courthouse

See also: court-house

English

McDonaugh County courthouse

Etymology

court +‎ house

Noun

courthouse (plural courthouses)

1. A public building housing courts of law.
2. (US) The public building where most American counties have their county offices.

Derived terms

• Amelia Courthouse
• Charlotte Court House
• Gloucester Courthouse
• King and Queen Court House
• Spotsylvania Courthouse
• Washington Court House

Translations

public building housing courts of law

• Afrikaans: geregsgebou sg, justisiepaleis sg, paleis van justisie, hofgebou sg
• Armenian: դատարան (hy) (dataran)
• Basque: justizia jauregi
• Catalan: palau de justícia m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法庭 (zh) (fǎtíng), 法院 (zh) (fǎyuàn)

• Danish: retsbygning c
• Dutch: gerechtsgebouw (nl) n, justitiepaleis (nl) n, paleis van justitie n
• Finnish: oikeustalo (fi)
• French: palais de justice (fr) m, tribunal (fr) m, maison de cour (fr) f (Louisiana)
• Galician: pazo de justiza m
• German: Gerichtsgebäude (de) n, Justizpalast (de) m, Justizgebäude n
• Greek: δικαστικό μέγαρο n (dikastikó mégaro)
• Hungarian: bíróság (hu)
• Irish: teach na cúirte m
• Italian: palazzo di giustizia m
• Japanese: 裁判所 (ja) (さいばんしょ, saibansho), 法廷 (ja) (ほうてい, hōtei)
• Khmer: សាលាក្តី (saalaa ktəy)
• Latin: cūria f
• Maori: whare whakawā
• Navajo: aahwiinítʼį́ bá hooghan
• Norwegian: tinghus n
• Ojibwe: onashowewigamig
• Plautdietsch: Rechthus n
• Polish: gmach sądu m
• Portuguese: tribunal (pt) m, palácio da justiça m
• Romanian: tribunal (ro), palat de justiție n
• Russian: зда́ние суда́ n (zdánije sudá), суд (ru) m (sud), дворе́ц правосу́дия m (dvoréc pravosúdija)
• Scottish Gaelic: taigh-cùirte m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: зграда суда f, судница f, суд m

  Roman: zgrada suda f, sudnica (sh) f, sud (sh) m

• Spanish: palacio de justicia m
• Swedish: tingshus n, justitiepalats n, rättsbyggnad c
• Tok Pisin: haus kot
• Vietnamese: toà án (vi)
• Volapük: cödöp (vo)