household

B1 Topic:Family & Relationships

US /ˈhaʊshoʊld/ UK /ˈhaʊshəʊld/ See IPA manual

Freq #5642

Meanings

1

noun
All the people who live together in one house.

A typical household in the area has four members.
2

adj
Connected with the home and the people who live in it.

She spends weekends on household chores.
3

adj
Very well known to most people.

The brand quickly became a household name.

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Synonyms

1 noun · all the people who live... house

Word family

Forms households

Derived forms household-dwellinghouseholderhouseholdinghouseholdryhouseholdshipinterhouseholdintrahouseholdmultihouseholdnonhousehold

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Phrases (1)

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household appliance
a device used to carry out a practical task in the home

Noun + noun

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”).

houshold Middle English

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Topics

Family & Relationships

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# household

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈhaʊshoʊld/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhaʊshəʊld/
**Frequency rank:** 5642

## Meanings
1. All the people who live together in one house.
2. Connected with the home and the people who live in it.
3. Very well known to most people.

## Examples
- A typical household in the area has four members.
- She spends weekends on household chores.
- The brand quickly became a household name.

## Derived Forms
- household-dwelling
- householder
- householding
- householdry
- householdship
- interhousehold
- intrahousehold
- multihousehold
- nonhousehold

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: houshold

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Household comes 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”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named elements. In current use, the main senses are “All the people who live together in one house” and “Connected with the home and the people who live in it”.

## Topics
- Family & Relationships

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