house number

English

Noun

house number (plural house numbers)

1. The number (street address) assigned to a particular house to distinguish it from other buildings on the same street.
2. The physical representation of this number (for example, affixed to the door or painted on a mailbox).

Usage notes

When a street address is affixed to a building rather than painted on it, the individual devices which are used to affix an address on a structure singularly, or in combination, are called a "house number" even if the device(s) is (are) attached to a commercial building rather than actually on a house.

Translations

street address

• Dutch: huisnummer (nl) n
• Finnish: osoitenumero, talonnumero
• French: numéro de maison m
• German: Hausnummer (de) f
• Hungarian: házszám (hu)
• Italian: numero civico (it) m
• Spanish: número de la casa m

See also

• address
• street address
• street number