househusband en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From house + husband (etymologically equivalent to house + bond).
Meanings
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A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male equivalent of a housewife.
He’s always thought of himself as boring, “a white-bread suburban househusband.”
2022 May 11, Alexandra Alter, quoting Kim Stanley Robinson, “A Sci-Fi Writer Returns to Earth: ‘The Real Story Is the One Facing Us’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| house husband | alternative | lexicographic | |
| house-husband | alternative | lexicographic | |
| househusbands | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
work wife · man of the house · breadwinner · work spouse · housewife · work husband · man of the family
Hypernyms
betty · henhussy · homemaker · housespouse · cot-betty · cot-quean · homebody
Hyponyms
Mister Mom · stay-at-home dad · Mr Mom · Mr. Mom
Translations (34)
es amo de casa (husband who remains in the homestead) · sh домаћин (husband who remains in the homestead) · it casalingo (husband who remains in the homestead) · is húsfaðir (husband who remains in the homestead) · et kodune mees (husband who remains in the homestead) · is húsmaður (husband who remains in the homestead) · nl huisman (husband who remains in the homestead) · th พ่อบ้าน (husband who remains in the homestead) · ru домохозя́ин (husband who remains in the homestead) · fr ménager (husband who remains in the homestead) · el νοικοκύρης (husband who remains in the homestead) · cmn 家庭主夫 (husband who remains in the homestead) · mk до́маќин (husband who remains in the homestead) · it uomo di casa (husband who remains in the homestead) · ca amo de casa (husband who remains in the homestead) · pt dono de casa (husband who remains in the homestead) · ja 主夫 (husband who remains in the homestead) · sco kettle biler (husband who remains in the homestead) · cs muž v domácnosti (husband who remains in the homestead) · sh domaćin (husband who remains in the homestead) · pl gospodarz (husband who remains in the homestead) · fr homme au foyer (husband who remains in the homestead) · ro casnic (husband who remains in the homestead) · sk muž v domácnosti (husband who remains in the homestead) · kmr mêrê malê (husband who remains in the homestead) · fi koti-isä (husband who remains in the homestead) · da husfar (husband who remains in the homestead) · sv hemmaman (husband who remains in the homestead) · ro bărbat casnic (husband who remains in the homestead) · cy gŵr o dŷ (husband who remains in the homestead) · tr ev adamı (husband who remains in the homestead) · tr ev erkeği (husband who remains in the homestead) · de Hausmann (husband who remains in the homestead) · pl gospodarz domu (husband who remains in the homestead)