Definition
A hostel or house that provides shelter and lodging, particularly one that is small or modest, often in a rural or temporary setting.
Etymology
Compound of 'booth' (Old Norse 'búð' for shelter) and 'hose' (from Old English 'hūs' meaning house), blending two Germanic words for shelter.
Kelly Says
This word reveals how English speakers once combined different shelter-words to describe temporary lodgings—the 'hose' ending shows how Old English compound-building worked, creating new meanings by stacking familiar words together.
Translations
CACatalà
mitjons
mi-thons
CSČeština
punčochy
pun-cho-chy
DADansk
strømper
stroe-mper
DEDeutsch
Strumpfhose
shtrumpf-ho-zeh
ELΕλληνικά
χοντρά καλσόνια
chon-tra kal-so-nia
ESEspañol
calcetín
kal-se-teen
FRFrançais
chausson
sho-sohn
HUMagyar
harisnya
ha-ris-nya
IDBahasa Indonesia
kaos kaki
kaos-ka-ki
ITItaliano
collant
kol-lan
MSBahasa Melayu
stoking
sto-king
NLNederlands
kousen
koos-en
NONorsk
strømper
stroe-mper
PLPolski
skarpetki
skar-pet-ki
PTPortuguês
meia-calça
may-ah-kal-sa
RORomână
ciorapi
cho-ra-pi
SVSvenska
strumpor
strum-por
SWKiswahili
viatu
vee-a-too
TAதமிழ்
காலணிகள்
ka-la-ni-ki
TEతెలుగు
చొక్కలు
cho-kku-lu
UKУкраїнська
гольфи
golf-i
ZUZU
i-thakathi
ee-tha-ka-thee