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From house + work . Cognate with Dutch huiswerk ( “ homework ” ) .
housework (uncountable )
domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking
2018 , Kristin Lawless, Formerly known as food , →ISBN , page 228 :In the preindustrial era the burden of housework fell on the shoulders of every inhabitant of the house: men, women, and children all devoted their energies and time to work in the home and on the farms, because most Americans were involved with at least some of their own food production.
( uncommon ) homework
domestic household chores
Arabic: أَعْمَال مَنْزِل m pl ( ʔaʕmāl manzil ) , أَعْمَال الْمَنْزِل m pl ( ʔaʕmāl al-manzil ) ( definite )
Belarusian: пра́ца па ха́це f ( práca pa xácje )
Bulgarian: домаки́нска ра́бота f ( domakínska rábota )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 家務 / 家务 ( gaa1 mou6 )
Mandarin: 家務 / 家务 (zh) ( jiāwù ) , 家務勞動 / 家务劳动 ( jiāwù láodòng ) , 家事 (zh) ( jiāshì )
Czech: domácí práce f
Danish: husholdningsarbejde n
Dutch: huishouden (nl) n , huishoudelijk werk n
Estonian: kodutöö
Finnish: kotityöt (fi) pl , taloustyöt (fi) pl
French: ménage (fr) m
German: Hausarbeit (de) f
Greek: οικιακά (el) n pl ( oikiaká )
Ido: menajo (io)
Italian: faccende (it) f pl
Japanese: 家事 (ja) ( かじ, kaji )
Korean: 가사(家事) (ko) ( gasa ) , 집안일 (ko) ( jibanil )
Kyrgyz: үй иши ( üy işi )
Latvian: mājasdarbs m
Lithuanian: buities darbai m pl
Norwegian:
Bokmål: husarbeid n
Nynorsk: husarbeid n
Persian:
Iranian Persian: کارِ خانَگی (fa) ( kâr-e xânagi ) , کارْهایِ خانِه pl ( kârhâ-ye xâne ) , کارِ خانِه ( kâr-e xâne )
Polish: prace domowe f pl , sprzątanie (pl) n ( cleaning and tidying )
Portuguese: serviço doméstico m , tarefas domésticas f pl
Russian: рабо́та по до́му f ( rabóta po dómu ) , дома́шняя рабо́та (ru) f ( domášnjaja rabóta ) , убо́рка (ru) f ( ubórka ) ( cleaning and tidying )
Scottish Gaelic: obair-taighe f
Slovak: domáca práca f
Spanish: tareas domésticas f pl , quehaceres (es) m pl , faenas (es) f pl
Swedish: hushållsarbete (sv) n
Tagalog: gawaing-bahay
Thai: งานบ้าน ( ngaan-bâan )
Ukrainian: робо́та по до́му ( robóta po dómu ) , прибира́ння (uk) n ( prybyránnja ) ( cleaning and tidying )