hut
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hut¹
- /hʌt/ Canada, US, UK
- /hɐt/ Australia, New Zealand
- /hʊt/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌt
Where it comes from
From Middle English *hutte, hotte, from both Old English hōd and Old English hȳdan (“to hide”) and influenced by Anglo-Norman hute or hutte, from Middle French hutte, from Old French hute (“hut”), hute (“cottage”), from Old High German hutta (“hut, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *hudjǭ, *hudjō (“hut”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt- (“to deck; cover; covering; skin”).
Cognate with German Hütte (“hut”), Dutch hut (“hut”), West Frisian hutte (“hut”), Saterland Frisian Hutte (“hut”), Danish hytte (“hut”), Norwegian Bokmål hytte (“hut”), Swedish hydda (“hut”). Related to hide.
noun huts
- A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials. a thatched hut; a mud hut; a shepherd’s hut
- A small wooden shed. a groundsman’s hut
- A small stack of grain.
verb huts · hutting · hutted
- To provide (someone) with shelter in a hut. to hut troops in winter quarters
- To take shelter in a hut. 1653, Newsletter sent from London to Edward Nicholas dated 17 June, 1653, in William Dunn Macray (ed.), Calendar of the Clarendon State Papers, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1869, Volume 2, p. 219, Seven boatfuls of Dutch prisoners have been taken to Chelsea College, where they are to hut under the walls
- To stack (sheaves of grain). The method of endeavouring to save corn in bad harvests, by hutting it in the field, is often practised in the north and west of Scotland,
hut²
- /hʌt/ Canada, US, UK
- /hɐt/ Australia, New Zealand
- /hʊt/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌt
Where it comes from
A short, sharp sound of command. Compare hey, hup, etc.
interjection
- Called by the quarterback to prepare the team for a play.
HUT³
noun HUTs
- Acronym of home/household using television
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: shack, shanty, hutch, hovel, army hut, field hut, cabin, bunkhouse, lodge, cabana, cubicle, shebang, chamber, bedroom, house, room
Translations
Every language
noun primitive dwelling
| Español | choza |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 소옥 sook, 오두막집 odumakjip |
| Português | cabana, casebre |
| Français | hutte |
| Deutsch | Hütte |
| Italiano | capanna |
| Ελληνικά | καλύβα kalýva |
| Română | colibă, cocioabă |
| Русский | хи́жина xížina |
| Tiếng Việt | chòi |
noun small wooden shed
| Español | cabaña, chamizo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 오두막 odumak, 소옥 sook |
| 日本語 | 小屋 koya |
| 中文 | 棚屋 péngwū |
| हिन्दी | झोंपड़ा jhõpṛā, झोंपड़ी jhõpṛī, झोपड़ी jhopṛī, झोपड़ा jhopṛā, कुटी kuṭī, कुटिया kuṭiyā |
| Português | cabana, choupana |
| Français | hutte |
| Deutsch | Hütte |
| Italiano | capanna |
| Ελληνικά | υπόστεγο ypóstego, καλύβα kalýva |
| Română | cabană, baracă, colibă |
| Русский | хи́жина xížina, лачу́га lačúga, халу́па xalúpa, хиба́ра xibára |
| Tiếng Việt | chòi |
| العربية | كُوخ kūḵ, تَخْشِيبَة taḵšība |
| עברית | בִּקְתָּה biktá, צְרִיף tsríf |
Talk about this word "hut." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hut. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hut. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hut "hut." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hut.Cite this
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title = {hut},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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