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Definition: Penthouse |
PenthouseNoun1. An apartment located on the top floors of a building. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "penthouse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Penthouse (2 syl.). A hat with a broad brim. The allusion is to the hood of a door, or coping of a roof. (Welsh, penty; Spanish, pentice, French, appentice, also pente, a slope.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Public Administration | A projecting hood over a window or door or wall to protect it from rain. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Penthouse apartments are often expensive, and associated with a luxury lifestyle: this connotation was presumably the inspiration for the title of the pornographic magazine Penthouse.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Penthouse."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Coach house; garage; hangar; outhouse; penthouse; lean-to. |
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Crosswords: Penthouse |
| English words defined with "penthouse": Pendice, Penhouse, Pentice ♦ Scutum. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "penthouse": PENTHOUSE NAB. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "penthouse": Pentice, Pentroof. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Penthouse" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (pent, penthouse). |
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Screenplays | I'm looking for a love-potion aerosol, that I can spray on a certain Penthouse Pet, to obtain her total submission. (Ghostbusters II; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis) Your girlfriend lives in the corner penthouse of Spook Central. (Ghost Busters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis) | |
Lyrics | Gonna be a penthouse pauper (Love In An Elevator; performing artist: Aerosmith) You can't plant me in your penthouse (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; performing artist: Elton John) Penthouse, Rooftop, birds I feedin (Hot in Herre; performing artist: NELLY) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Girl in a Penthouse (1974) Penthouse (1973) The Penthouse Apartment (1972) Penthouse Passions (1971) The Penthouse (1967) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Esso Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Penthouse lobby.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Dominick Dunne | In Monaco, in a penthouse in Monte Carlo over the bank that Mr. Safra had owned and had just sold just before his death. And it's a fascinating case. The American nurse has now been in the Monaco prison for about two and a half years. |
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| "Penthouse" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.99% of the time. "Penthouse" is used about 99 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.99% | 98 | 33,072 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.01% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 99 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "penthouse": penthouse roof. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
penthouse | 6,557 | penthouse com | 45 |
penthouse pet | 1,040 | vanessa williams penthouse | 42 |
penthouse magazine | 981 | penthouse variation | 39 |
penthouse stephanie wood | 407 | penthouse comix | 39 |
penthouse forum | 398 | penthouse pet gallery | 38 |
penthouse letter | 358 | penthouse forum letter | 35 |
penthouse pet stephanie wood | 215 | penthouse gallery | 34 |
penthouse girl | 138 | penthouse video | 34 |
penthouse centerfold | 114 | playboy penthouse | 32 |
penthouse playmate | 95 | penthouse free | 32 |
penthouse mag | 90 | penthouse babe | 30 |
penthouse model | 89 | penthouse photo | 29 |
club executive penthouse | 76 | penthouse nude | 28 |
penthouse pic | 74 | club key penthouse | 28 |
penthouse club | 61 | penthouse online | 26 |
penthouse picture | 57 | penthouse password | 25 |
penthouse pet of the year | 55 | penthouse magazine model | 25 |
penthouse story | 53 | penthouse porn | 25 |
free penthouse pic | 50 | penthouse pet picture | 25 |
morgan penthouse | 47 | penthouse pet pic | 23 |
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| Language | Translations for "penthouse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | godinë anekse, apartament nën çati, anë çatie e pjerrët. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كنة, مبنى خارجي (outhouse), افريز, شقيفة, شقة فوق السطح, بناء إضافي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сайвант, крило (faction, group, hand, pinion, plane, wing), козирка (apron, bill, peak, visard, visor, vizor), навес (awning, bulkhead, canopy, hovel, marquee, outbuilding, shed, shelter, stoop, tilt), заслон (backstop, screen, shelter, wickiup). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 顶楼房屋. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přístavek (annex, annexe, apposition, outbuilding), přístřešek, kolna (hovel), ateliérový byt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | luifel (pentice, porch, porch roof, shed, umbrella roof), afdak (dodger, lean-to, outbuilding, shed, wind shield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | markezo (shed), antaŭtegmento (shed), alero (shed), ŝedo (shed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | چارطاقی , کبوترخانه (Loft), ساباط (Awning, Sunshade), اطاقک بالای بام . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | auvent (pentice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | ôfdak (shed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | dachwohnung (attic apartment), penthouse (pent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ρετιρέ, διαμέρισμα επί στέγησ οικίασ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פ ט"אוז, "ירת '' מפוארת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | védőtető (canopy), toldaléktető, tetőtoldat, házikó felhőkarcoló tetején, fészer (hovel, lean-to, shed), előtető (canopy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | skúr (shed), skýli (shed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tettoia (barrack, canopy, dodger, porch, porch roof, shed, umbrella roof, wind shield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ペンキ塗り立て (P.E.N. club, pen pal, pen tablet, pencil stripe, pendant, pending, pen-friend, penguin, penholder, penholder grip, pen-name, Pennsylvania, Penrose, pension, pentagon, pentathlon, pen-touch, pliers, thoughts, Wet Paint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ペントハウス . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 급 주택. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thie lhoobagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enthousepay alpendre (barrack, cot, gallery, hovel, lean to, marquise, outhouse, porch, shed, shelter, terrace). (various references) hangar (air shed, shed), baracã (barrack, booth, cabin, hut, shanty, shed), apartament (a suite of rooms, apartment, flat, rooms), adãpost (bunker, burrow, cot, cover, covert, coverture, flight, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, house, housing, kennel, lair, lodgment, nest, niche, port, recourse, refuge, retreat, roofing, safeguard, sanctuary, sconce, screen, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, stall, support), acoperiş de protecţie, încãpere (room). (various references) пентхауз. (various references) stan na krovu visoke zgrade. (various references) cobertizo (barn, barrack, boathouse, hut, outbuilding, shack, shanty, shed, shelter, warp shed). (various references) takvåning, regntak. (various references) sundurma (cantilever, lean-to shed, loggia, open shed, porch, shed, shelter, stoop), gölgelik (canopy, dais, shade, shady spot, tester, umbrageous, window shade), çatı katı (attic, garret). (various references) надбудова на даху, пентхаус. (various references) lều một mái nh kho mái nh . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | appendere. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "penthouse": penthouses. (additional references) | |
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"Penthouse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: panthouse, Penhouet, penthause, Perthois, pithouse, pointhouse. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "penthouse" (pronounced pe"nthou's) |
| 4 | -t h ou' s | boathouse, courthouse, guesthouse, hothouse, lighthouse, outhouse, statehouse. |
| 3 | -h ou' s | alehouse, boardinghouse, clearinghouse, clubhouse, coffeehouse, doghouse, dollhouse, farmhouse, firehouse, greenhouse, henhouse, jailhouse, longhouse, madhouse, packinghouse, Playhouse, poorhouse, powerhouse, roadhouse, roundhouse, schoolhouse, slaughterhouse, steakhouse, storehouse, townhouse, warehouse, whorehouse. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-n-o-p-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: potheens. | |
-2 letters: enthuse, heptose, openest, outseen, pentose, posteen, poteens, potheen, toupees. | |
-3 letters: ethnos, honest, netops, ouphes, outsee, peones, phones, pontes, poteen, puntos, putons, sphene, tenues, topees, tophes, tophus, toupee, unstep, unstop, upsent, upshot. | |
-4 letters: ensue, estop, ethos, hents, hones, hopes, hosen, house, hunts, neeps, netop, notes, onset, opens, ouphe, ouphs, peens, penes, peons, pesto. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-n-o-p-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: hypotenuse, penthouses. | |
+2 letters: houseparent, hypotenuses, hypothenuse. | |
+3 letters: housepainter, houseparents, hypothenuses, neuropathies. | |
+4 letters: housepainters, hymenopterous, picturephones, polyurethanes. | |
+5 letters: butyrophenones, counterpunches, pneumatophores, pneumothoraces, pneumothoraxes, reupholstering. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 6E 74 68 6F 75 73 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . -. - .... --- ..- ... . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101000 01101111 01110101 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e n t h o u s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 006E 0074 0068 006F 0075 0073 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)507180867481878571 |
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