domestic (redirected from domestics)

do·mes·tic  (d-mstk)

adj.

1. Of or relating to the family or household: domestic chores.

2. Fond of home life and household affairs.

3. Tame or domesticated. Used of animals.

4. Of or relating to a country's internal affairs: domestic issues such as tax rates and highway construction.

5. Produced in or indigenous to a particular country: domestic oil; domestic wine.

n.

1. A household servant.

2.

a. Cotton cloth.

b. Household linens. Often used in the plural.

3. A product or substance discovered in, developed in, or exported from a particular country.

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[Middle English, from Old French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus, house; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]

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do·mesti·cal·ly adv.

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domestic

Adjective

1. of one's own country or a specific country: the domestic economy was generally better

2. of the home or family

3. enjoying home or family life: she was never a very domestic sort of person

4. intended for use in the home: the kitchen was equipped with all the latest domestic appliances

5. (of an animal) bred or kept as a pet or for the supply of food

Noun

a household servant [Latin domesticus belonging to the house]

domestically adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	domestic - a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household domestic help, house servant ayah - (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children home help - a person hired to help in another's home (especially one employed by a local authority to help the infirm with domestic work) housekeeper - a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household housemaid, maid, maidservant, amah - a female domestic servant, retainer - a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) skivvy, slavey - a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
Adj.	1.	domestic - of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction" national - limited to or in the interests of a particular nation; "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy" foreign - of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own); "foreign trade"; "a foreign office"
	2.	domestic - of or relating to the home; "domestic servant"; "domestic science"
	3.	domestic - of or involving the home or family; "domestic worries"; "domestic happiness"; "they share the domestic chores"; "everything sounded very peaceful and domestic"; "an author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste" undomestic - not domestic or related to home; "had established herself in her career at the price of being so undomestic she didn't even know how to light the oven"
	4.	domestic - converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic animals"; "domesticated plants like maize" domesticated tamed, tame - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
	5.	domestic - produced in a particular country; "domestic wine"; "domestic oil" native - characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"

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domestic

adjective 1. home, internal, native, indigenous, not foreign

adjective 2. household, home, family, private, domiciliary

adjective 3. home-loving, homely, housewifely, stay-at-home, domesticated

adjective 4. domesticated, trained, tame, house, pet, house-trained

noun 5. servant, help, maid, woman (informal) daily, char (informal) charwoman, daily help

Translations

domestic [dəˈmɛstɪk] adj [animal, duty] → doméstico; [flight, news, policy] → nacional

domestic [dəˈmɛstɪk] adj [duty, happiness] → familial(e); [policy, affairs, flight] → intérieur(e); [news] → national(e); [animal] → domestique

domestic [dəˈmɛstɪk] adj (trade) → Innen-;

(situation) → innenpolitisch;

(news) → Inland-, aus dem Inland;

(tasks, appliances) → Haushalts-;

(animal) → Haus-;

(duty, happiness) → häuslich

domestic [dəˈmɛstɪk] adj [duty, happiness, animal] → domestico/a; [policy, affairs, flights] → nazionale; [news] → dall'interno

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domestic

adj domestic [dəˈmestik]

1 of or in the house or home a domestic servant; domestic utensils.huishoudelikبَيْتي، مَنْزِليдомашенdomácíhuslig; hus-; hjemme-Haus-...οικιακόςdomésticokodu-, majapidamis-خانگیkoti-, talous-de maisonבֵּיתִיघरेलूdomaćiházimengenai rumahheimilis-domestico, casalingo家庭の집의, 가정의namų, naminismājas-; mājsaimniecības-dalam rumahhuishoudelijkhus-, hjemme-domowydomésticodomestic, casnicдомашний; бытовойdomácigospodinjski, hišendomaćihus-, hushålls-, hem-เกี่ยวกับบ้านeve ait, aile hayatı ile ilgili家裡的хатній, домашнійگھریلوthuộc về trong nhà家里的

2 concerning one's private life or family domestic problems.persoonlikeأَهْلي، عائِليсемеенrodinný, soukromýhjemlig; familie-häuslichοικογενειακός, ιδιωτικόςdoméstico, familiarpere-خانوادگیperhe-familialמִשפַּחתִיघरेलूobiteljski, privatnicsaládirumah tanggaheimilis-domestico家庭内の집안의šeimyninismājas-; ģimenes-dalam negerigezins-hjemlig, familie-rodzinnydomésticofamilialсемейныйrodinnýdružinskiporodičanfamilje-, privatเกี่ยวกับครอบครัวailesel/özel yaşamı ilgilendiren家庭的внутрішнійذاتیthuộc riêng tư家庭的

3 (of animals) tame and living with or used by people. huisداجِن، أَليفпитоменdomácí, ochočenýtam; tæmmetHaus-...κατοικίδιος (για ζώο)domésticokodu-اهلی؛ خانگیkoti-domestiqueחָיַת בָּיִתपालतू जानवरdomaće životinjeházi(állat)piaraantaminn, heimilis-domestico飼われている길들여진, 집에서 기르는naminis(par dzīvniekiem) māj-bela jinaktam, huis-tam-, hus-domowydomésticodomesticдомашнийdomácidomačdomaćitam[]เชื่องevcil馴養的свійськийپالتوgia súc驯养的

4 not foreign the Government's domestic policy.binnelandsمَحَلِّي، داخِليвътрешенdomácí, tuzemskýindenrigs-; indenlandsInnen-...εσωτερικόςnacionalsise-, kodumaineبومی؛ داخلیsisä-intérieurמְקוֹמִיदेशी, गृह मामलेunutarnjihazai, belföldidalam negeriinnanríkis-nazionale, interno国内の국내의, 자국의vidaus, krašto, vietinisiekšzemes-; iekšējais; iekš-dalam negeribinnenlandsinnenriks-, innenlandskwewnętrzny, krajowynacionalinternвнутреннийvnútornýnotranjiunutrašnjiinrikes, inhemskภายในประเทศiçişleriyle ilgili國內的вітчизнянийداخلیnội địa国内的

adj doˈmesticated [-keitid]

1 (of animals) accustomed to living near and being used by people Cows and sheep have been domesticated for many thousands of years.makgemaakمُدَجَّنопитоменzdomácnělýtam; tæmmetgezähmtεξημερωμένος (για ζώο)domesticadokodustatudاهلی؛ خانگیkesy, kesytettydomestiquéמְבוּיָתपालतूudomaćenemegszelídítettdipiarataminnaddomesticato飼い慣らされた길들여진prijaukintas(par dzīvnieku) pieradināts; piejaucētsternaktamtam, temmetoswojony, udomowionydomesticadodomes­ticitодомашненныйzdomácnenýudomačenpripitomititam, domesticeradทำให้เชื่อง; ที่เป็นสัตว์เลี้ยงevcilleştirilmiş馴化的приручений; одомашненийگھر سے مانوس جانورđã được thuần dưỡng驯化的

2 good at doing jobs associated with running a house My husband has become very domesticated since I've been ill.huishoudelikبارِع في الأعْمال البَيتِيَهсвикнал да се занимава с домашната работаdomáckýhusligan das häusliche Leben gewöhntνοικοκύρης, νοικοκυρεμένοςcasero, domésticoosav majapidamistöödesاهل خانه و زندگی؛ خانه گرایnäppärä kotitöissäd'intérieur“בָּלבּוּסט”पारिवारिक जीवन का प्रेमीbiti dobar u kućanskim poslovimaháziasrajinvanur húsverkum(esperto nelle faccende domestiche)家事になじんだ가사에 익숙한, 가정적인pripratęs prie namų ruošosmājas darbus protošsgemar melakukan kerja rumahhuiselijkhusligchętny do prac domowychcaseirocasnicхозяйственныйdomáckydružinskiveš u kućnim poslovimahusligซึ่งดูแลบ้านได้ดีevcimen喜做家務的хазяйськийگھریلو کام کاج میں ماہر ہوناlàm cho thích công việc gia đình喜做家务的

n doˌmestiˈcation

temming, inburgeringتَدْجينопитомяванеdomestikacetæmningdie Häuslichkeit, die Zähmungεξημέρωσηdomesticaciónkodustusرام کردن؛ اهلی سازیkesyttäminendomesticationבִּיוּתपालतू बनानाudomaćenjemegszelídítéspenjinakantamning; aðlögun að fjölskyldulífi eða heimilishaldiaddomesticamento飼い慣らすこと길들이기prijaukinimas, pripratinimas prie namų ruošos(dzīvnieka) pieradināšana; piejaucēšanapembelajinakanhet temmentilvenning til hjemlige forhold; temmingoswojeniedomesticaçãodomesticireодомашнениеzdomácnenieudomačenjepripitomljavanjetämjande, domesticeringการทำให้เชื่อง; การทำให้เป็นขนบธรรมเนียม; การทำให้เคยชินevcilleştirme馴化любов до сімейного життя; прирученняتآلفsự thuần dưỡng驯化

n domesticity [doumeˈstisəti]

(fondness for) home life. huisvasحياةٌ عائِلِيَّهдомашен животrodinný životfamilieliv; hjemmelivdie Häuslichkeitνοικοκυροσύνη, οικογενειακή ζωήvida caserakodune eluخانه گرایkotielämävie de familleחָיֵי הַבָּיִת והמשפחהपरिवार प्रेमudomaćenostcsaládi életkehidupan rumah tanggaheimilisræknivita familiare家庭生活가정적임šeimyniškumasģimeniskums; pieķeršanās ģimenei; mājas dzīvekehidupan dirumahhuiselijkheidhjemmeliv, huslighetdomatorstwodomesticidadeviaţa în familieпривязанность к семейной жизниrodinný životdružinsko življenjeporodični živothemliv, hemkärlekความเป็นอยู่ภายในบ้านและครอบครัวevcimenlik, eve/aileye bağlı對於家庭生活的愛好，家庭生活любов до сімейного комфортуگھریلو ہونے کی حالتtính thích cuộc sống gia đình对于家庭生活的爱好，家庭生活

domestic help

(a person paid to give) assistance with housework etc. huishulpمُساعَدَه مَنْزِلِيَّهдомашна помощpomocnice v domácnostihjemmehjælpdie Haushaltshilfeοικιακή βοηθόςservicio domésticokoduabiline, koduabiخدمتکار خانهkotiapu(lainen)employé/-ée de maisonעוֹזֶר/ת בָּיתनौकर, दाईkućna pomoćnicasegítségpembantu rumah tanggahúshjálpdomesticoお手伝いさん파출부namų pagalbininkas/darbininkaspalīgs mājas darbospenolong membuat kerja rumahhulp in het huishoudenhushjelp, tjenerpomoc domowamulher a diasîngrijitor al gospo­dărieiпомощница по домуpomoc(nica) v domácnostigospodinjska pomočnicapomoć u kućihemhjälpผู้ช่วยทำงานบ้านhizmetçi傭人домашня роботаگھریلو خادمgiúp việc nhà佣人