household
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household¹
- /ˈhaʊshəʊld/ UK
- /ˈhaʊshoʊld/ US
- /ˈhaʊshəʊld/ Ireland
- /ˈhɛʊshʌo̞lt/
- /ˈhæʊshʌo̞lt/
Where it comes from
From Middle English houshold. By surface analysis, house + hold.
Cognate with Scots houshald, housald, housell, howsell (“household”), Dutch huishouden (“household”) (earlier huishoud), German Low German Huushollen (“household”) (Middle Low German hūsholt), German Haushalt (“household”), Swedish hushåll (“household, family”), Norwegian husholdning (“household”).
noun households
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All the persons who live in a given house or other home; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.
And calls, without affecting airs, / His household twice a day to prayers.
Similar: ménage
- Entirety of work and management required to sustain the household.
- Legal or culturally determined unit of people living together.
- A line of ancestry; a race or house. In thee thy mother dies, our household's name, / My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame.
adjective
- Belonging to the same house and family.
- Found in or having its origin in a home. Whether boarding an airplane with underwear on your face to protest mask requirements, injecting yourself with horse dewormer instead of a safe and effective vaccine or swallowing household disinfectants because the President of the United States unironically suggested that it might help, the pandem
- Widely known to the public; familiar. a household word; a household name
Household²
Where it comes from
English surname, from Middle English houshold (“household, family”), denoting someone who is a householder or is a member of a particular one.
proper noun Households
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: family, domestic, home, menage, house, housework, housekeeping, homemaking, stay-at-home, housekeeper, housecleaning, homemaker, foster, housewife, servant, familia
Translations
Every language
noun those living in the same residence
| Español | agregado familiar, núcleo familiar, unidad doméstica, unidad cívica |
|---|---|
| Français | foyer, maisonnée |
noun entirety of work and management required to sustain the household
| Français | ménage |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Haushalt |
adj belonging to same house and family
| Español | casero, hogareño |
|---|---|
| Português | familiar |
| Ελληνικά | οικιακός oikiakós |
| Română | casnic, menajer, familial |
adj found in or having its origin in a home
| Português | domiciliar |
|---|---|
| Français | domestique |
| Italiano | domestico, casalinghi |
| Ελληνικά | οικιακός oikiakós |
| Română | casnic, domestic |
adj widely known to the public; familiar
| Español | consabido, conocidísimo |
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Talk about this word "household." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/household. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. household. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/household "household." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/household.Cite this
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title = {household},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/household},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
