Home

noun

1. a place where someone lives; a residence.
2. the house, apartment, or dwelling you live in.
3. a family or domestic environment.
4. the place where you were raised or where your family lives.
5. a place of origin.
6. a residence or institution providing care (e.g. for children, the elderly).
7. a shelter for unwanted or stray animals.
8. a place where something is kept or stored.

adjective

9. intended for personal, domestic use.
10. familiar or well-known.
11. relating to one’s own country, region, or locality.
12. connected with national news, politics, or markets.
13. Sport: describing an event played on a team’s own ground.

adverb

14. toward one’s residence.
15. within the house or institution.
16. toward success or the desired goal.
17. back to the place of upbringing.
18. Sport: on home territory.
19. into the correct or intended position.

verb

20. (of birds, especially pigeons) to return instinctively to their nest or loft.
21. to provide a home or shelter for an animal.

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Common phrases

• residential property → teach masc. cmu / teach cónaithe cmu
  • my home is worth very little → ní fiú mórán mo theach
  • he works from home → bíonn sé ag obair ón mbaile / sa bhaile a bhíonn sé ag obair
  • home ownership → úinéireacht tí
• where you live → baile masc.4 cmu
  • it’s where I call home → sin é mo bhaile / táim sa bhaile ann
  • I’ve made Spain my home → táim i mo chónaí sa Spáinn anois / táim buailte fúm sa Spáinn
  • he set up home in the village → chuir sé faoi sa sráidbhaile
  • it’s happening in my home area → tá sé ag tarlú i mo cheantar féin / sa cheantar s’againne / ag baile
  • she left home to go to America → d’fhág sí an baile le dul go Meiriceá / d’fhág sí a fód dúchais le dul go Meiriceá