veranda
pronunciation
How to pronounce veranda in British English:
UK [vəˈrændə]
How to pronounce veranda in American English:
US [vəˈrændə]
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- Noun:
- a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
Word Origin
- veranda (n.)
- also verandah, 1711, from Hindi varanda, which probably is from Portuguese varanda, originally "long balcony or terrace," of uncertain origin, possibly related to Spanish baranda "railing," and ultimately from Vulgar Latin *barra "barrier, bar." French véranda is borrowed from English. That the word as used in England and in France was brought by the English from India need not be doubted. But either in the same sense, or in one closely analogous, it appears to have existed, quite independently, in Portuguese and Spanish; and the manner in which it occurs without explanation in the very earliest narrative of the adventure of the Portuguese in India ... seems almost to preclude the possibility of their having learned it in that country for the first time .... [Col. Henry Yule and A.C. Burnell, "Hobson-Jobson, A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases," 1903]
Example
- 1. Your tree house is not completely rustic -- it comes complete with a veranda , hammock and toilet .
- 2. The riverbend teahouse is a down-to-earth place , just a dozen or so tables on a wooden veranda outside a bookshop .
- 3. Ingleside was all lighted up , with gay japanese lanterns hanging on the veranda .
- 4. I had visions of myself sitting at a table on a large veranda , my notes spread out in front of me next to a steaming cup of tea .
- 5. The image of white-suited colonials sipping singapore slings on the raffles hotel veranda have long been subsumed by singapore 's reputation as a corruption-free ( and chewing-gum-free ) economic powerhouse .