household

See also: Household

EnglishEdit

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household

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English houshold, equivalent to house +‎ hold. Cognate with Scots houshald, housald, housell, howsell (“household”), Dutch huishouden (“household”), German Low German Huushollen (“household”), German Haushalt (“household”), Swedish hushåll (“household, family”), Norwegian husholdning (“household”).

PronunciationEdit

(UK): IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊshəʊld/
(US): enPR: housʹhōld, IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊshoʊld/
Audio (US) (file)

NounEdit

household (plural households)

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, published 2010, page 5:
  Although I was a member of the royal household, I was not among the privileged few who were trained for rule.
- 1732, Jonathan Swift, The Beasts' Confession to the Priest
  And calls, without affecting airs, / His household twice a day to prayers.
(obsolete) A line of ancestry; a race or house.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi], line 39:
  In thee thy mother dies, our household's name, / My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

those living in the same residence

Arabic: بَيْت‎ (ar) m (bayt) (house), أُسْرَة‎ (ar) f (ʔusra) (family), أَهْل‎ m (ʔahl)
Armenian: տնտեսություն (hy) (tntesutʿyun)
Belarusian: радзі́на f (radzína), сям'я́ f (sjamʺjá), ха́тняя гаспада́рка f (xátnjaja haspadárka)
Bulgarian: домаки́нство (bg) n (domakínstvo), семе́йство (bg) n (seméjstvo) (family)
Catalan: seguici (ca) m, familiars (ca) pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 家庭 (zh) (jiātíng), 戶／户 (zh) (hù), 人家 (zh) (rénjiā), 家裡／家里 (zh) (jiālǐ)
Czech: domácnost (cs) f
Danish: husstand c
Dutch: huishouden (nl) n
Esperanto: domanaro
Estonian: majapidamine
Finnish: kotitalous (fi), talous (fi)
French: foyer (fr) m, ménage (fr) m, maisonnée (fr) f
Georgian: კომლი (ḳomli)
German: Haushalt (de) m
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 m (gards)
Greek: νοικοκυριό (el) n (noikokyrió), οικογένεια (el) f (oikogéneia), σπιτικό (el) n (spitikó)
Hebrew: מֶשֶׁק בַּיִת‎ (he) m (mésheq báyit)
Hindi: परिवार (hi) m (parivār)
Hungarian: egy/közös háztartásban élők, (folksy) háznép (hu), (in certain phrases, otherwise only “housekeeping”) háztartás (hu)
Irish: teaghlach m, teaghlaigh pl
Italian: famiglia (it) f, nucleo familiare
Japanese: 家庭 (ja) (かてい, katei), 世帯 (ja) (せたい, setai)
Kikuyu: mũciĩ class 3
Korean: 가정(家庭) (ko) (gajeong), 세대(世帶) (ko) (sedae)
Lao: ຄົວເຮືອນ (lo) (khūa hư̄an)
Latin: familia (la) f
Latvian: mājsaimniecība (lv) f
Macedonian: дома́ќинство n (domáḱinstvo)
Manx: mooinjer thielagh f
Middle English: houshold, hird, meyne
Nahuatl: cemithualtin, techan tlacah
Norwegian:
Bokmål: husholdning (no) m or f, hushold n, husstand m

Nynorsk: hushald n, husstand m
Old English: hīrēd m
Old Prussian: būrwalks m
Persian: خانوار‎ (fa) (xânevâr)
Plautdietsch: Hushault m
Polish: gospodarstwo domowe (pl) n
Portuguese: domicílio (pt) m, família (pt) f, agregado familiar
Romanian: familie (ro) f, casă (ro) f, menaj (ro) n
Russian: семе́йство (ru) n (seméjstvo), семья́ (ru) f (semʹjá), домоча́дцы (ru) m pl (domočádcy), дома́шние (ru) m pl (domášnije), домохозя́йство (ru) n (domoxozjájstvo), дома́шнее хозя́йство n (domášneje xozjájstvo)
Sanskrit: गेह (sa) m or n (geha)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: домаћи́нство n, кућа̀нство n

Roman: domaćínstvo (sh) n, kućànstvo (sh) n
Slovak: domácnosť f
Slovene: gospodinjstvo n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: domacnosć f
Spanish: hogar (es) m, agregado familiar m, núcleo familiar m, familia (es) f
Swedish: hushåll (sv) n
Tagalog: sambahayan
Tajik: хонавор (xonavor)
Thai: ครัวเรือน (th) (kruua-rʉʉan)
Turkish: ev halkı (tr), hanehalkı (tr)
Ukrainian: сім'я́ f (simʺjá), роди́на (uk) f (rodýna), домогоспода́рство (uk) n (domohospodárstvo), дома́шнє господа́рство n (domášnje hospodárstvo)
Vietnamese: gia hộ (vi), hộ (vi), nhà (vi)
Welsh: tylwyth m

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Ido: ^{(please verify)} menajo (io)

AdjectiveEdit

household (not comparable)

Belonging to the same house and family.
Found in or having its origin in a home.
Widely known to the public; familiar.
a household word; a household name
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
  Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
  But he’ll remember with advantages
  What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
  Familiar in his mouth as household words,
  Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
  Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,
  Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered.

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from household

TranslationsEdit

belonging to same house and family

Bulgarian: семеен (bg) (semeen)
Finnish: koti- (fi)
Greek: οικιακός (el) m (oikiakós)
Macedonian: се́меен (sémeen)
Portuguese: familiar (pt)
Romanian: casnic (ro), menajer (ro), familial (ro)
Spanish: casero (es), familiar (es)

found in or having its origin in a home

Bulgarian: домашен (bg) (domašen)
Esperanto: doma
Finnish: koti- (fi)
French: domestique (fr) m or f
Greek: οικιακός (el) m (oikiakós)
Italian: domestico (it), casalinghi (it) m pl
Latin: domesticus
Macedonian: до́машен (dómašen)
Portuguese: domiciliar (pt)
Romanian: casnic (ro), domestic (ro)
Spanish: doméstico (es)