housework

Language

English

Etymology

From house +‎ workCategory:English compound terms#HOUSEWORK. Cognate with Dutch huiswerk (“homework”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊsˌwɝk/Category:English 2-syllable words#HOUSEWORK Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#HOUSEWORK
Audio (US): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#HOUSEWORK

Noun

housework (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#HOUSEWORK Category:English nouns#HOUSEWORK Category:English uncountable nouns#HOUSEWORK Category:English uncountable nouns#HOUSEWORK Category:English entries with incorrect language header#HOUSEWORK Category:Pages with entries#HOUSEWORK Category:Pages with 1 entry#HOUSEWORK

domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking
- 2018, Kristin Lawless, Formerly known as food, →ISBN, page 228:
  In the preindustrial era the burden of housework fell on the shoulders of every inhabitant of the house: men, women, and children all devoted their energies and time to work in the home and on the farms, because most Americans were involved with at least some of their own food production.
  Category:English terms with quotations#HOUSEWORK
(uncommon Category:English terms with uncommon senses#HOUSEWORK) homework

Related terms

inwork

Translations

domestic household chores

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Arabic: أَعْمَال مَنْزِل m pl (ʔaʕmāl manzil)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#HOUSEWORK, أَعْمَال الْمَنْزِل m pl (ʔaʕmāl al-manzil)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#HOUSEWORK (definite)
Belarusian: пра́ца па ха́це f (práca pa xácje)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#HOUSEWORK
Bulgarian: домаки́нска ра́бота f (domakínska rábota)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#HOUSEWORK
Chinese:
Cantonese: 家務 / 家务 (gaa¹ mou⁶)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#HOUSEWORK Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#HOUSEWORK

Mandarin: 家務 / 家务 (zh) (jiāwù)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#HOUSEWORK Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#HOUSEWORK, 家務勞動 / 家务劳动 (jiāwù láodòng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#HOUSEWORK Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#HOUSEWORK, 家事 (zh) (jiāshì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#HOUSEWORK Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#HOUSEWORK
Czech: domácí práce fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#HOUSEWORK
Danish: husholdningsarbejde nCategory:Terms with Danish translations#HOUSEWORK
Dutch: huishouden (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#HOUSEWORK, huishoudelijk werk nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#HOUSEWORK
Estonian: kodutööCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#HOUSEWORK
Finnish: kotityöt (fi) plCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#HOUSEWORK, taloustyöt (fi) plCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#HOUSEWORK
French: ménage (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#HOUSEWORK
German: Hausarbeit (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#HOUSEWORK
Greek: οικιακά (el) n pl (oikiaká)Category:Terms with Greek translations#HOUSEWORK
Ido: menajo (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#HOUSEWORK
Italian: faccende (it) f plCategory:Terms with Italian translations#HOUSEWORK
Japanese: 家事 (ja) (かじ, kaji)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#HOUSEWORK
Korean: 가사(家事) (ko) (gasa)Category:Terms with Korean translations#HOUSEWORK, 집안일 (ko) (jibanil)Category:Terms with Korean translations#HOUSEWORK
Kyrgyz: үй иши (üy işi)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#HOUSEWORK
Latvian: mājasdarbs mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#HOUSEWORK
Lithuanian: buities darbai m plCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#HOUSEWORK
Marathi: घरकाम (mr) n (gharkām)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#HOUSEWORK
Norwegian:
Bokmål: husarbeid nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#HOUSEWORK

Nynorsk: husarbeid nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#HOUSEWORK
Persian:
Iranian Persian: کارِ خانَگی (kâr-e xânagi)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#HOUSEWORK Category:Terms with Persian translations#HOUSEWORK, کارْهایِ خانِه pl (kârhâ-ye xâne)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#HOUSEWORK Category:Terms with Persian translations#HOUSEWORK, کارِ خانِه (kâr-e xâne)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#HOUSEWORK Category:Terms with Persian translations#HOUSEWORK
Polish: prace domowe f plCategory:Terms with Polish translations#HOUSEWORK, sprzątanie (pl) nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#HOUSEWORK (cleaning and tidying)
Portuguese: serviço doméstico mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#HOUSEWORK, tarefas domésticas f plCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#HOUSEWORK
Russian: рабо́та по до́му f (rabóta po dómu)Category:Terms with Russian translations#HOUSEWORK, дома́шняя рабо́та (ru) f (domášnjaja rabóta)Category:Terms with Russian translations#HOUSEWORK, убо́рка (ru) f (ubórka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#HOUSEWORK (cleaning and tidying)
Scottish Gaelic: obair-taighe fCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#HOUSEWORK
Slovak: domáca práca fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#HOUSEWORK
Spanish: tareas domésticas f plCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#HOUSEWORK, quehaceres (es) m plCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#HOUSEWORK, faenas (es) f plCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#HOUSEWORK
Swedish: hushållsarbete (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#HOUSEWORK
Tagalog: gawaing-bahayCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#HOUSEWORK
Thai: งานบ้าน (ngaan-bâan)Category:Terms with Thai translations#HOUSEWORK
Ukrainian: робо́та по до́му (robóta po dómu)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#HOUSEWORK, прибира́ння (uk) n (prybyránnja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#HOUSEWORK (cleaning and tidying)
Vietnamese: việc nhàCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#HOUSEWORK

homework — see homework

Anagrams

work house, workhouse

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