Shanty

//ˈʃænti//

Synonyms for "shanty" (39 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Noun(2 words)
hovelshack

Strong matches (12)

Noun(3 words)
chanteychantyhut

Related words (19)

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Translations

46 translations across 21 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries
  • барака noun (An old run-down house or shack)
  • колиба noun (An old run-down house or shack)
  • моряшка песен noun (a sailor's work song)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 棚子 noun (An old run-down house or shack)
  • 船夫號子 /船夫号子 noun (a sailor's work song)

Czech

4 entries
  • bouda noun (An old run-down house or shack)
  • chatrč noun (An old run-down house or shack)
  • chýše noun (An old run-down house or shack)
  • námořnický popěvek noun (a sailor's work song)

Dutch

3 entries
  • barak noun (An old run-down house or shack)
  • krot noun (An old run-down house or shack)
  • shanty noun (a sailor's work song)

French

1 entries
  • cabane noun (An old run-down house or shack)

German

1 entries
  • Shanty noun (a sailor's work song)

Greek

3 entries
  • καλύβα noun (An old run-down house or shack)
  • ναυτικό τραγούδι noun (a sailor's work song)
  • παράγκα noun (An old run-down house or shack)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • vityilló noun (An old run-down house or shack)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • hreysi noun (An old run-down house or shack)
  • kofi noun (An old run-down house or shack)

Ido

1 entries
  • kabaneto noun (An old run-down house or shack)

Italian

4 entries
  • baracca noun (An old run-down house or shack)
  • cantilena noun (a sailor's work song)
  • canto dei marinai noun (a sailor's work song)
  • capanna noun (An old run-down house or shack)

Māori

2 entries
  • kuha kāinga noun (An old run-down house or shack)
  • ruritai noun (a sailor's work song)

Old English

1 entries
  • sǣlēoþ noun (a sailor's work song)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • عریش noun (An old run-down house or shack)
  • قولبه noun (An old run-down house or shack)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schedd noun (An old run-down house or shack)

Polish

4 entries
  • barak noun (An old run-down house or shack)
  • buda noun (An old run-down house or shack)
  • chałupa noun (An old run-down house or shack)
  • rudera noun (An old run-down house or shack)

Russian

1 entries
  • хиба́ра noun (An old run-down house or shack)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • udžerica noun (An old run-down house or shack)

Spanish

2 entries
  • chabola noun (An old run-down house or shack)
  • saloma noun (a sailor's work song)

Swedish

1 entries
  • ruckel noun (An old run-down house or shack)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • halukya noun (a sailor's work song)
  • palirong noun (An old run-down house or shack)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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My house is a shanty.

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My brother built a new shanty for ice-fishing.

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The rotting shanty town was not too distant from the grandiose temples of serpentine.

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There is no running water in that shanty town.

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