noun
- a place where someone lives; a residence.
- the house, apartment, or dwelling you live in.
- a family or domestic environment.
- the place where you were raised or where your family lives.
- a place of origin.
- a residence or institution providing care (e.g. for children, the elderly).
- a shelter for unwanted or stray animals.
- a place where something is kept or stored.
adjective
- intended for personal, domestic use.
- familiar or well-known.
- relating to one’s own country, region, or locality.
- connected with national news, politics, or markets.
- Sport: describing an event played on a team’s own ground.
adverb
- toward one’s residence.
- within the house or institution.
- toward success or the desired goal.
- back to the place of upbringing.
- Sport: on home territory.
- into the correct or intended position.
verb
- (of birds, especially pigeons) to return instinctively to their nest or loft.
- to provide a home or shelter for an animal.
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