household

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English

Etymology

From house +‎ hold.

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA: /ˈhaʊshəʊld/, SAMPA: /"haUsh@Uld/
• (US): enPR: housʹhōld, IPA: /ˈhaʊshoʊld/, SAMPA: /"haUshoUld/

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Noun

household (plural households)

1. Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 5:

     Although I was a member of the royal household, I was not among the privileged few who were trained for rule.

Translations

those living in the same residence

Bulgarian: домакинство (bg) (domakínstvo) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 家庭 (zh) (jiātíng), 戶 (zh), 户 (zh) (hù), 人家 (zh) (rénjiā) Czech: domácnost (cs) f. Finnish: kotitalous (fi) French: foyer  (fr) m., ménage (fr) German: Haushalt (de) m. Greek: συγκάτοικοι (el) (synkátoikoi) m. and f. pl., συνοικούντες (el) (synoikoúntes) m. and f. pl.

Irish: teaghlach (ga) m., teaghlaigh (ga) pl. Italian: famigliare (it) Japanese: 家庭 (ja) (かてい, katei) Russian: семейство (ru) (seméjstvo) n., семья (ru) (sem’já) f., домочадцы (ru) (domočádcy) m. pl., домашние (ru) (domášnije) m. pl. Serbian: Cyrillic: домаћинство (sr) n. Roman: domaćinstvo (sr) n. Spanish: familia (es) f., casa (es) f., hogareños (es), huéspedes (es) Swedish: hushåll (sv) n.

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Ido: menajo Italian: nucleo familiare m.

Adjective

household (not comparable)

1. Belonging to the same house and family.
2. Of anything found in or having its origin in a home.

Derived terms

Terms derived from household

Household Cavalry household deity

household god household name

Translations

beloning to same house and family

Finnish: koti-

Spanish: casero (es), familiar (es)

found in or having its origin in a home

Finnish: koti- French: domestique (fr) m. and f.

Spanish: doméstico (es)