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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French être au pair.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- A single girl (or, rarely, a boy), usually a foreigner, who helps a host family with childcare, housework, or both while staying as a guest with a host family, and generally receives a small allowance (or pocket money).
See also[edit]
Translations[edit]
single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family
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Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Declension[edit]
Inflection of au pair (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | au pair | au pairit | |
genitive | au pairin | au pairien | |
partitive | au pairia | au paireja | |
illative | au pairiin | au paireihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | au pair | au pairit | |
accusative | nom. | au pair | au pairit |
gen. | au pairin | ||
genitive | au pairin | au pairien | |
partitive | au pairia | au paireja | |
inessive | au pairissa | au paireissa | |
elative | au pairista | au paireista | |
illative | au pairiin | au paireihin | |
adessive | au pairilla | au paireilla | |
ablative | au pairilta | au paireilta | |
allative | au pairille | au paireille | |
essive | au pairina | au paireina | |
translative | au pairiksi | au paireiksi | |
instructive | — | au pairein | |
abessive | au pairitta | au paireitta | |
comitative | — | au paireineen |
Possessive forms of au pair (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | au pairini | au pairimme |
2nd person | au pairisi | au pairinne |
3rd person | au pairinsa |
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
au pair (invariable)
- working for food and housing
- 1840, Honoré de Balzac, Pierrette
- Sylvie Rogron fut envoyée à cent écus de pension en apprentissage rue Saint-Denis, chez des négociants nés à Provins. Deux ans après, elle était au pair : si elle ne gagnait rien, ses parents ne payaient plus rien pour son logis et sa nourriture. Voilà ce qu’on appelle être au pair, rue Saint-Denis.
- Sylvie Rogron was sent (with six hundred francs for her board) as apprentice to certain shopkeepers originally from Provins and now settled in Paris in the rue Saint-Denis. Two years later she was "at par" as they say; she earned her own living; at any rate her parents paid nothing for her. That is what is called being "at par" in the rue Saint-Denis.
- 1840, Honoré de Balzac, Pierrette
Descendants[edit]
- → German: Au-pair
Related terms[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
au pair f (plural au pairs)
- au pair (person helping a host family with childcare or housework)
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