poorhouse

See also: poor house

English

Etymology

poor +‎ house

Noun

poorhouse (plural poorhouses)

1. A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged.
2. A workhouse.

Hypernyms

• house

Translations

charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged

• Armenian: աղքատանոց (hy) (aġkʻatanocʻ)
• Bulgarian: приют (bg) m (prijut)
• Danish: fattighus n
• Esperanto: almozulejo
• Finnish: vaivaistalo, vaivaistupa (fi), köyhäintalo
• German: Armenhaus (de) n
• Greek: φτωχόσπιτο (el) n (ftochóspito)

  Ancient: πτωχοτροφεῖον n (ptōkhotropheîon)

• Latin: ptocheum n, ptochotropheum n
• Macedonian: сиротински дом m (sirotinski dom), сиропиталиште n (siropitalište)
• Portuguese: abrigo (pt)
• Scots: puirshoose
• Swedish: fattighus (sv) n, fattigstuga c
• Welsh: tloty m

Anagrams

• house poor