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The practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself, rather than employing a professional.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The habit or approach of doing something for oneself, rather than for example buying a prepared product.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, often, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
bricolatge
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Chinese Cantonese:
親力親為 /亲力亲为
(can1 lik6 can1 wai4)
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Chinese Mandarin:
親力親為 /亲力亲为
(qīnlìqīnwéi)
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Danish:
gør-det-selv
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Danish:
gør det selv
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Esperanto:
memfarado
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Finnish:
tee se itse
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Finnish:
itsetekeminen
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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French:
bricolage
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Georgian:
თვითმაკეთებლობა
(tvitmaḳetebloba)
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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German:
mach es selbst
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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German:
Heimwerken
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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German:
Selbermachen
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Hungarian:
barkácsolás
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Hungarian:
fúrás-faragás
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Indonesian:
swakriya
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Irish:
déan féin é
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Italian:
fai da te
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Malay:
kerja bertukang sendiri
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Malay:
dibuat individu dengan yakin
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Māori:
(mahi) kuhutahi
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Polish:
majsterkowanie
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Portuguese:
faça você mesmo
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Portuguese:
faça por si mesmo
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Romanian:
fă-o singur
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Russian:
сделай сам
(sdelaj sam)
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Russian:
самоде́льничество
(samodélʹničestvo)
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Spanish:
bricolaje
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Spanish:
hacerlo sí mismo
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Spanish:
bricolage (brikolash)
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Turkish:
kendin yap
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
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Xibe:
ᠪᡝᠶᡝ ᡤᠠᠯᠠ ᡞ ᠠᡧᡧᠠᠮᡝ ᠠᠷᠠᠮᠪᡞ
(beye gala-i aššame arambi)
— practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself — see also DIY
