veranda
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi बरामदा m (barāmdā) or बरण्डा m (baraṇḍā), from Portuguese varanda (“balustrade; balcony”).
Noun
veranda (plural verandas)
- A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. [from 18th c.]
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
- No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, in Crime out of Mind:
- Our part of the veranda did not hang over the gorge, but edged the meadow where half a dozen large and sleek horses had stopped grazing to join us.
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Translations
roofed open gallery
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Czech
Danish
Inflection
Declension of veranda
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | veranda | verandaen | verandaer | verandaerne |
genitive | verandas | verandaens | verandaers | verandaernes |
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɛrɒndɒ]
- Hyphenation: ve‧ran‧da
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | veranda | verandák |
accusative | verandát | verandákat |
dative | verandának | verandáknak |
instrumental | verandával | verandákkal |
causal-final | verandáért | verandákért |
translative | verandává | verandákká |
terminative | verandáig | verandákig |
essive-formal | verandaként | verandákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | verandában | verandákban |
superessive | verandán | verandákon |
adessive | verandánál | verandáknál |
illative | verandába | verandákba |
sublative | verandára | verandákra |
allative | verandához | verandákhoz |
elative | verandából | verandákból |
delative | verandáról | verandákról |
ablative | verandától | verandáktól |
Possessive forms of veranda | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | verandám | verandáim |
2nd person sing. | verandád | verandáid |
3rd person sing. | verandája | verandái |
1st person plural | verandánk | verandáink |
2nd person plural | verandátok | verandáitok |
3rd person plural | verandájuk | verandáik |
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
veranda m (definite singular verandaen, indefinite plural verandaer, definite plural verandaene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
veranda m (definite singular verandaen, indefinite plural verandaer or verandaar, definite plural verandaene or verandaane)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋěraːnda/
- Hyphenation: ve‧ran‧da
Swedish
Declension
Declension of veranda | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | veranda | verandan | verandor | verandorna |
Genitive | verandas | verandans | verandors | verandornas |
Related terms
- verandadörr
- verandatrappa
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