shanty

Meaning

Noun

1. A roughly-built hut or cabin.
2. A rudimentary or improvised dwelling, especially one not legally owned.
3. (Australia, New-Zealand) An unlicensed pub.

Adj

Living in shanties; poor, ill-mannered and violent.

Verb

To inhabit a shanty.

Adj

Jaunty; showy.

Synonyms

shack

hut

🛖

shed

hovel

hutch

barrack

cabin

cottage

chantey

barn

sea chantey

chanty

dump

dwelling

edifice

fabric

home

🏠

house

🏠

construction

🚧

cants

bungalow

lean-to

place

building

booth

sliver

slum

squat

structure

pavillion

rat-trap

small shack

sailor’s song

boat song

wickiup

addition

Translations

capanna

🛖

Hütte

🛖

schuur

loods

🧑‍✈️

cabane

baracca

🛖

cabana

hut

baraque

casa

🛖

hutte

🛖

barak

keet

cabana

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃænti/

Etymology

From Canadian French chantier (“lumberjack's headquarters”). An alternative theory that the word derives from Irish seantí (meaning "old house") is not considered likely by lexicologists.
* (unlicensed pub): New Zealand from 1848.