Pigeonhole — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a specific (often simplistic) category

a small compartment

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɪdʒənhˌoʊl/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɪdʒənhˌəʊl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɪdʒənhˌəʊl/

3 syllables Say it as /pˈɪdʒənhˌoʊl/.

Examples

I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

stamp cubbyhole stereotype

Parts of Speech

noun	a specific (often simplistic) category
noun	a small compartment
verb	place into a small compartment
verb	treat or classify according to a mental stereotype “I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European”

Word Forms

pigeonhole	verb	treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
pigeonhole	noun	a small compartment
pigeonholing	noun	a system for classifying things into groups
stereotype	noun	a conventional or formulaic conception or image
stamp	noun	a type or class

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Fach

eine bestimmte (oft vereinfachte) Kategorie

🇫🇷French

casier

une catégorie spécifique (souvent simpliste)

🇪🇸Spanish

encasillar

una categoría específica (a menudo simplista)

🇮🇹Italian

casella

una categoria specifica (spesso semplicistica).

🇳🇱Dutch

duiventil

een specifieke (vaak simplistische) categorie

🇵🇹Portuguese

classificar

uma categoria específica (muitas vezes simplista)

🇷🇺Russian

ячейка

определенная (часто упрощенная) категория

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कबूतर का घोंसला

एक विशिष्ट (अक्सर सरलीकृत) श्रेणी

🇮🇳Tamil

புறா துளை

ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட (பெரும்பாலும் எளிமையான) வகை

🇮🇳Telugu

పావురం హోల్

ఒక నిర్దిష్ట (తరచుగా సరళమైన) వర్గం

🇮🇳Marathi

कबुतरखाना

एक विशिष्ट (बहुतेकदा सोपी) श्रेणी

🇮🇳Gujarati

કબૂતર

ચોક્કસ (ઘણીવાર સરળ) શ્રેણી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪಾರಿವಾಳದ ರಂಧ್ರ

ಒಂದು ನಿರ್ದಿಷ್ಟ (ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಸರಳವಾದ) ವರ್ಗ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രാവ് ദ്വാരം

ഒരു പ്രത്യേക (പലപ്പോഴും ലളിതമായ) വിഭാഗം

🇵🇰Urdu

کبوتر کا سوراخ

ایک مخصوص (اکثر سادہ) زمرہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

归档

特定的（通常是简单的）类别

🇯🇵Japanese

鳩の穴

特定の（多くの場合単純化された）カテゴリ

🇰🇷Korean

뒤로 미루다

특정(종종 단순한) 카테고리

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chuồng bồ câu

một danh mục cụ thể (thường đơn giản)

🇹🇭Thai

หลุมนกพิราบ

หมวดหมู่เฉพาะ (มักง่าย)

🇮🇩Indonesian

mengesampingkan

kategori tertentu (sering kali sederhana).

🇵🇭Filipino

butas ng kalapati

isang partikular (madalas na simplistic) na kategorya

🇲🇾Malay

lubang merpati

kategori tertentu (selalunya mudah).

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

برج الحمام

فئة محددة (غالبًا ما تكون مبسطة).

🇮🇷Persian

کبوتر چاله

یک مقوله خاص (اغلب ساده انگارانه).

🇹🇷Turkish

güvercin yuvası

belirli (genellikle basit) bir kategori

🇮🇱Hebrew

תָאוֹן

קטגוריה ספציפית (לעיתים קרובות פשטנית).

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