househusband

See also: house husband

English

Alternative forms

house husband

Etymology

house +‎ husband (etymologically equivalent to house + bond)

Noun

househusband (plural househusbands)

A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper; the male counterpart to a housewife.

Hypernyms

homemaker
betty (derogatory), cot-betty (derogatory), cot-quean (derogatory), henhussy (derogatory)

Coordinate terms

housewife

Translations

husband who remains in the homestead

Catalan: amo de casa m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 家庭主夫 (zh) (jiātíng zhǔfū)
Czech: muž v domácnosti m
Dutch: huisman (nl) m
Estonian: kodune mees
Finnish: koti-isä
French: homme au foyer (fr) m, ménager (fr) m
German: Hausmann (de) m
Greek: νοικοκύρης (el) m (noikokýris)
Icelandic: húsfaðir m, húsmaður m

Italian: uomo di casa m, (slightly humorous) casalingo (it) m
Japanese: 主夫 (ja) (しゅふ, shufu)
Kurdish: mêrê malê‎‎ m
Polish: gospodarz (pl) m, gospodarz domu m
Portuguese: dono de casa m
Romanian: bărbat casnic m
Slovak: muž v domácnosti m
Spanish: amo de casa (es) m
Swedish: hemmaman (sv) c
Thai: พ่อบ้าน (pòo bâan)
Welsh: gŵr o dŷ m

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