household (ˈhaʊsˌhəʊld
)
Definitions
noun
- the people living together in one house collectively
- (modifier) of, relating to, or used in the running of a household; domestic ⇒
household management
Translations
- British English:
household
A household is all the people in a family or group who live together in a house.I grew up in a large household, with three brothers and three sisters.ˈhaʊsˌhəʊld NOUN I grew up in a large household, with three brothers and three sisters.
- Spanish: hogar familiar nm
- French:
ménage
nm
- German:
Haushalt
nm
- Chinese: 家庭 n
- Arabic: أَهلُ البَيْتُ n
- Portuguese: agregado familiar nm
- Russian: домочадцы npl
- Croatian: domaćinstvo nnt
- Czech: domácnost nf
- Danish: husholdning nutr
- Dutch: huishouden nnt
- Finnish: talous n
- Greek: νοικοκυριό nnt
- Italian: famiglia nf
- Japanese: 家族 n
- Korean: 가족 n
- Norwegian: husholdning nm
- Polish: gospodarstwo domowe nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: residentes npl
- European Spanish: hogar familiar nm
- Swedish: hushåll nnt
- Thai: ครอบครัว n
- Turkish: hane halkı n
- Vietnamese: hộ gia đình n
Usage examples
She'd dogged his footsteps and done her best to turn him into a household name.
, THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)But they are not the famous household names whose mere presence on Panorama requires us to tune in, as they should be.
Spiked (2002)The segregated waste scheme is part of a plan to increase recycling of household waste from its current level of 10 per cent to 60 per cent.
Irish Times (2002)A Centrica spokesman repeated that the company was interested in getting into the water business as part of building up a household package.
Glasgow Herald (2001)If this partnership shares a household it will be a place where people come for comfort, pampering and listening.
, MOON ASTROLOGY FOR LOVERS (2002)