home

home
[[t]həum[/t]] 1. noun
1) (the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives: I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.) maison; habitat
2) (the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally: America is the home of jazz.) patrie
3) (a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after: an old folk's home; a nursing home.) foyer
4) (a place where people stay while they are working: a nurses' home.) foyer
5) (a house: Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.) maison
2. adjective
1) (of a person's home or family: home comforts.) du foyer
2) (of the country etc where a person lives: home produce.) du pays
3) ((in football) playing or played on a team's own ground: the home team; a home game.) qui reçoit, à domicile
3. adverb
1) (to a person's home: I'm going home now; Hallo - I'm home!) chez (soi)
2) (completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be: He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.) à fond; au but
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- homely - homeliness - homing - home-coming - home-grown - homeland - home-made - home rule - homesick - homesickness - homestead - home truth - homeward - homewards - homeward - homework - at home - be/feel at home - home in on - leave home - make oneself at home - nothing to write home about

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