hut
pronunciation
How to pronounce hut in British English:
UK [hʌt]
How to pronounce hut in American English:
US [hʌt]
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- Noun:
- temporary military shelter
- small crude shelter used as a dwelling
Word Origin
- hut
- hut: [17] Etymologically, a hut is probably a ‘covering structure’. The word has plausibly been traced back to Germanic *khūd-, which also produced English hide and probably hoard, house, and huddle. This would have been the source of Middle High German hütte, which eventually found its way into French as hutte – whence English hut.=> hide, hoard, house, huddle
- hut (n.)
- 1650s, from French hutte "cottage" (16c.), from Middle High German hütte "cottage, hut," probably from Proto-Germanic *hudjon-, related to the root of Old English hydan "to hide," from PIE *keudh-, from root (s)keu- (see hide (n.1)). Apparently first in English as a military word. Old Saxon hutta, Danish hytte, Swedish hytta, Frisian and Middle Dutch hutte, Dutch hut are from High German.
Example
- 1. She decorates her hut with parts from the electra .
- 2. We found his hut made of bamboo and straw .
- 3. She had built a little hut for him and fed him while he was meditating .
- 4. The next day after spending the night in a hut we set off on the return trip to kabul .
- 5. A kiosk is a little hut or shelter .