"housework" meaning in English

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Noun

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Etymology: From house + work. Cognate with Dutch huiswerk (“homework”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|house|work}} house + work, {{cog|nl|huiswerk||homework}} Dutch huiswerk (“homework”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} housework (uncountable)
  1. domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking Tags: uncountable Translations (domestic household chores): أَعْمَال مَنْزِل (ʔaʕmāl manzil) [masculine, plural] (Arabic), أَعْمَال الْمَنْزِل (ʔaʕmāl al-manzil) [definite, masculine, plural] (Arabic), пра́ца па ха́це (práca pa xácje) [feminine] (Belarusian), домаки́нска ра́бота (domakínska rábota) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 家務 /家务 (gaa¹ mou⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 家務 /家务 (jiāwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 家務勞動 /家务劳动 (jiāwù láodòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 家事 (jiāshì) (Chinese Mandarin), domácí práce [feminine] (Czech), husholdningsarbejde [neuter] (Danish), huishouden [neuter] (Dutch), huishoudelijk werk [neuter] (Dutch), kodutöö (Estonian), kotityöt [plural] (Finnish), taloustyöt [plural] (Finnish), ménage [masculine] (French), Hausarbeit [feminine] (German), οικιακά (oikiaká) [neuter, plural] (Greek), menajo (Ido), کارِ خانَگی (kâr-e xânagi) (Iranian Persian), کارْهایِ خانِه (kârhâ-ye xâne) [plural] (Iranian Persian), کارِ خانِه (kâr-e xâne) (Iranian Persian), faccende [feminine, plural] (Italian), 家事 (kaji) (alt: かじ) (Japanese), 가사 (gasa) (alt: 家事) (Korean), 집안일 (jibanil) (Korean), үй иши (üy işi) (Kyrgyz), mājasdarbs [masculine] (Latvian), buities darbai [masculine, plural] (Lithuanian), husarbeid [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), husarbeid [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), prace domowe [feminine, plural] (Polish), sprzątanie (english: cleaning and tidying) [neuter] (Polish), serviço doméstico [masculine] (Portuguese), tarefas domésticas [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), рабо́та по до́му (rabóta po dómu) [feminine] (Russian), дома́шняя рабо́та (domášnjaja rabóta) [feminine] (Russian), убо́рка (ubórka) (english: cleaning and tidying) [feminine] (Russian), obair-taighe [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), domáca práca [feminine] (Slovak), tareas domésticas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), quehaceres [masculine, plural] (Spanish), faenas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), hushållsarbete [neuter] (Swedish), gawaing-bahay (Tagalog), งานบ้าน (ngaan-bâan) (Thai), робо́та по до́му (robóta po dómu) (Ukrainian), прибира́ння (prybyránnja) (english: cleaning and tidying) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (uncommon) homework Tags: uncommon, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: inwork
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          "roman": "rabóta po dómu",
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      "sense": "domestic household chores",
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      "word": "kodutöö"
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      "word": "ménage"
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      "word": "Hausarbeit"
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      "word": "家事"
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      "word": "가사"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jibanil",
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      "word": "집안일"
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      "code": "ky",
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      "roman": "üy işi",
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      "word": "үй иши"
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      "sense": "domestic household chores",
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      "word": "mājasdarbs"
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      "code": "lt",
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      "word": "buities darbai"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "husarbeid"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "kâr-e xânagi",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
      "word": "کارِ خانَگی"
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      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
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      "word": "کارْهایِ خانِه"
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      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
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      "sense": "domestic household chores",
      "word": "کارِ خانِه"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "prace domowe"
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      "code": "pl",
      "english": "cleaning and tidying",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "sprzątanie"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "serviço doméstico"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "word": "tarefas domésticas"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rabóta po dómu",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рабо́та по до́му"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "domášnjaja rabóta",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дома́шняя рабо́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "cleaning and tidying",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubórka",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "убо́рка"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "obair-taighe"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "domáca práca"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
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      "word": "quehaceres"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
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      "word": "faenas"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hushållsarbete"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
      "word": "gawaing-bahay"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ngaan-bâan",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
      "word": "งานบ้าน"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "robóta po dómu",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
      "word": "робо́та по до́му"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "cleaning and tidying",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prybyránnja",
      "sense": "domestic household chores",
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      "word": "прибира́ння"
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}

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