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au pair

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French au pair.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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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. [from 19th c.]
    • 1958 March 29, The Economist:
      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’.
    • 1973, Christina Stead, The Little Hotel, Text Classics, published 2016, page 84:
      ‘I shall try to get a position au pair to pay my expenses.’

Noun

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au pair (plural au pairs)

  1. (now rare) An au pair working arrangement (see Adverb). [from 19th c.]
  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). [from 20th c.]

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From French au pair.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯pɑi̯r/, [ˈɑ̝u̯pɑ̝i̯r]
  • Alternatively pronounced as in English.

Noun

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au pair

  1. au pair

Declension

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Inflection of au pair (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative au pair au pairit
genitive au pairin au pairien
partitive au pairia au paireja
illative au pairiin au paireihin
singular plural
nominative au pair au pairit
accusative nom. au pair au pairit
gen. au pairin
genitive au pairin au pairien
partitive au pairia au paireja
inessive au pairissa au paireissa
elative au pairista au paireista
illative au pairiin au paireihin
adessive au pairilla au paireilla
ablative au pairilta au paireilta
allative au pairille au paireille
essive au pairina au paireina
translative au pairiksi au paireiksi
abessive au pairitta au paireitta
instructive au pairein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of au pair (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative au pairini au pairini
accusative nom. au pairini au pairini
gen. au pairini
genitive au pairini au pairieni
partitive au pairiani au pairejani
inessive au pairissani au paireissani
elative au pairistani au paireistani
illative au pairiini au paireihini
adessive au pairillani au paireillani
ablative au pairiltani au paireiltani
allative au pairilleni au paireilleni
essive au pairinani au paireinani
translative au pairikseni au paireikseni
abessive au pairittani au paireittani
instructive
comitative au paireineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative au pairisi au pairisi
accusative nom. au pairisi au pairisi
gen. au pairisi
genitive au pairisi au pairiesi
partitive au pairiasi au pairejasi
inessive au pairissasi au paireissasi
elative au pairistasi au paireistasi
illative au pairiisi au paireihisi
adessive au pairillasi au paireillasi
ablative au pairiltasi au paireiltasi
allative au pairillesi au paireillesi
essive au pairinasi au paireinasi
translative au pairiksesi au paireiksesi
abessive au pairittasi au paireittasi
instructive
comitative au paireinesi

Further reading

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French

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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au pair (invariable)

  1. working for food and housing
    • 1840, Honoré de Balzac, Pierrette:
      Sylvie Rogron fut envoyée à cent écus de pension en apprentissage rue Saint-Denis, chez des négociants nés à Provins. Deux ans après, elle était au pair : si elle ne gagnait rien, ses parents ne payaient plus rien pour son logis et sa nourriture. Voilà ce qu’on appelle être au pair, rue Saint-Denis.
      Sylvie Rogron was sent (with six hundred francs for her board) as apprentice to certain shopkeepers originally from Provins and now settled in Paris in the rue Saint-Denis. Two years later she was "at par" as they say; she earned her own living; at any rate her parents paid nothing for her. That is what is called being "at par" in the rue Saint-Denis.
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Descendants

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  • German: Au-pair

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From French au pair.

Noun

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au pair f (plural au pairs)

  1. au pair (person helping a host family with childcare or housework)

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French au pair.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /o ˈpeɾ/ [o ˈpeɾ]
  • Syllabification: au pair

Noun

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au pair f (plural au pairs)

  1. au pair (person helping a host family with childcare or housework)

Usage notes

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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From French au pair.

Noun

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au pair c

  1. an au pair

Declension

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