Join free

housing

English · Italiano · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

housing¹

  • /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/
  • /ˈhaʊsɪŋ/

Rhymes with -aʊzɪŋ, -aʊsɪŋ

Where it comes from

From Middle English housynge, housinge, from housen (“to house, shelter; receive into one's house”), equivalent to house + -ing. Cognate with Scots housing (“housing”), Old Frisian hūsinge (whence Saterland Frisian Huzenge); compare also Dutch huizing, behuizing (“housing”), Low German husing, hüsing (“housing”), German Behausung (“housing”), Swedish inhysing (“housing”).

noun housings

  1. uncountable The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone. Housing of homeless families is a priority.
  2. uncountable Residences, collectively. She lives in low-income housing.
  3. countable A mechanical component's container or covering. The gears were grinding against their housing.
  4. countable, uncountable A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
  5. countable, uncountable An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
  6. countable, uncountable The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
  7. countable, uncountable A niche for a statue.
  8. countable, uncountable That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
  9. countable, uncountable A houseline.

Opposite: nonhousing

housing²

  • /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/
  • /ˈhaʊsɪŋ/

Rhymes with -aʊzɪŋ, -aʊsɪŋ

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of house We are housing the company's servers in Florida.

    Similar: accommodation, lodging, case, casing, cover, covering, lid

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lodging, trapping, caparison, dwelling, room, residence, accommodation, lodgings, condominium, condo, homeownership, residential, quarters, domicile, apartment, habitation

noun

Opposite: nonhousing

Translations

Every language

noun activity of enclosing or providing residence

Españolalojamiento
Françaislogement

noun residences

Españolvivienda
Françaislogement, résidence
DeutschWohnungen
Русскийжильё žilʹjó

noun container

日本語ハウジング haujingu, 筐体 kyōtai
Italianoalloggiamento, contenitore, scatola
Русскийко́жух kóžux, футля́р futljár, чехо́л čexól, ко́рпус kórpus

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"housing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/housing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

housing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/housing

Chicago

"housing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/housing.

BibTeX
@misc{housing_2026,
  title = {housing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/housing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}