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" Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home."
Emily Bronte

Meaning of "hovel" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HOVEL

Of unknown origin.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HOVEL

ˈhʌvəl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOVEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hovel is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb hovel in English.

WHAT DOES HOVEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hovel

Hovel can mean: ▪ A small poor-quality house: see wikt:hovel ▪ Hövels is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

Definition of hovel in the English dictionary

The first definition of hovel in the dictionary is a ramshackle dwelling place. Other definition of hovel is an open shed for livestock, carts, etc. Hovel is also the conical building enclosing a kiln.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HOVEL

PRESENT

Present
I hovel
you hovel
he/she/it hovels
we hovel
you hovel
they hovel
Present continuous
I am hoveling
you are hoveling
he/she/it is hoveling
we are hoveling
you are hoveling
they are hoveling
Present perfect
I have hoveled
you have hoveled
he/she/it has hoveled
we have hoveled
you have hoveled
they have hoveled
Present perfect continuous
I have been hoveling
you have been hoveling
he/she/it has been hoveling
we have been hoveling
you have been hoveling
they have been hoveling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I hoveled
you hoveled
he/she/it hoveled
we hoveled
you hoveled
they hoveled
Past continuous
I was hoveling
you were hoveling
he/she/it was hoveling
we were hoveling
you were hoveling
they were hoveling
Past perfect
I had hoveled
you had hoveled
he/she/it had hoveled
we had hoveled
you had hoveled
they had hoveled
Past perfect continuous
I had been hoveling
you had been hoveling
he/she/it had been hoveling
we had been hoveling
you had been hoveling
they had been hoveling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will hovel
you will hovel
he/she/it will hovel
we will hovel
you will hovel
they will hovel
Future continuous
I will be hoveling
you will be hoveling
he/she/it will be hoveling
we will be hoveling
you will be hoveling
they will be hoveling
Future perfect
I will have hoveled
you will have hoveled
he/she/it will have hoveled
we will have hoveled
you will have hoveled
they will have hoveled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been hoveling
you will have been hoveling
he/she/it will have been hoveling
we will have been hoveling
you will have been hoveling
they will have been hoveling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would hovel
you would hovel
he/she/it would hovel
we would hovel
you would hovel
they would hovel
Conditional continuous
I would be hoveling
you would be hoveling
he/she/it would be hoveling
we would be hoveling
you would be hoveling
they would be hoveling
Conditional perfect
I would have hovel
you would have hovel
he/she/it would have hovel
we would have hovel
you would have hovel
they would have hovel
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been hoveling
you would have been hoveling
he/she/it would have been hoveling
we would have been hoveling
you would have been hoveling
they would have been hoveling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you hovel
we let´s hovel
you hovel
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to hovel
Past participle
hoveled
Present Participle
hoveling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOVEL

approval · arrival · carnival · civil · devil · evil · festival · interval · level · Lovell · marvel · medieval · naval · novel · oval · removal · rival · shovel · survival · travel

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOVEL

housling · Housman · Houston · Houston Ship Canal · houstonia · houting · Hovawart · hove · hovea · hovelled · hoveller · hovelling · hover · hover fly · hovercraft · hoverer · hovering · hoveringly · hoverport · hovertrain

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOVEL

airport novel · antinovel · detective novel · dime novel · graphic novel · grovel · historical novel · mechanical shovel · nonnovel · ovel · photonovel · saga novel · steam-shovel · the novel

Synonyms and antonyms of hovel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HOVEL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hovel» and belong to the same grammatical category.
cabin · den · dump · hole · hut · pigsty · shack · shanty · shed · slum · whare

Translation of «hovel» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF HOVEL

Find out the translation of hovel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of hovel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hovel» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

小屋
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

casucha
570 millions of speakers
en

English

hovel
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

झोंपड़ी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكوخ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

лачуга
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

casebre
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষুদ্র বাসা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

taudis
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Gubuk
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Schuppen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

あばら屋
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

판잣집
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Hovel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bẩn thỉu
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

எளிய சிறுகுடிசை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कोळंबी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kulübe
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

tugurio
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

rudera
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

халупа
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

cocioabă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hovel
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

krot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ruckel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skur
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hovel

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOVEL»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of hovel
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hovel

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «HOVEL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hovel.
1
Emily Bronte
Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.
2
Jacqueline Cochran
I might have been born in a hovel but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOVEL»

Discover the use of hovel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hovel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hovel in the Hills
The story of Elizabeth and Alan West.
Elizabeth West, 2001
2
Log Home Living
any companies specialize in manufacturing log homes, Joe Hovel designs and builds his own. In fact, he has built hundreds of log homes in Northern Wisconsin. Joe honors customers' requests to create one-of- a-kind log homes using ...
3
Selection Examination English Tests
THE HOVEL Near the north end of Deal beach there stood an upturned boat, which served its owner as a hut or shelter from which he could sit and scan the sea. This hut, or hovel, was a roomy and snug enough place even in rough weather, ...
W.Haydn Richards, 1977
4
The British drama
Yoar honour will r> into the parlour ? hovel No, 111 settle them all here Kst. Yoor honour most not *U here Low/. Why not? Jfif. Yon will certainly take cold, sir; the Hon has not been washed above an hoar. hovel What a cursed lie that is! [J. .1/ !>  ...
British drama, 1804
5
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
Then the Fisherman got up and went home to his wife in the hovel. “Husband,” said the woman, “have you caught nothing today?” “No,” said the man, “I did catch a Flounder, who said he was an enchanted prince, so I let him go again.
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, 2013
6
The History and Antiquities of Suffolk: Thingoe Hundred
Among the witnesses are Robert de Necton and Jose de Walpole.x In the ' fourteenth year of Edward I, Sir Robert Hovel held here of St. Edmund a messuage and one hundred and eighty acres of land by the service of half a knight's fee, ...
John Gage, John Gage Rokewode, 1838
7
Practical Handbook of Photovoltaics: Fundamentals and ...
[5] H.J. Hovel, J.M. Woodall, High-efficiency AlGaAs-GaAs solar cells, Appl Phys. Lett. 21 (1972) 379À381. [6] V.M. Andreev, T.M. Golovner, M.B. Kagan, N.S. Koroleva, T.A. Lubochevskaya, T.A. Nuller, et al., Investigation of high efficiency ...
Augustin Joseph McEvoy, T. Markvart, Luis Castañer, 2012
8
Without a Woman to Read: Toward the Daughter in Postmodernism
The mirrored art of all those palaces consecrated to money would fall to its knees, because the slum hovel (each hovel in its own way) belongs to tomorrow. (Show Your Tongue [1988], p. 21) The hovel is not mirrored, it does not represent — it ...
Daniel Price, 1997
9
Thoughts for the thoughtful, by old Humphrey
Do you see that old shattered hovel yonder? There it stands, and there it has stood ever since I can remember any thing. Many a game of play have I had in the days of my boyhood behind the hay-ricks at Farmer Mitchell's, and many a time ...
George Mogridge, 1841
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Reports of Cases Determined in the Several Courts of ...
(6) S. 1 j by which it is enacted (inter alia), " that if any person shall set fire to any house, barn, or out-house, or to any hovel, cock, mow, or stack of corn, straw, hay , or wood, &c. he shall suffer death." The mere setting fire to, if by accident or ...
Sir William Blackstone, Charles Heneage Elsley, James Clitherow, 1828

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOVEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hovel is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Let's Close the Gap Between Canadians and Refugees | Craig and …
... Syria, is seen in front of a hovel as they live in harsh conditions in cold winter time in Turkey's capital Ankara's suburbs on February 11, 2015. «Huffington Post Canada, Jul 15»
2
Prescott upholds liquor veto | Pierce County Herald
One of the reasons Hovel listed for his veto was to save the license for a “large-scale development that would make a major economic impact ... «Pierce County Herald, Jul 15»
3
NAMED AND SHAMED: Food hygiene ratings in Blackpool revealed …
The hotel, which is currently closed, was described as a “filthy stinking hovel” by holidaymakers Tony and Jan Jenkinson after their stay and as ... «Blackpool Gazette, Jul 15»
4
After five years off-and-on, a bicoastal promise led to lasting love
... we shared the torn mattress on the cluttered floor of his tiny New York hovel. Waking up in his arms, he promised a special dinner that night. «Quartz, Jul 15»
5
Israel Police allowed to scan cell phones without court order, with …
... a computer can be done only with a warrant; but state prosecutor says suspect's consent makes warrant unnecessary. By Revital Hovel | Jul. «Haaretz, Jul 15»
6
Former Or Yehuda mayor who named street after a lover indicted
... who named street after a lover indicted. Both sexual and financial offenses on list of crimes David Yosef is indicted for. By Revital Hovel | Jul. «Haaretz, Jul 15»
7
Israel Securities Authority sees evidence Siemens bribed Electric …
By Revital Hovel and Jasmin Gueta. Jun. 19, 2014 | 6:00 AM. Israel Electric Corporation bribery bust: better late than never. By Gidi Weitz | Jun. «Haaretz, Jul 15»
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Editor's Corner: We need to see Christ in those with whom we …
We cannot ghettoize ourselves into this little hovel where it's safe to be Catholic, free from the judgments of the outside world. What I will say, ... «The Catholic Sun, Jul 15»
9
Yikes! Scary News for Gigi Hadid!
We come to expect the sidewalks to be crawling with creeps, but not in your $2.45 million apartment! I mean sure, that's basically a hovel where ... «Gossip Girl, Jul 15»
10
I Snagged Five Minutes With Trove Before The Servers Went Down
I took my first steps as a gunslinger-type, erected my hovel, killed some bees and perused some ads. A good time was had by all, followed by ... «Kotaku Australia, Jul 15»
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