English
Etymology
From char -woman
Noun
charwoman (plural charwomen
( chiefly British ) housework , traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.
1918 W. B. Maxwell , chapter 17, in The Mirror and the Lamp This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman , sempstress, anything.
Synonyms
Translations
cleaning lady
Armenian: հավաքարարուհի (hy) ( havakʻararuhi )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 清潔 女工 ／ 清洁 女工 ( qīngjié nǚgōng ) , 清洁 女工 ( qīngjié nǚgōng ) , 家政 女工 ( jiāzhèng nǚgōng ) , 女 保洁員 女 保洁员 ( nǚ bǎojiéyuán ) , 女 清潔工 ／ 女 清洁工 女 清洁工 ( nǚ qīngjiégōng ) , 打雜 女工 ／ 打杂 女工 ( dǎzá nǚgōng ) , 打杂 女工 ( dǎzá nǚgōng )
Danish: rengøringsdame c
Dutch: poetsvrouw (nl) , schoonmaakster (nl) f
Estonian: passija
Finnish: taloudenhoitaja (fi)
French: femme de ménage (fr) f femme de journée (fr) f femme de service f technicienne de surface (fr) f nettoyeuse (fr) f
German: Putzfrau (de) f
Hebrew: מנקה f ( menaká )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Hungarian: takarítónő (hu)
Japanese: 掃除婦 ( そうじふ, sōjifu ) , 家政婦 (ja) ( かせいふ, kaseifu )
Korean: 소제부 ( sojebu ) (掃除婦 가정부 (ko) ( gajeongbu ) (家政婦 (ko) )
Macedonian: измеќарка f ( izmeḱarka )
Norwegian: vaskedame f
Polish: sprzątaczka (pl) f
Portuguese: empregada (pt) f arrumadeira (pt) f
Romanian: femeie de serviciu f
Russian: убо́рщица (ru) f ( ubórščica ) , подёнщица (ru) f ( podjónščica ) , домрабо́тница (ru) f ( domrabótnica )
Spanish: mujer de la limpieza f
Swedish: städerska (sv) c