au pair

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowing from French au pair

Noun

au pair (plural au pairs)

1. A single girl (or, rarely, a boy) who helps a host family with childcare and/or housework while staying as a guest with a host family and generally receiving a small allowance (or pocket money)

Synonyms

• nursemaid

Translations

a single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (no exact term exists) 保姆 (cmn) (bǎomǔ), 互惠生 (cmn) (hùhuìshēng)

• Dutch: au pair (nl) f
• Finnish: au pair (fi)
• French: fille au pair (fr)
• German: Au-pair (de) n, Au-pair-Mädchen (de) n, Au-pair-Junge (de) m
• Italian: au pair (it)
• Japanese: オーペア (ja) (ōpea), オペア (ja) (opea)

• Korean: 오페어 (ko) (ope-eo)
• Norwegian: au pair (no)
• Russian: (no exact term exists) помощница по хозяйству (pomóščnica po xozjájstvu) f, няня (ru) (njánja) f, о-пер (ru) (o-pɛ́r, o-pér) m and f (indeclinable), о-пэр (ru) (o-pér) m and f (indeclinable)
• Scottish Gaelic: daltag (gd) f
• Spanish: de au pair (es)