live-in

English

Etymology

From live +‎ in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪvˌɪn/

Adjective

live-in (not comparable)

1. Living on the premises; usually said of a household employee or a domestic partner.

   A live-in maid is a true luxury, but even a maid once a week is great.

   • 2021 January 14, Tamar Lapin, “Ashli Babbitt, Air Force vet killed at Capitol, was in a ‘throuple’”, in New York Post‎^[1], retrieved 2021-07-22:

     The Air Force veteran fatally shot by police during last week’s US Capitol riot had been in a “throuple” with her husband and their live-in girlfriend, according to reports.

Derived terms

• live-in son-in-law

Translations

living on the premises

• Spanish: puertas adentro (employee), conviviente (es) (sexual partner), interna (es) f (usually female domestic worker)

Noun

live-in (plural live-ins)

1. A household employee or domestic partner who lives on the premises of the employer or partner.
   • 1974 February 2, “ATTRAC, WELL OFF HARV-ED GWM (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 14:

     30, Camb seeks one man lover 20-32: shd lke domestic evenings, books, edc people, travel. Possible live-in for right guy.

   • 2001, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Doméstica, page 31:

     […] but that doesn't stop families from hiring live-ins; nor does it stop newly arrived Latina migrant workers from taking jobs they urgently need.

2. A firefighter who lives at the fire station.

Anagrams

• inlive, inveil, invile