housekeeper
gb/hˈaʊskˌipɚ/ us/hˈaʊskˌipɚ/
B1
Engleză
~ 6500
Sensuri
0 sensuri
Substantiv
B1
entity
1
person paid to run a household
A person who is paid to clean and take care of a home, hotel, or similar place.
Tipar de utilizare:
[someone] works as a housekeeper for [someone / a hotel]
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners sometimes confuse "housekeeper" with "janitor" or "caretaker". A janitor usually cleans and maintains a school, office, or other public building, not a private home or hotel rooms. A caretaker often looks after a building or person more generally, not mainly cleaning. Also, some learners say *"housekepper"* or *"house-keeper"*; the correct spelling is one word, "housekeeper."
Sinonime
maid (Often used for a female housekeeper; can sound old-fashioned or less respectful.)
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cleaner (Focuses more on cleaning tasks and less on overall household management.)
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domestic worker (More formal and broad; includes nannies, cooks, and other in-home staff.)
Antonime
employer (The person who hires and directs the housekeeper, the opposite role in the work relationship.)
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guest (Someone who stays in a home or hotel without doing cleaning or managing work.)
Colocații
live-in housekeeper
|full-time housekeeper
|part-time housekeeper
|hotel housekeeper
|head housekeeper
|hire a housekeeper
Teme
work
|daily life
|home
|housing
|daily_life
Exemple
- They hired a live-in housekeeper to look after the kids and keep the house tidy.
- As head housekeeper, she manages a team of twenty staff at the hotel.
- He worked as a housekeeper for an elderly couple for more than ten years.
- The housekeeper changes the sheets and cleans the bathroom every morning.
- Our housekeeper comes three times a week to clean and do the laundry.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- The housekeeper cleans the rooms in the hotel.
- My parents pay a housekeeper to clean the house.
- She works as a housekeeper for a rich family.
- The housekeeper washes the clothes and the dishes.
- We need a new housekeeper because ours is moving away.
Substantiv
B2
entity
2
person good at running a home
A person who looks after their own home and keeps it clean and in order.
Tipar de utilizare:
[someone] is [a good / poor] housekeeper
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may think "housekeeper" always means a paid worker. In this sense, it talks about how a person manages their own home, often as a personal quality. In modern English, many people now prefer words like "homemaker" or just describe the person as "very tidy" or "organized" instead of using "housekeeper" for this meaning.
Sinonime
homemaker (Common especially in American English; stresses managing the home full-time as a main role.)
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housewife (Traditional and gendered; now sometimes seen as old-fashioned or limiting, and usually refers to a married woman.)
Antonime
slob (Informal; describes a very untidy person who does not keep their home clean.)
Colocații
a good housekeeper
|a poor housekeeper
|an excellent housekeeper
|a careful housekeeper
|a neat housekeeper
Teme
home
|daily life
|character
|daily_life
|housing
Exemple
- She is an excellent housekeeper and keeps everything in its place.
- Although he works long hours, he is a very careful housekeeper at home.
- I'm not much of a housekeeper; there are always dishes in the sink.
- Her mother was a strict housekeeper and expected the children to help with chores.
- He admitted that he was a poor housekeeper before they moved in together.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- My sister is a very good housekeeper.
- I am not a good housekeeper, and my room is often messy.
- Her grandmother was a careful housekeeper all her life.
- He wants to be a better housekeeper and clean every week.
- She is proud of being a neat housekeeper.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
housekeeper
IPA
GB/hˈaʊskˌipɚ/
US/hˈaʊskˌipɚ/
Silabe și accent
house - keep - er (3 silabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (house)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: housekeeper
- Plural: housekeepers
Familie de cuvinte
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