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"A single girl (or, rarely, a boy), usually a foreigner, 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)."
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
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"word": "húshjálp"
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"sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
"word": "au pair"
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"sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "помо́щница по хозя́йству"
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"sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
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"sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
"word": "de au pair"
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"sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
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],
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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"
},
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"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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"sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
"tags": [
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"word": "au pair"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
"word": "au pair"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
"tags": [
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],
"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",
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"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"
},
{
"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"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "au pair"
},
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"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",
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"feminine",
"masculine"
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"word": "о-пе́р"
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"sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
"tags": [
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
"word": "de au pair"
},
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"sense": "single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family",
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