adj · name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈhaʊshəʊld/
US:housʹhōld
US:/ˈhaʊshoʊld/
Ireland:/ˈhaʊshəʊld/
/ˈhɛʊshʌo̞lt/Dublin
/ˈhæʊshʌo̞lt/Dublin
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CMU ARPABET:HH AW1 S HH OW2 L D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Belonging to the same house and family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Found in or having its origin in a home.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Widely known to the public; familiar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
a household word; a household name
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
name
Meaning 4
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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5
noun
Meaning 5
Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ménage
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
Entirety of work and management required to sustain the household.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
Legal or culturally determined unit of people living together.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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8
noun
Meaning 8
A line of ancestry; a race or house.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
a social unit living together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he moved his family to Virginia
It was a good Christian household
I waited until the whole house was asleep
the teacher asked how many people made up his home
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: family, house, home, menage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unit, social unit
Narrower terms: broken home, nuclear family, conjugal family, extended family, foster family, foster home, menage a trois
History
Etymology
From Middle English houshold. By surface analysis, house + hold. Cognate with Scots houshald, housald, housell, howsell (“household”), Dutch huishouden (“household”) (earlier huishoud), German Low German Huushollen (“household”) (Middle Low German hūsholt), German Haushalt (“household”), Swedish hushåll (“household, family”), Norwegian husholdning (“household”).
English surname, from Middle English houshold (“household, family”), denoting someone who is a householder or is a member of a particular one.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
семеен
(semeen)
— belonging to same house and family
Bulgarian:
домаки́нски
(domakínski)
— belonging to same house and family
Finnish:
koti-
— belonging to same house and family
Greek:
οικιακός
(oikiakós)
— belonging to same house and family
Macedonian:
се́меен
(sémeen)
— belonging to same house and family
Portuguese:
familiar
— belonging to same house and family
Romanian:
casnic
— belonging to same house and family
Romanian:
menajer
— belonging to same house and family
Romanian:
familial
— belonging to same house and family
Spanish:
casero
— belonging to same house and family
Spanish:
hogareño
— belonging to same house and family
Bulgarian:
домашен
(domašen)
— found in or having its origin in a home
Esperanto:
doma
— found in or having its origin in a home
Finnish:
koti-
— found in or having its origin in a home
French:
domestique
— found in or having its origin in a home
Greek:
οικιακός
(oikiakós)
— found in or having its origin in a home
Italian:
domestico
— found in or having its origin in a home
Italian:
casalinghi
— found in or having its origin in a home
Latin:
domesticus
— found in or having its origin in a home
Macedonian:
до́машен
(dómašen)
— found in or having its origin in a home
Portuguese:
domiciliar
— found in or having its origin in a home
Romanian:
casnic
— found in or having its origin in a home
Romanian:
domestic
— found in or having its origin in a home
Spanish:
consabido
— widely known to the public; familiar
Spanish:
conocidísimo
— widely known to the public; familiar
French:
foyer
— those living in the same residence
French:
maisonnée
— those living in the same residence
Norwegian Bokmål:
husholdning
— those living in the same residence
Norwegian Bokmål:
husstand
— those living in the same residence
Spanish:
agregado familiar
— those living in the same residence
Spanish:
núcleo familiar
— those living in the same residence
Spanish:
unidad doméstica
— those living in the same residence
Spanish:
unidad cívica
— those living in the same residence
Dutch:
huishouden
— entirety of work and management required to sustain the household
French:
ménage
— entirety of work and management required to sustain the household
German:
Haushalt
— entirety of work and management required to sustain the household
Norwegian Bokmål:
husholdning
— entirety of work and management required to sustain the household
Norwegian Bokmål:
hushold
— entirety of work and management required to sustain the household
Chinese Mandarin:
戶 /户
(hù)
— legal or cultural unit
French:
foyer
— legal or cultural unit
Norwegian Bokmål:
husholdning
— legal or cultural unit
Norwegian Bokmål:
husstand
— legal or cultural unit
