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homemaker (Br. Eng.)

English translation: Housewife (or house husband)

14:55 Nov 2, 2001
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: homemaker (Br. Eng.)
Native Br. Eng. speakers only, please. What does this term mean to you? I'm considering using it in a translation but I'm not sure it's appropriate for the context.
Jon Zuber (X)
Selected answer:Housewife (or house husband)
Explanation:
This is normally considered to be the male or female adult member of a family (or of a childless couple) who stays at home and carries out the necessary tasks to keep the house in good order.

(I hope that I've put this as tactfully as possible as I don't want to offend anyone out there!!)

HTH
Selected response from:

Paul Stevens
Local time: 07:36
Grading comment
Thank you both. That's what it means on this side of the Atlantic too, but I wanted to make sure.
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5 +6Housewife (or house husband)
Paul Stevens
4From the Oxford English Dictionary
Tania Marques-Cardoso


  

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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Housewife (or house husband)


Explanation:
This is normally considered to be the male or female adult member of a family (or of a childless couple) who stays at home and carries out the necessary tasks to keep the house in good order.

(I hope that I've put this as tactfully as possible as I don't want to offend anyone out there!!)

HTH

Paul Stevens
Local time: 07:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 4
Grading comment
Thank you both. That's what it means on this side of the Atlantic too, but I wanted to make sure.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheila Hardie: very tactfully put!
5 mins
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agree  athena22: Exactly right & very clearly put, with great PC
6 mins
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agree  Andrea Bullrich: No need to take offense, there used to be (maybe there still is) a very good comic strip about househusbands, "Adam" : )
33 mins
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agree  Nina Engberg
1 hr
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agree  Werner George Patels, M.A., C.Tran.(ATIO) (X): Greetings from the ATA conference in Los Angeles
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agree  Tatiana Neroni (X)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
From the Oxford English Dictionary


Explanation:
(that is very British indeed)

'home-maker.
[home n.1 15 h.]
A housewife, esp. one in charge of the domestic arrangements (as opp. to a paid housekeeper); also, one who manages a household. So
'home-making n. and a.

Yes, I think you can use 'home maker' for ama de casa.

Tania Marques-Cardoso
Brazil
Local time: 03:36
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 12
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