housework

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• General-American: /ˈhaʊsˌwɝk/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AW1 S W ER2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From house + work. Cognate with Dutch huiswerk (“homework”).

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَعْمَال مَنْزِل (ʔaʕmāl manzil) — domestic household chores
• Arabic: أَعْمَال الْمَنْزِل (ʔaʕmāl al-manzil) — domestic household chores
• Belarusian: пра́ца па ха́це (práca pa xácje) — domestic household chores
• Bulgarian: домаки́нска ра́бота (domakínska rábota) — domestic household chores
• Chinese Cantonese: 家務 /家务 (gaa1 mou6) — domestic household chores
• Chinese Mandarin: 家務 /家务 (jiāwù) — domestic household chores
• Chinese Mandarin: 家務勞動 /家务劳动 (jiāwù láodòng) — domestic household chores
• Chinese Mandarin: 家事 (jiāshì) — domestic household chores
• Czech: domácí práce — domestic household chores
• Danish: husholdningsarbejde — domestic household chores
• Dutch: huishouden — domestic household chores
• Dutch: huishoudelijk werk — domestic household chores
• Estonian: kodutöö — domestic household chores
• Finnish: kotityöt — domestic household chores
• Finnish: taloustyöt — domestic household chores
• French: ménage — domestic household chores
• German: Hausarbeit — domestic household chores
• Greek: οικιακά (oikiaká) — domestic household chores
• Hungarian: házimunka — domestic household chores
• Ido: menajo — domestic household chores
• Italian: faccende — domestic household chores
• Japanese: 家事 (kaji) — domestic household chores
• Korean: 가사 (gasa) — domestic household chores
• Korean: 집안일 (jibanil) — domestic household chores
• Kyrgyz: үй иши (üy işi) — domestic household chores
• Latvian: mājasdarbs — domestic household chores
• Lithuanian: buities darbai — domestic household chores
• Marathi: घरकाम (gharkām) — domestic household chores
• Norwegian Bokmål: husarbeid — domestic household chores
• Norwegian Nynorsk: husarbeid — domestic household chores
• Iranian Persian: کارِ خانَگی (kâr-e xânagi) — domestic household chores
• Iranian Persian: کارْهایِ خانِه (kârhâ-ye xâne) — domestic household chores
• Iranian Persian: کارِ خانِه (kâr-e xâne) — domestic household chores
• Polish: prace domowe — domestic household chores
• Polish: sprzątanie — domestic household chores
• Portuguese: serviço doméstico — domestic household chores
• Portuguese: tarefas domésticas — domestic household chores
• Russian: рабо́та по до́му (rabóta po dómu) — domestic household chores
• Russian: дома́шняя рабо́та (domášnjaja rabóta) — domestic household chores
• Russian: убо́рка (ubórka) — domestic household chores
• Scottish Gaelic: obair-taighe — domestic household chores
• Slovak: domáca práca — domestic household chores
• Spanish: tareas domésticas — domestic household chores
• Spanish: quehaceres — domestic household chores
• Spanish: faenas — domestic household chores
• Swedish: hushållsarbete — domestic household chores
• Tagalog: gawaing-bahay — domestic household chores
• Thai: งานบ้าน (ngaan-bâan) — domestic household chores
• Ukrainian: робо́та по до́му (robóta po dómu) — domestic household chores
• Ukrainian: прибира́ння (prybyránnja) — domestic household chores
• Vietnamese: việc nhà — domestic household chores