house

Pronunciation

noun

• IPA: /haʊs/

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verb

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Noun

Singular house

Plural houses

Tilo gida

Jam'i gidaje

Houses <> gidaje

1. (countable) A house is a building that one family lives in. <> gida
   • Synonym: home

   They built the house themselves <> Sun gina gidan da kan su.

2. (uncountable) House is a type of music. <> wani irin kiɗa.

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) house

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) houses

Past tense (ya wuce) housed

Past participle (ya wuce) housed

Present participle (ana cikin yi) housing

1. (transitive) If you house someone or something, you give them a home. <> bawa wani wajen zama, bada gida.

   The building houses a research centre and a school.

   During the storm they were housed in the local school's gym.

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Google translation of house

Gidan.

1. (noun) gida <> home, house, cottage, nest;