"housekeeper" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhaʊskipɚ/ [General-American], /ˈhaʊskiːpə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-housekeeper.ogg [US] Forms: housekeepers [plural]
Etymology: From house + keeper. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|house|keeper}} house + keeper Head templates: {{en-noun}} housekeeper (plural housekeepers)
  1. (now rare) Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-housekeeper-en-noun-bl60DW8r Disambiguation of People: 34 1 33 32
  2. Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc. Translations (someone employed to manage or look after a home): икономка (ikonomka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), casera (Catalan), 房屋管理人 (fángwū guǎnlǐrén) (english: any gender) (Chinese Mandarin), emäntä (Finnish), emännöitsijä (Finnish), taloudenhoitaja (Finnish), gouvernante (French), ama [feminine] (Galician), Haushälterin (German), οικονόμος (oikonómos) [feminine] (Greek), házvezetőnő (Hungarian), domo-guvernisto (Ido), governante (Italian), еконо́мка (ekonómka) [feminine] (Macedonian), pomoc domowa [feminine] (Polish), gosposia [feminine] (Polish), governanta [feminine] (Portuguese), эконо́мка (ekonómka) [feminine] (Russian), домоправи́тельница (domopravítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), ama de llaves (Spanish), idareci (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-housekeeper-en-noun-xOU3DZOZ Disambiguation of 'someone employed to manage or look after a home': 6 72 12 10
  3. Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household. Categories (topical): People Translations (someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household): οἰκουρός (oikourós) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مُدَبَّرَة الْمَنْزَل (alt: mudabbara(t) al-manzal) [feminine] (Arabic), домакиня (domakinja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), casera (Catalan), 女管家 (nǚguǎnjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), 管家 (guǎnjiā) (english: any gender) (Chinese Mandarin), hospodyně [feminine] (Czech), huishoudster [feminine] (Dutch), emäntä (Finnish), ménagère (French), Hausfrau (note: as wife) [feminine] (German), Haushälterin (english: hired) [feminine] (German), Haushälter (english: hired) [masculine] (German), οικονόμος (oikonómos) [feminine] (Greek), νοικοκυρά (noikokyrá) [feminine] (Greek), menajisto (Ido), bean tí [feminine] (Irish), tíosach [masculine] (Irish), casalinga (Italian), 家政婦 (kaseifu) (alt: かせいふ) (Japanese), ハウスキーパー (hausukīpā) (Japanese), 가정부 (gajeongbu) (alt: 家政婦) (Korean), дома́ќинка (domáḱinka) [feminine] (Macedonian), dona de casa (Portuguese), menajeră [feminine] (Romanian), femeie în casă [feminine] (Romanian), casnică [feminine] (Romanian), домрабо́тница (domrabótnica) [feminine] (Russian), эконо́мка (ekonómka) [feminine] (Russian), ama de casa (Spanish), ev hanımı (Turkish), bà quản gia (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-housekeeper-en-noun-PHkSPMMV Disambiguation of People: 34 1 33 32 Disambiguation of 'someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household': 14 20 44 22
  4. (colloquial, now rare) Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody. Tags: archaic, colloquial Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-housekeeper-en-noun-paoUEBTm Disambiguation of Occupations: 22 13 27 38 Disambiguation of People: 34 1 33 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 29 14 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 27 12 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: house keeper, house-keeper [archaic] Coordinate_terms: housemaid

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          "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
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          "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
          "word": "가정부"
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          "roman": "domáḱinka",
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          "ref": "1915, John Buchan, Salute to Adventurers",
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  "word": "housekeeper"
}
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  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Requests for review of Irish translations",
    "en:Occupations",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "housemaid"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "house",
        "3": "keeper"
      },
      "expansion": "house + keeper",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From house + keeper.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "housekeepers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "housekeeper (plural housekeepers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "house‧keep‧er"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "own",
          "own"
        ],
        [
          "house",
          "house"
        ],
        [
          "householder",
          "householder"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) Someone who owns a house as a place of residence; a householder."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She was their third housekeeper, but after a month or so she also gave up."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ],
        [
          "hotel",
          "hotel"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1915, John Buchan, Salute to Adventurers",
          "text": "I do assure you he is no house-keeper. I have seen him in desperate conflict with savage men, and even with His Majesty's redcoats.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unadventurous",
          "unadventurous"
        ],
        [
          "homebody",
          "homebody"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, now rare) Someone who keeps to their house; someone who rarely ventures away from home; an unadventurous person, a homebody."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaʊskipɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaʊskiːpə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-housekeeper.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ee/En-us-housekeeper.ogg/En-us-housekeeper.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/En-us-housekeeper.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "house keeper"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "house-keeper"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ikonomka",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "икономка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "word": "casera"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "any gender",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fángwū guǎnlǐrén",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "word": "房屋管理人"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "word": "emäntä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "word": "emännöitsijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "word": "taloudenhoitaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "word": "gouvernante"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ama"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "word": "Haushälterin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oikonómos",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "οικονόμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "word": "házvezetőnő"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "word": "domo-guvernisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "word": "governante"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ekonómka",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "еконо́мка"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pomoc domowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gosposia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "governanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekonómka",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эконо́мка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "domopravítelʹnica",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "домоправи́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "word": "ama de llaves"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "someone employed to manage or look after a home",
      "word": "idareci"
    },
    {
      "alt": "mudabbara(t) al-manzal",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُدَبَّرَة الْمَنْزَل"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "domakinja",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "домакиня"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "word": "casera"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǚguǎnjiā",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "word": "女管家"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "any gender",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guǎnjiā",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "word": "管家"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hospodyně"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "huishoudster"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "word": "emäntä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "word": "ménagère"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "as wife",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hausfrau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "hired",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Haushälterin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "hired",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Haushälter"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oikonómos",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "οικονόμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "noikokyrá",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "νοικοκυρά"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "oikourós",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "οἰκουρός"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "word": "menajisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bean tí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tíosach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "word": "casalinga"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かせいふ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaseifu",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "word": "家政婦"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hausukīpā",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "word": "ハウスキーパー"
    },
    {
      "alt": "家政婦",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gajeongbu",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "word": "가정부"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "domáḱinka",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дома́ќинка"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "word": "dona de casa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menajeră"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "femeie în casă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "casnică"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "domrabótnica",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "домрабо́тница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekonómka",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эконо́мка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "word": "ama de casa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "word": "ev hanımı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "someone who manages the home, traditionally female head of household",
      "word": "bà quản gia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "housekeeper"
}

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