English Explanatory Dictionary

household

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.
  2. Entirety of work and management required to sustain the household.
  3. Legal or culturally determined unit of people living together.
  4. A line of ancestry; a race or house.
adj
  1. Belonging to the same house and family.
  2. Found in or having its origin in a home.
  3. Widely known to the public; familiar.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈhaʊshəʊld/ housʹhōld /ˈhaʊshoʊld/ /ˈhɛʊshʌo̞lt/ /ˈhæʊshʌo̞lt/ en-us-household.ogg

Word forms

household households

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

ménage

Derived words

extended household head of household household appliance household art household arts household bread Household Cavalry household deity household-dwelling household effect household effects householder household god household goods household help household income householding household name householdry householdship household soap household word interhousehold intrahousehold joint household multihousehold nonhousehold put one's household in order royal household
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