Definition of 'maid'
Word forms: plural maids
1. countable noun
2. See also old maid
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maid in British English
noun
3.
a spinster
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Derived forms
maidish (ˈmaidish) adjective
maidishness (ˈmaidishness)
noun
Word origin
C12: shortened form of maidenWord Frequency
maid in American English
noun
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Word origin
ME maide, contr. < maidenWord Frequency
maid in Hospitality
(meɪd)
Word forms: (regular plural) maids
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Hotel personnel)
A maid is a woman who works as a servant in a hotel.
A maid brought breakfast at nine o'clock.
Maids clean your room each day of your stay.
It is customary to tip the maids at the end of your stay.
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maid
British English: maid
/meɪd/ NOUN
A maid is a woman who works as a servant in a hotel or private house.
A maid brought me breakfast.
- American English: maid /ˈmeɪd/
- Arabic: خَادِمَةٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: empregada doméstica
- Chinese: 女仆
- Croatian: sobarica
- Czech: služebná
- Danish: tjenestepige
- Dutch: dienstmeisje
- European Spanish: criada
- Finnish: palvelijatar
- French: bonne
- German: Dienstmädchen
- Greek: υπηρέτρια
- Italian: cameriera
- Japanese: お手伝い 使用人
- Korean: 하녀
- Norwegian: tjenestepike
- Polish: służąca
- European Portuguese: empregada doméstica
- Romanian: menajeră
- Russian: горничная
- Latin American Spanish: criada
- Swedish: hembiträde
- Thai: สาวใช้, คนทำงานบ้าน, พนักงานทำความสะอาด
- Turkish: hizmetçi kadın
- Ukrainian: покоївка
- Vietnamese: người hầu gái
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