housewife

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• /ˈhaʊs.waɪf/
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• dialectal, obsolete, poetic: /ˈhʌzwaɪf/
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• dialectal, obsolete, poetic: /ˈhʌz(w)ɪf/
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• /ˈhʌzɪf/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AW1 S W AY2 F Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English houswyf, housewif, huswijf, equivalent to house + wife; a doublet of hussy, which it was long distinguished from and displaced due to gradual negative connotation (see Online Etymology Dictionary entry). Cognate with West Frisian húswiif, Dutch huiswijf, German Low German Huuswief, German Hausweib.

142 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: amvisë — female head of household
• Arabic: رَبَّة مَنْزِل (rabbat manzil) — female head of household
• Arabic: رَبَّة بَيْت (rabbat bayt) — female head of household
• Arabic: رَبَّة أُسْرَة (rabbat ʔusra) — female head of household
• Armenian: տնային տնտեսուհի (tnayin tntesuhi) — female head of household
• Armenian: տանտիկին (tantikin) — female head of household
• Azerbaijani: evdar qadın — female head of household
• Bashkir: хужабикә (xujabikə) — female head of household
• Basque: etxekoandre — female head of household
• Belarusian: ха́тняя гаспады́ня (xátnjaja haspadýnja) — female head of household
• Bengali: গৃহবধূ (grihobodhu) — female head of household
• Bengali: গৃহিণী (grihini) — female head of household
• Bengali: ঘরণী (ghoroni) — female head of household
• Bulgarian: домаки́ня (domakínja) — female head of household
• Bulgarian: къ́щница (kǎ́štnica) — female head of household
• Burmese: အိမ်ရှင်မ (imhrangma.) — female head of household
• Catalan: mestressa de casa — female head of household
• Chinese Cantonese: 主婦 /主妇 (zyu2 fu5) — female head of household
• Chinese Cantonese: 家庭主婦 /家庭主妇 (gaa1 ting4 zyu2 fu5) — female head of household
• Chinese Cantonese: 住家婆 (zyu6 gaa1 po4) — female head of household
• Chinese: 主婦 /主妇 (chú-hū) — female head of household
• Chinese: 家庭主婦 /家庭主妇 (ka-têng chú-hū) — female head of household
• Chinese Mandarin: 主婦 /主妇 (zhǔfù) — female head of household
• Chinese Mandarin: 家庭婦女 /家庭妇女 (jiātíng fùnǚ) — female head of household
• Chinese Mandarin: 家庭主婦 /家庭主妇 (jiātíng zhǔfù) — female head of household
• Chukchi: гыпиԓьын (gypiḷʹyn) — female head of household
• Crimean Tatar: ev bikesi — female head of household
• Czech: hospodyňka — female head of household
• Czech: žena v domácnosti — female head of household
• Danish: husmor — female head of household
• Dutch: huisvrouw — female head of household
• Esperanto: dommastrino — female head of household
• Esperanto: domestrino — female head of household
• Estonian: koduperenaine — female head of household
• Faroese: matmóðir — female head of household
• Faroese: húsfrú — female head of household
• Faroese: húsfrúgv — female head of household
• Finnish: emäntä — female head of household
• Finnish: kotirouva — female head of household
• Finnish: perheenemäntä — female head of household
• Finnish: kotiäiti — female head of household
• French: maîtresse de maison — female head of household
• French: femme au foyer — female head of household
• French: mère au foyer — female head of household
• French: garce — female head of household
• Georgian: დიასახლისი (diasaxlisi) — female head of household
• German: Hausfrau — female head of household
• German: Huusfrau — female head of household
• Greek: νοικοκυρά (noikokyrá) — female head of household
• Greek: οικοδέσποινα (oikodéspoina) — female head of household
• Hebrew: עֲקֶרֶת בַּיִת (akéret báyit) — female head of household
• Hindi: गृहिणी (gŕhiṇī) — female head of household
• Hindi: घरनी (gharnī) — female head of household
• Hindi: घरवाली (gharvālī) — female head of household
• Hungarian: háziasszony — female head of household
• Icelandic: húsfrú — female head of household
• Icelandic: húsmóðir — female head of household
• Indonesian: ibu rumah tangga — female head of household
• Indonesian: suri rumah — female head of household
• Irish: bean tí — female head of household
• Italian: massaia — female head of household
• Italian: donna di casa — female head of household
• Italian: padrona di casa — female head of household
• Italian: casalinga — female head of household
• Japanese: 主婦 (shufu) — female head of household
• Kazakh: үй шаруасындағы әйел (üi şaruasyndağy äiel) — female head of household
• Khmer: ស្រីមេផ្ទះ (srəy mei phtĕəh) — female head of household
• Khmer: គេហសាមិនី (keihaʼsaaminii) — female head of household
• Korean: 주부 (jubu) — female head of household
• Central Kurdish: کابان (kaban) — female head of household
• Northern Kurdish: bermalî — female head of household
• Kyrgyz: үй ээси (üy eesi) — female head of household
• Kyrgyz: үй кожойкеси (üy kojoykesi) — female head of household
• Lao: ແມ່ເຮືອນ (mǣ hư̄an) — female head of household
• Latin: domiseda — female head of household
• Latvian: mājsaimniece — female head of household
• Lithuanian: šeimininkė — female head of household
• Macedonian: дома́ќинка (domáḱinka) — female head of household
• Malay: suri rumah — female head of household
• Maltese: mara tad-dar — female head of household
• Mongolian: гэрийн эзэгтэй (geriin ezegtej) — female head of household
• Norman: femme dé mênage — female head of household
• Norwegian Bokmål: husmor — female head of household
• Norwegian Nynorsk: husmor — female head of household
• Pashto: ماتو (mātu) — female head of household
• Iranian Persian: خانُمِ خانِه (xânom-e xâne) — female head of household
• Iranian Persian: زَنِ خانِهدار (zan-e xâne-dâr) — female head of household
• Iranian Persian: خانِهدار (xâne-dâr) — female head of household
• Iranian Persian: کَدْبانو (kadbânu) — female head of household
• Plautdietsch: Husfru — female head of household
• Polish: gospodyni domowa — female head of household
• Polish: pani domu — female head of household
• Portuguese: dona de casa — female head of household
• Romanian: gospodină — female head of household
• Romanian: casnică — female head of household
• Russian: домохозя́йка (domoxozjájka) — female head of household
• Scottish Gaelic: bean-taighe — female head of household
• Serbo-Croatian: дома̀ћица — female head of household
• Serbo-Croatian: ку̏ћаница — female head of household
• Serbo-Croatian: domàćica — female head of household
• Serbo-Croatian: kȕćanica — female head of household
• Slovak: gazdiná — female head of household
• Slovene: gospodinja — female head of household
• Spanish: ama de casa — female head of household
• Spanish: mujer de su casa — female head of household
• Spanish: mujer de gobierno (disused) — female head of household
• Swedish: husfru — female head of household
• Swedish: husmor — female head of household
• Swedish: hemmafru — female head of household
• Tagalog: maybahay — female head of household
• Tajik: соҳибхоназан (sohibxonazan) — female head of household
• Tajik: соҳибаи хона (sohiba-yi xona) — female head of household
• Tajik: зани хонадор (zan-i xonador) — female head of household
• Tatar: хуҗабикә (xucabikä) — female head of household
• Thai: แม่บ้าน (mɛ̂ɛ-bâan) — female head of household
• Turkish: ev kadını — female head of household
• Turkish: ev hanımı — female head of household
• Turkish: karı — female head of household
• Turkmen: öý hojalykçy — female head of household
• Turkmen: öy bikesi — female head of household
• Turkmen: öý hojalykçy aýal — female head of household
• Ukrainian: домогоспода́рка (domohospodárka) — female head of household
• Urdu: گَھر والی (ghar vālī) — female head of household
• Uyghur: ئائىلە ئايالى (a'ile ayali) — female head of household
• Uyghur: ئايال خوجايىن (ayal xojayin) — female head of household
• Uyghur: خوجايىن ئايال (xojayin ayal) — female head of household
• Uzbek: uy bekasi — female head of household
• Vietnamese: bà nội trợ — female head of household
• Volapük: domaläd — female head of household
• Welsh: gwraig tŷ — female head of household
• Welsh: gwraig y tŷ — female head of household
• Yiddish: באַלעבאָסטע (baleboste) — female head of household
• Chinese Mandarin: 針線包 /针线包 (zhēnxiànbāo) — case for materials used in sewing
• Chinese Mandarin: 縫紉袋 /缝纫袋 — case for materials used in sewing
• Finnish: käsityölaukku — case for materials used in sewing
• French: trousse de couture — case for materials used in sewing
• French: boîte à ouvrage — case for materials used in sewing
• Hungarian: varrókészlet — case for materials used in sewing
• Hungarian: varródoboz — case for materials used in sewing
• Icelandic: húsmóðir — case for materials used in sewing
• Indonesian: kotak jahit — case for materials used in sewing
• Portuguese: caixa de costura — case for materials used in sewing