granny flat

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Noun

granny flat (plural granny flats)

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A dwelling detached from a primary residence, traditionally designated for a member of an extended family to live in.
   • 2023 August 5, Amy Molloy, “Hundreds build houses, granny flats and log cabins without permissions”, in Irish Independent, page 5:

     Hundreds of people have built houses, granny flats, apartments and log cabins without planning permission across Ireland in the last 15 years.

   • 2023 September 6, Michelle Cottle, “The Magic of the Granny Flat”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     AARP, the research and advocacy behemoth, has begun aggressively promoting the spread of these units, often referred to as casitas or, more cheekily, granny flats.

Synonyms

• accessory dwelling unit (officialese)
• casita
• secondary suite

Translations

dwelling detached from a main residence

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單間小屋／单间小屋 (dānjiān xiǎowū)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: sivuasunto (fi)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: время́нка (ru) f (vremjánka), пристро́йка (ru) f (pristrójka), быто́вка (ru) f (bytóvka) (usually on construction sites or dachas), фли́гель (ru) m (flígelʹ) (wing)
• Spanish: vivienda anexa f

See also

• granny annexe