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| has gloss | (noun) a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income woman of the house, housewife, homemaker, lady of the house |
| has gloss | eng: Housewife is a term used to describe a married female who is not employed outside of the home. Merriam Webster describes a housewife as a married woman who is in charge of her household. Housewife is also a term use in the 18th century to refer to sewing kit or mending kit where people usually kept toiletries. |
| lexicalization | eng: homemaker |
| lexicalization | eng: House wife |
| lexicalization | eng: housewife |
| lexicalization | eng: lady of the house |
| lexicalization | eng: woman of the house |
| subclass of | (noun) a married woman; a man's partner in marriage married woman, wife |
| has subclass | c/Desperate Housewives |
| has subclass | c/Fictional housewives |
| has subclass | c/Housewives who committed suicide |
| Meaning | |
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| Afrikaans | |
| lexicalization | afr: huisvrou |
| Standard Arabic | |
| lexicalization | arb: ربة منزل |
| Bengali | |
| lexicalization | ben: গৃহবধূ |
| lexicalization | ben: গৃহিণী |
| Bulgarian | |
| lexicalization | bul: домакиня |
| Catalan | |
| lexicalization | cat: mestressa de casa |
| Czech | |
| lexicalization | ces: hospodyně |
| lexicalization | ces: hospodyňka |
| Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexicalization | cmn: jiā tíng zhǔ fu |
| lexicalization | cmn: 家庭主妇 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 家庭主婦 |
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| lexicalization | cmn: zhǔ fu |
| lexicalization | cmn: 主妇 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 主婦 |
| Danish | |
| lexicalization | dan: husmoder |
| German | |
| lexicalization | deu: Hausfrau |
| lexicalization | deu: Dame des Hauses |
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| lexicalization | deu: Familienfürsorgerin |
| lexicalization | deu: Familienfürsorger |
| Middle English (1100-1500) | |
| lexicalization | enm: huswif |
| Esperanto | |
| lexicalization | epo: dommastrino |
| lexicalization | epo: dommastrumantino |
| Faroese | |
| lexicalization | fao: húsfrú |
| Finnish | |
| lexicalization | fin: kotirouva |
| French | |
| lexicalization | fra: femme au foyer |
| lexicalization | fra: ménagère |
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| lexicalization | fra: mère au foyer |
| lexicalization | fra: trousse de couture |
| lexicalization | fra: maîtresse de maison |
| Galician | |
| lexicalization | glg: amo de casa |
| Serbo-Croatian | |
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| lexicalization | hbs: domaćica |
| lexicalization | hbs: домаћица |
| Hindi | |
| lexicalization | hin: gqhiNI |
| Croatian | |
| lexicalization | hrv: domačica |
| lexicalization | hrv: kućanica |
| Indonesian | |
| lexicalization | ind: ibu rumah tangga |
| Icelandic | |
| lexicalization | isl: húsmóðir |
| lexicalization | isl: húsfreyja |
| lexicalization | isl: húsfrú |
| Italian | |
| lexicalization | ita: padrona di casa |
| lexicalization | ita: casalinga |
| lexicalization | ita: massaia |
| Japanese | |
| lexicalization | jpn: 主婦 |
| Georgian | |
| lexicalization | kat: დიასახლისი |
| Korean | |
| lexicalization | kor: 주부 |
| lexicalization | kor: 가두녀성 |
| Dutch | |
| lexicalization | nld: huisvrouw |
| lexicalization | nld: vrouw des huizes |
| Norwegian Bokmål | |
| lexicalization | nob: kone |
| lexicalization | nob: hustru |
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| lexicalization | nob: frue |
| Occitan (post 1500) | |
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| lexicalization | oci: mestressa |
| Iranian Persian | |
| lexicalization | pes: كدبانو |
| Polish | |
| lexicalization | pol: gospodyni domowa |
| Portuguese | |
| lexicalization | por: dona de casa |
| lexicalization | por: dona-de-casa |
| Moldavian | |
| lexicalization | ron: gospodină |
| Russian | |
| lexicalization | rus: домохозяйка |
| lexicalization | rus: хозяйка |
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| lexicalization | rus: игольник |
| Slovak | |
| lexicalization | slk: hospodárka |
| Castilian | |
| lexicalization | spa: ama de casa |
| Swedish | |
| has gloss | swe: Hemmafru är en gift kvinna som regelbundet utför någon form av värdeskapande aktivitet i hemmet, istället för att förvärvsarbeta. Arbetsuppgifterna omfattar i första hand barnomsorg och hushållsarbete. |
| lexicalization | swe: hemmafru |
| lexicalization | swe: husmoder |
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| lexicalization | swe: husmor |
| Thai | |
| lexicalization | tha: lady of the house |
| lexicalization | tha: ฆรณี |
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| lexicalization | tha: แม่บ้าน |
| Turkish | |
| lexicalization | tur: ev kadýný |
| lexicalization | tur: ev hanýmý |
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| lexicalization | tur: ev kadını |
| Ukrainian | |
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| lexicalization | ukr: господиня |
| lexicalization | ukr: хазяйка |
| lexicalization | ukr: господарка |
| Links | |
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| similar | e/Housewife |
| Media | |
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| media:img | Kue.gif |
| media:img | Tyranov - Young Housewife.jpg |
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