Meaning of housewife | Babel Free

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1. A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking.
2. A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking
3. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household
4. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
5. homemaker
6. A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work
7. A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work.
8. a payment given by a government to people who are entitled to it according to certain criteria (eg poverty) when they buy or rent a house, an apartment etc. huisvestingstoelaag مُخَصَّصات ماليّه للسَّكَن социална помощ auxílio moradia státní podpora na bydlení der Lasten-, Mietzuschuß (Wohngeld) boligsikring στεγαστικό δάνειο subsidio de vivienda elamispinnahüvitis کمک هزینه asumistuki allocation logement הַלווָאַת דִיוּר מְהַמֵדִינָה गृह लाभ, घरेलु लाभ stambena potpora szociálpolitikai támog...
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9. A worthless woman; a hussy
10. A worthless woman; a hussy.
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11. a person who arranges the sale or letting of houses. eiendomsagent وكيل بيع وشِراء بيوت посредник за покупко-продажба и наемане на къщи agente imobiliário obchodník s nemovitostmi der Häusermakler ejendomsmægler μεσίτηςagente inmobiliario kinnisvaramaakler مؤسسه معاملات ملكی kiinteistönvälittäjä agent/-ente immobilier/-ière מְתָווֵך דִירוֹת गृहाभिकर्ता agent za prodaju nekretnina lakásügynök agen perumahan fasteignasali agente immobiliare 家屋周旋人 부동산 소개업자 nekilnojamojo turto agentas dzīvokļu aģ...
12. Alternative form of housewive
13. a type of arrest in which a person is not allowed to leave his own house. He was kept under house arrest. huisarres إعْتِقال مَنْزِلي домашен арест prisão domiciliar domácí vězení der Hausarrest husarrest περιορισμός κατ' οίκον arresto domiciliario koduarest محبوس در خانه aresti assignation à résidence מַעֲצָר בַּיִת नजर बंदी kucni pritvor házi őrizet tahanan rumah stofufangelsi arresti domiciliari 自宅監禁 자택 연금 namų areštas mājas arests penahanan dalam rumah huisarresthusarrest areszt domowy په...
14. a type of boat, usually with a flat bottom, which is built to be lived in. woonskuit قارِب سَكَن голяма лодка, приспособена за живеене casa flutuante obytný člun das Hausboot husbåd πλωτό σπίτι casa flotante paatmaja قایق خانه مانند asuntovene bateau-maison בֵּית-סִירָה शिकारा lada za stanovanje, splav-kucica folyami lakóhajó perahu rumah húsbátur casa galleggiante 尾形船 (거주용의) 집같이 생긴 배 plaukiojantis namas peldoša māja rumah bot woonboothusbåt łódź mieszkalna کورته ورته کیږدی casa flutuante am­...
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15. a person who breaks into a house in order to steal. inbreker لِص مَنازِل крадец с взлом ladrão bytový zloděj der Einbrecher indbrudstyv διαρρήκτηςladrón murdvaras سارق murtovaras cambrioleur/-euse פורץ सेंधमार provalnik betörő pembobol rumah innbrotsþjófur scassinatore 押込み強盗 가택 침입자 įsilaužėlis kramplauzis penjenayah pecah rumah inbreker, insluiperinnbruddstyvwłamywacz کور غلا کوونکی، غل ladrão spărgător (de case) грабитель-взломщик vlamač, vykrádač bytov, domov vlomilec provalnik inbrottstjuv...
16. huisbraak سَرِقَة منْزِل، السَّطو على البيوت кражба с взлом assalto vloupání der Einbruch indbrud διάρρηξη allanamiento de morada murdvargus دستبرد murtovarkaus cambriolageפריצה मकान में सेंध लगाना provala betörés pembobolan rumah innbrot furto con scasso 押込み強盗 주거 침입 įsilaužimas ielaušanās mājā pemecahan rumah inbraakinnbruddwłamanie لاس پریکونکی assalto spargere кража со взломом vlámanie do domov vlom provala inbrott การบุกรุกเข้าบ้าน ev soyma/hırsızlığı 闖空門 крадіжка зі зломом گھر میں دن دہا...
17. the common fly, found throughout the world. huisvlieg ذُبابة البُيوت муха mosca moucha (domácí) die Stubenflieger husflue μύγαmosca toakärbes مگس kärpänen mouche זְבוּב הַבַּיִת घरों में पाई जाने वाली मक्खी kucna muha (házi)légy lalat stóra húsafluga mosca comune 家バエ 집파리 naminė musė muša lalat vlieghusflue mucha pospolita مچ mosca muscă комнатная муха mucha domáca muha muva husfluga แมลงวัน kara sinek, sinek 家蠅 кімнатна муха عام مکھی con ruồi 家蝇
18. the people who live together in a house, including their servants. How many people are there in this household? huishouding أهْل البَيْت، أسرَه домакинство agregado familiar domácnost der Haushalt husstand νοικοκυριό, σπιτικόcasa, familia majapidamine خانوار talous maison בְּנֵי הַבַּיִת घर के सभी लोग kucanstvo; ukucani háznép rumah tangga heimilisfólk casa, famiglia 世帯 가족, 세대 šeimyna ģimene; vienā mājā dzīvojošie keluarga huishoudinghusstand, husholdning domownicy خیلخانه ،کورنی agregado fam...
19. the person who owns a house or pays the rent for it. gesinshoof صاحِب أو مُسْتأجِر منزِل глава на семейство chefe de família majitel domu; nájemník der Hausinhaber husejer; lejer νοικοκύρηςinquilino majaisand صاحبخانه talonomistaja propriétaire; locataire בַּעַל הַבַּיִת घर का मालिक kucevlasnik; najamnik kuce házbérlő, háztulajdonos pemilik rumah húsráðandi proprietario; locatario 世帯主 호주 namo savininkas, nuomininkas mājas īpašnieks tuan rumah atau penyewa huiseigenaar, huurderhuseier, leietak...

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“2000, Uli Kusch, "Mr. Torture", Helloween, The Dark Ride Mr Torture sells pain / To the housewives in Spain / He knows just what they crave / Mr Torture”

“It was a housewife, containing needles, a bodkin, and thread; ‘and, do you know,’ added he, ‘it was the most useful thing she could have given me, for it lasted all the time I was at Rome to mend my clothes with […].’”

“Woffington's housewife, made by herself, homely to the eye, but holds everything in the world”

“The "soldier's housewife" was a small sewing kit that was carried to make timely repairs to clothing and equipment.”

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