Definition of penthouse in English:

penthouse

noun ˈpɛnthaʊsˈpɛntˌhaʊs

1A flat on the top floor of a tall building, typically one that is luxuriously fitted.
Example sentencesExamples
- The apartments and penthouses have double-glazed redwood framed windows, fitted kitchens and gas-fired central heating.
- The ninth and tenth floors set back to provide penthouses, advertised as the first in the UK.
- All four penthouses have solid beech floors throughout and the other three are extremely bright and have large bay windows.
- Floor space in the penthouses stretches to 96 square metres.
- Building work at a penthouse apartment in a luxury York flats development was ‘woefully inadequate’, a court heard.
- The only part of his life kept private is his art gallery, on the floor below his penthouse apartment.
- This penthouse shares the fourth floor of its block with one other apartment.
- Number 79 is one of only two penthouses on the upper floor and is accessed by a communal lift.
- Top floor flats are single-storey penthouses, with fully glazed walls opening on to terraces that offer views across Liverpool, the Mersey estuary and the distant Welsh mountains.
- The first time I met him was in his London home: a penthouse, one floor below Michael Caine's, in a gated harbour community in Chelsea.
- The guestrooms will be laid out on the upper three floors, with the fourth storey acting as a penthouse floor capable of being turned into 22 bedrooms.
- Of course, the high and mighty have penthouses and large luxury flats.
- The term is normally associated with bachelor pads, futuristic penthouses and plate-glass-and-steel mews dwellings.
- Lana specifically asks for a room on the top floor of the building, and is told that the penthouse on the 25th floor is available, but that the floor above is under construction.
- The upper penthouse is on floors 37 and 38 and measures 7,439 sq ft with two private terraces covering 3,218 sq ft.
- My apartment block lay in the distance, down the slight hill past the redeveloped Ipswich docks with its penthouse flats and wine bars.
- Their apartment was on the penthouse floor, offering a spectacular view of Fort Lauderdale Beach to the south, downtown to the north.
- The development will eventually have more than 500 apartments, penthouses, duplexes and three-storey family homes on the 38 acre coastal site.
- I live in the penthouse on the top floor of the Grand Museum of Art, which is located right in the center of everything.
- One of two apartments on the upper floor, the penthouse has a long, L-shaped entrance hallway, off which is a shelved hot press.
Synonyms
apartment, set of rooms, home, residence, accommodation
2archaic An outhouse or shelter with a sloping roof, built on to the side of a building.
Example sentencesExamples
- Conventionally skinned in metal, the penthouse roof drains to a gutter on the north side.

Origin

Middle English pentis (in sense 2), shortening of Old French apentis, based on late Latin appendicium 'appendage', from Latin appendere 'hang on'. The change of form in the 16th century was by association with French pente 'slope' and house.

A penthouse now suggests a luxurious apartment with extensive views, but originally was much more humble—a shed, outhouse, or lean-to attached to the outside of a building, and called a pentis. The word came from a shortening of French apentis, which is from Latin pendere ‘to hang’, the source of appendage, appendix, and pendant. In the 16th century people began to forget its origins and to associate it with French pente ‘slope’ and house. The modern use for a flat or apartment on the top floor of a tall building began during the 1890s in the USA. At first these penthouses were not necessarily exclusive—the first reference to one talks of it as accommodation for a janitor and his family.

Definition of penthouse in US English:

penthouse

nounˈpɛntˌhaʊsˈpentˌhous

1An apartment on the top floor of a tall building, typically luxuriously fitted and offering fine views.
Example sentencesExamples
- Number 79 is one of only two penthouses on the upper floor and is accessed by a communal lift.
- The development will eventually have more than 500 apartments, penthouses, duplexes and three-storey family homes on the 38 acre coastal site.
- Of course, the high and mighty have penthouses and large luxury flats.
- The first time I met him was in his London home: a penthouse, one floor below Michael Caine's, in a gated harbour community in Chelsea.
- This penthouse shares the fourth floor of its block with one other apartment.
- All four penthouses have solid beech floors throughout and the other three are extremely bright and have large bay windows.
- The guestrooms will be laid out on the upper three floors, with the fourth storey acting as a penthouse floor capable of being turned into 22 bedrooms.
- Building work at a penthouse apartment in a luxury York flats development was ‘woefully inadequate’, a court heard.
- The ninth and tenth floors set back to provide penthouses, advertised as the first in the UK.
- Floor space in the penthouses stretches to 96 square metres.
- The apartments and penthouses have double-glazed redwood framed windows, fitted kitchens and gas-fired central heating.
- Their apartment was on the penthouse floor, offering a spectacular view of Fort Lauderdale Beach to the south, downtown to the north.
- Lana specifically asks for a room on the top floor of the building, and is told that the penthouse on the 25th floor is available, but that the floor above is under construction.
- The term is normally associated with bachelor pads, futuristic penthouses and plate-glass-and-steel mews dwellings.
- I live in the penthouse on the top floor of the Grand Museum of Art, which is located right in the center of everything.
- Top floor flats are single-storey penthouses, with fully glazed walls opening on to terraces that offer views across Liverpool, the Mersey estuary and the distant Welsh mountains.
- The upper penthouse is on floors 37 and 38 and measures 7,439 sq ft with two private terraces covering 3,218 sq ft.
- My apartment block lay in the distance, down the slight hill past the redeveloped Ipswich docks with its penthouse flats and wine bars.
- One of two apartments on the upper floor, the penthouse has a long, L-shaped entrance hallway, off which is a shelved hot press.
- The only part of his life kept private is his art gallery, on the floor below his penthouse apartment.
Synonyms
apartment, set of rooms, home, residence, accommodation
2archaic An outhouse or shelter built onto the side of a building, having a sloping roof.
Example sentencesExamples
- Conventionally skinned in metal, the penthouse roof drains to a gutter on the north side.

Origin

Middle English pentis (in penthouse (sense 2)), shortening of Old French apentis, based on late Latin appendicium ‘appendage’, from Latin appendere ‘hang on’. The change of form in the 16th century was by association with French pente ‘slope’ and house.

单词	penthouse
释义	Definition of penthouse in English: penthouse noun ˈpɛnthaʊsˈpɛntˌhaʊs 1A flat on the top floor of a tall building, typically one that is luxuriously fitted. Example sentencesExamples The apartments and penthouses have double-glazed redwood framed windows, fitted kitchens and gas-fired central heating. The ninth and tenth floors set back to provide penthouses, advertised as the first in the UK. All four penthouses have solid beech floors throughout and the other three are extremely bright and have large bay windows. Floor space in the penthouses stretches to 96 square metres. Building work at a penthouse apartment in a luxury York flats development was ‘woefully inadequate’, a court heard. The only part of his life kept private is his art gallery, on the floor below his penthouse apartment. This penthouse shares the fourth floor of its block with one other apartment. Number 79 is one of only two penthouses on the upper floor and is accessed by a communal lift. Top floor flats are single-storey penthouses, with fully glazed walls opening on to terraces that offer views across Liverpool, the Mersey estuary and the distant Welsh mountains. The first time I met him was in his London home: a penthouse, one floor below Michael Caine's, in a gated harbour community in Chelsea. The guestrooms will be laid out on the upper three floors, with the fourth storey acting as a penthouse floor capable of being turned into 22 bedrooms. Of course, the high and mighty have penthouses and large luxury flats. The term is normally associated with bachelor pads, futuristic penthouses and plate-glass-and-steel mews dwellings. Lana specifically asks for a room on the top floor of the building, and is told that the penthouse on the 25th floor is available, but that the floor above is under construction. The upper penthouse is on floors 37 and 38 and measures 7,439 sq ft with two private terraces covering 3,218 sq ft. My apartment block lay in the distance, down the slight hill past the redeveloped Ipswich docks with its penthouse flats and wine bars. Their apartment was on the penthouse floor, offering a spectacular view of Fort Lauderdale Beach to the south, downtown to the north. The development will eventually have more than 500 apartments, penthouses, duplexes and three-storey family homes on the 38 acre coastal site. I live in the penthouse on the top floor of the Grand Museum of Art, which is located right in the center of everything. One of two apartments on the upper floor, the penthouse has a long, L-shaped entrance hallway, off which is a shelved hot press. Synonyms apartment, set of rooms, home, residence, accommodation 2archaic An outhouse or shelter with a sloping roof, built on to the side of a building. Example sentencesExamples Conventionally skinned in metal, the penthouse roof drains to a gutter on the north side. Origin Middle English pentis (in sense 2), shortening of Old French apentis, based on late Latin appendicium 'appendage', from Latin appendere 'hang on'. The change of form in the 16th century was by association with French pente 'slope' and house. A penthouse now suggests a luxurious apartment with extensive views, but originally was much more humble—a shed, outhouse, or lean-to attached to the outside of a building, and called a pentis. The word came from a shortening of French apentis, which is from Latin pendere ‘to hang’, the source of appendage, appendix, and pendant. In the 16th century people began to forget its origins and to associate it with French pente ‘slope’ and house. The modern use for a flat or apartment on the top floor of a tall building began during the 1890s in the USA. At first these penthouses were not necessarily exclusive—the first reference to one talks of it as accommodation for a janitor and his family. Definition of penthouse in US English: penthouse nounˈpɛntˌhaʊsˈpentˌhous 1An apartment on the top floor of a tall building, typically luxuriously fitted and offering fine views. Example sentencesExamples Number 79 is one of only two penthouses on the upper floor and is accessed by a communal lift. The development will eventually have more than 500 apartments, penthouses, duplexes and three-storey family homes on the 38 acre coastal site. Of course, the high and mighty have penthouses and large luxury flats. The first time I met him was in his London home: a penthouse, one floor below Michael Caine's, in a gated harbour community in Chelsea. This penthouse shares the fourth floor of its block with one other apartment. All four penthouses have solid beech floors throughout and the other three are extremely bright and have large bay windows. The guestrooms will be laid out on the upper three floors, with the fourth storey acting as a penthouse floor capable of being turned into 22 bedrooms. Building work at a penthouse apartment in a luxury York flats development was ‘woefully inadequate’, a court heard. The ninth and tenth floors set back to provide penthouses, advertised as the first in the UK. Floor space in the penthouses stretches to 96 square metres. The apartments and penthouses have double-glazed redwood framed windows, fitted kitchens and gas-fired central heating. Their apartment was on the penthouse floor, offering a spectacular view of Fort Lauderdale Beach to the south, downtown to the north. Lana specifically asks for a room on the top floor of the building, and is told that the penthouse on the 25th floor is available, but that the floor above is under construction. The term is normally associated with bachelor pads, futuristic penthouses and plate-glass-and-steel mews dwellings. I live in the penthouse on the top floor of the Grand Museum of Art, which is located right in the center of everything. Top floor flats are single-storey penthouses, with fully glazed walls opening on to terraces that offer views across Liverpool, the Mersey estuary and the distant Welsh mountains. The upper penthouse is on floors 37 and 38 and measures 7,439 sq ft with two private terraces covering 3,218 sq ft. My apartment block lay in the distance, down the slight hill past the redeveloped Ipswich docks with its penthouse flats and wine bars. One of two apartments on the upper floor, the penthouse has a long, L-shaped entrance hallway, off which is a shelved hot press. The only part of his life kept private is his art gallery, on the floor below his penthouse apartment. Synonyms apartment, set of rooms, home, residence, accommodation 2archaic An outhouse or shelter built onto the side of a building, having a sloping roof. Example sentencesExamples Conventionally skinned in metal, the penthouse roof drains to a gutter on the north side. Origin Middle English pentis (in penthouse (sense 2)), shortening of Old French apentis, based on late Latin appendicium ‘appendage’, from Latin appendere ‘hang on’. The change of form in the 16th century was by association with French pente ‘slope’ and house.
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