farmhouse

See also: farm house and farm-house

English

Alternative forms

• farm house
• farm-house (dated)

Etymology

farm +‎ house

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːmhaus/

Noun

farmhouse (plural farmhouses)

1. A house (usually the main house) on a farm; thus:
   1. (traditionally and archetypally) A farmer's residence.
   2. A house that was once a farmer's residence albeit today lived in by residents whose occupation is not farming.

      Since the farm's redevelopment into mixed commercial and residential space, the farmhouse has served as a community center.

      The couple live in a renovated farmhouse that was once the hub of a 300-acre farm.

Derived terms

• farmhouse loaf

Translations

farmer's residence

• Cornish: chi-tiek m
• Danish: sruehus n
• Finnish: maalaistalo (fi), maatalo (fi)
• Galician: casal m, casa (gl) f
• German: Bauernhaus (de) n, Farmhaus (de) n
• Greek: αγροικία (el) f (agroikía)

  Ancient: βᾶρις f (bâris)

• Italian: casale (it) m, casa colonica (it), casolare (it)
• Latin: colōnica f
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: boerderi'je f

  German Low German: Buernhuus n

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: våningshus n

  Nynorsk: våningshus n

• Scots: fermhoose
• Spanish: alquería (es) f
• Volapük: farmadom (vo)
• Welsh: ffermdy m