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Webster 1913 Edition

Housework

House′workˊ

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Noun.

The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.

Definition 2025

housework

housework

English

Noun

house work ‎(uncountable)

Domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking.

Related terms

inwork

Translations

domestic household chores

Arabic: أَعْمَال اَلْمَنْزِل m pl ‎(ʾaʿmāl al-manzil)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 家務 (zh), 家务 (zh) ‎(jiāwù), 家務勞動, 家务劳动 ‎(jiāwù láodòng), 家事 (zh) ‎(jiāshì)
Danish: husholdningsarbejde
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)

Anagrams

workhouse, work house