Meaning

4 senses
  1. A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking.

  2. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.

    Hausfrau

    домохозя́йкаdomoxozjájka

    домогоспода́ркаdomohospodárka

    a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income

  3. A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work.

  4. (obsolete)A worthless woman; a hussy.

Examples

46 sentences
  1. I'm a thirty-year-old housewife.

    Я тридцятирічна домогосподарка. — deniko

    ruЯ тридцатилетняя домохозяйка. — Wezel

  2. I'm a housewife.

    Я домогосподарка. — deniko

    ruЯ домохозяйка. — Tonari

    deIch bin Hausfrau. — MUIRIEL

  3. I would hate to become just a housewife.

    ruМне бы очень не хотелось стать просто домохозяйкой. — marafon

  4. I'm a housewife and a mother of three.

  5. My mother never wanted to be just a housewife.

    ruМоя мать не желала быть всего лишь домохозяйкой. — soweli_Elepanto

    deMeine Mutter wollte nie einfach nur Hausfrau sein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Origin

From Middle English houswyf, housewif, huswijf, equivalent to house + wife; a doublet of h

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.

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