani
translative
bungalowikseni
bungaloweikseni
abessive
bungalowittani
bungaloweittani
instructive
comitative
—bungaloweineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bungalowisi
bungalowisi
accusative
nom.
bungalowisi
bungalowisi
gen.
bungalowisi
genitive
bungalowisi
bungalowiesi
partitive
bungalowiasi
bungalowejasi
inessive
bungalowissasi
bungaloweissasi
elative
bungalowistasi
bungaloweistasi
illative
bungalowiisi
bungaloweihisi
adessive
bungalowillasi
bungaloweillasi
ablative
bungalowiltasi
bungaloweiltasi
allative
bungalowillesi
bungaloweillesi
essive
bungalowinasi
bungaloweinasi
translative
bungalowiksesi
bungaloweiksesi
abessive
bungalowittasi
bungaloweittasi
instructive
comitative
—bungaloweinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bungalowimme
bungalowimme
accusative
nom.
bungalowimme
bungalowimme
gen.
bungalowimme
genitive
bungalowimme
bungalowiemme
partitive
bungalowiamme
bungalowejamme
inessive
bungalowissamme
bungaloweissamme
elative
bungalowistamme
bungaloweistamme
illative
bungalowiimme
bungaloweihimme
adessive
bungalowillamme
bungaloweillamme
ablative
bungalowiltamme
bungaloweiltamme
allative
bungalowillemme
bungaloweillemme
essive
bungalowinamme
bungaloweinamme
translative
bungalowiksemme
bungaloweiksemme
abessive
bungalowittamme
bungaloweittamme
instructive
comitative
—bungaloweinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bungalowinne
bungalowinne
accusative
nom.
bungalowinne
bungalowinne
gen.
bungalowinne
genitive
bungalowinne
bungalowienne
partitive
bungalowianne
bungalowejanne
inessive
bungalowissanne
bungaloweissanne
elative
bungalowistanne
bungaloweistanne
illative
bungalowiinne
bungaloweihinne
adessive
bungalowillanne
bungaloweillanne
ablative
bungalowiltanne
bungaloweiltanne
allative
bungalowillenne
bungaloweillenne
essive
bungalowinanne
bungaloweinanne
translative
bungalowiksenne
bungaloweiksenne
abessive
bungalowittanne
bungaloweittanne
instructive
comitative
—bungaloweinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bungalowinsa
bungalowinsa
accusative
nom.
bungalowinsa
bungalowinsa
gen.
bungalowinsa
genitive
bungalowinsa
bungalowiensa
partitive
bungalowiaan bungalowiansa
bungalowejaan bungalowejansa
inessive
bungalowissaan bungalowissansa
bungaloweissaan bungaloweissansa
elative
bungalowistaan bungalowistansa
bungaloweistaan bungaloweistansa
illative
bungalowiinsa
bungaloweihinsa
adessive
bungalowillaan bungalowillansa
bungaloweillaan bungaloweillansa
ablative
bungalowiltaan bungalowiltansa
bungaloweiltaan bungaloweiltansa
allative
bungalowilleen bungalowillensa
bungaloweilleen bungaloweillensa
essive
bungalowinaan bungalowinansa
bungaloweinaan bungaloweinansa
translative
bungalowikseen bungalowiksensa
bungaloweikseen bungaloweiksensa
abessive
bungalowittaan bungalowittansa
bungaloweittaan bungaloweittansa
instructive
comitative
—bungaloweineen bungaloweinensa :

### Further reading

* “bungalow”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Pronunciation

* (France, Belgium, Switzerland) IPA: /bœ̃.ɡa.lo/
* Audio (France):(file)
* (Quebec) IPA: /bɔŋ.ɡa.lo/
* Audio (Quebec):(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bungalow m (plural bungalows)
* bungalow

### Further reading

* “bungalow”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bungalow.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbun.ɡa.lov/
* Rhymes: -unɡalov
* Hyphenation: bun‧ga‧low

### Noun

bungalow m (invariable)
* bungalow

### References

* bungalow in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bungalow.

### Noun

bungalow n (plural bungalow-uri)
* bungalow

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* bungaló

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bungalow.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bunɡaˈlo/ [bũŋ.ɡaˈlo]
* Rhymes: -o
* Syllabification: bun‧ga‧low

### Noun

bungalow m (plural bungalows)
* bungalow

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

### Further reading

* “bungalow”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10