housewifeとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

Person

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊs.waɪf/

Bag

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʌzɪf/

名詞

housewife (複数形 housewives) (housewifes for the sense 3)

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.
   • 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

2. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
3. A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; – called also hussy.
   • 1852: Tom Taylor and Charles Reade, Masks and Faces Act II

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

   • 1997, David L. Phillips, A Soldier's Story, MetroBooks, →ISBN, page 61.

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

同意語

• henhussy (古風な用法)

上位語

• homemaker

等位語

• househusband

派生語

• housewifedom
• housewifeish
• housewifelike
• housewifely
• housewifery
• housewifeship
• housewifization

動詞

housewife (三人称単数 現在形 housewifes, 現在分詞 housewifing, 過去形および過去分詞形 housewifed)

1. Alternative form of housewive