hovel

Meaning

Synonyms

thatched cottage

my humble cottage

ramshackle hut

small house

jeryhouse

mean dwelling

rat-trap

dilapidated house

miserable shack

blighted house

Frequency

31k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhɒvəl/
Etymology

From Middle English hovel, hovil, hovylle, diminutive of *hove, *hof (“structure, building, house”), from Old English hof (“an enclosure, court, dwelling, house”), from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“arch, bend, buckle”), equivalent to howf + -el. Compare Middle High German hobel (“cover, lid, covered wagon”). Cognate with Dutch hof (“garden, court”), German Hof (“yard, garden, court, palace”), Icelandic hof (“temple, hall”). Related to hove and hover.

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