housework

English

Etymology

From house +‎ work. Cognate with Dutch huiswerk (“homework”).

Noun

housework (uncountable)

Domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking.
(uncommon) Homework.

Related terms

inwork

Translations

domestic household chores

Arabic: أَعْمَال اَلْمَنْزِل‎ m pl (ʾaʿmāl al-manzil)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 家務, 家务 (gaa¹ mou⁶)

Mandarin: 家務 (zh), 家务 (zh) (jiāwù), 家務勞動, 家务劳动 (jiāwù láodòng), 家事 (zh) (jiāshì)
Danish: husholdningsarbejde
Dutch: huishouden (nl) n, huishoudelijk werk n
Finnish: kotityöt (fi) pl, taloustyöt (fi) pl
French: ménage (fr) m
German: Hausarbeit (de) f
Greek: οικιακά (el) n pl (oikiaká)
Ido: menajo (io)
Japanese: 家事 (ja) (かじ, kaji)
Korean: 가사 (ko) (gasa) (家事 (ko))

Kyrgyz: үй иши (üy işi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: husarbeid n

Nynorsk: husarbeid n
Portuguese: serviço doméstico m
Russian: рабо́та по до́му f (rabóta po dómu), дома́шняя рабо́та f (domášnjaja rabóta)
Scottish Gaelic: obair-taighe f
Spanish: tareas domésticas
Swedish: hushållsarbete n
Tagalog: gawaing-bahay
Thai: งานบ้าน (ngaan bâan)
Ukrainian: робо́та по до́му (robóta po dómu), прибира́ння (uk) (prybyránnja)

Anagrams

work house, workhouse

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