Wendy house

English

Etymology

From Wendy +‎ house, named after Wendy Darling, a character in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. A prop house was created by Barrie for the first stage production of the play in 1904, and Wendy sings: “I wish I had a darling house / The littlest ever seen, / With funny little red walls / And roof of mossy green.”

Noun

Wendy house (plural Wendy houses)

A toy house in which children can play.
Synonyms: play house, cubby house, toyhouse

Hypernyms: toy, house

Coordinate terms

doll's house

Translations

toy house for children to play in

Cebuano: balay-balay
Danish: legehus (da) n
Estonian: mängumaja
Finnish: leikkimökki
French: cabane de jeu f
German: Spielhaus n, Spielhäuschen n
Italian: casetta giocattolo f
Malayalam: കുട്ടികളുടെ കളിയറ (kuṭṭikaḷuṭe kaḷiyaṟa)
Swedish: lekstuga (sv) c

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