"au pair" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /əʊ ˈpɛə/ [UK], /oʊ ˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-au pair.wav
Etymology: Borrowed from French au pair. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|au pair}} French au pair Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} au pair (not comparable)
  1. On a working basis by which work done by one party is rewarded by benefits (especially board and lodging) rather than by monetary remuneration. Tags: not-comparable
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Noun

IPA: /əʊ ˈpɛə/ [UK], /oʊ ˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-au pair.wav Forms: au pairs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French au pair. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|au pair}} French au pair Head templates: {{en-noun}} au pair (plural au pairs)
  1. (now rare) An au pair working arrangement (see Adverb). Tags: archaic Related terms: nursemaid
    Sense id: en-au_pair-en-noun-hBmAgFZW
  2. A person (especially a young woman) working in such a way; now specifically, a foreign worker who helps a host family with childcare, housework, or both while staying as a guest with a host family, and generally receives a small allowance (or pocket money). Translations (single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family): au-pair (Catalan), 保姆 (bǎomǔ) (english: no exact term exists) (Chinese Mandarin), 互惠生 (hùhuìshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), au pair [feminine] (Dutch), au pair (Finnish), fille au pair [feminine] (French), garçon au pair [masculine] (French), jeune au pair [by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine] (French), Au-pair [neuter] (German), Au-pair-Mädchen [neuter] (German), Au-pair-Junge [masculine] (German), húshjálp [feminine] (Icelandic), au pair (Italian), オーペア (ōpea) (Japanese), オペア (opea) (Japanese), 오페어 (opeeo) (Korean), au pair (Norwegian), au pair (Polish), au pair [feminine] (Portuguese), помо́щница по хозя́йству (pomóščnica po xozjájstvu) (english: no exact term exists) [feminine] (Russian), ня́ня (njánja) [feminine] (Russian), о-пе́р (o-pɛ́r) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), о-пе́р (o-pér) [feminine, indeclinable, masculine] (Russian), о-пэ́р (o-pɛ́r) [feminine, indeclinable, masculine] (Russian), daltag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), de au pair (Spanish), au pair (Swedish)
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Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1958 March 29, The Economist:",
          "text": "Several thousand girls now come over from the continent to live for six months au pair with British families to learn English—and to perform ‘light domestic duties’.",
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          "ref": "1973, Christina Stead, The Little Hotel, Text Classics, published 2016, page 84:",
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/oʊ ˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/",
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}

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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
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      "word": "nursemaid"
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        "An au pair working arrangement (see Adverb)."
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        "(now rare) An au pair working arrangement (see Adverb)."
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          "receive",
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          "allowance",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "word": "au-pair"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "no exact term exists",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǎomǔ",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "word": "保姆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hùhuìshēng",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "word": "互惠生"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "au pair"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "word": "au pair"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fille au pair"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "garçon au pair"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jeune au pair"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Au-pair"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Au-pair-Mädchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Au-pair-Junge"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "húshjálp"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "word": "au pair"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ōpea",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "word": "オーペア"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "opea",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "word": "オペア"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "opeeo",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "word": "오페어"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "word": "au pair"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "word": "au pair"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "au pair"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "no exact term exists",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pomóščnica po xozjájstvu",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "помо́щница по хозя́йству"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "njánja",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ня́ня"
    },
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      "roman": "o-pɛ́r",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о-пе́р"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "o-pér",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indeclinable",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о-пе́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "o-pɛ́r",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indeclinable",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о-пэ́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "daltag"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "word": "de au pair"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
      "word": "au pair"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:au pair"
  ],
  "word": "au pair"
}

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