maid

maid

female servant: The maid cleaned our room.; a girl or young unmarried woman: a fair maid

Not to be confused with:

made – past tense of make; prepared: made dinner; contrived: made a false statement

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maid

 (mād)

n.

1. Archaic

a. An unmarried girl or woman.

b. A woman or girl who is a virgin.

2.

a. A housemaid or chambermaid.

b. A woman servant.

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[Middle English maide, from Old English mægden; see maghu- in Indo-European roots.]

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maid

(meɪd)

n

1. archaic or literary a young unmarried girl; maiden

2. (Professions)

a. a female servant

b. (in combination): a housemaid.

3. a spinster

[C12: shortened form of maiden]

ˈmaidish adj

ˈmaidishness n

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maid

(meɪd)

n.

1. a female servant.

2. a girl or young unmarried woman, esp. a virgin.

[1150–1200; Middle English; variant of maiden

maid′ish, adj.

maid′ish•ness, n.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	maid - a female domestic       housemaid, maidservant, amah chambermaid, fille de chambre - a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels) domestic, domestic help, house servant - a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household handmaid, handmaiden - a personal maid or female attendant lady's maid - a maid who is a lady's personal attendant parlormaid, parlourmaid - a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door
	2.	maid - an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) maiden damoiselle, damosel, damozel, damsel, demoiselle - a young unmarried woman fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"

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maid

noun

1. servant, chambermaid, housemaid, menial, handmaiden (archaic), maidservant, female servant, domestic (archaic), parlourmaid, serving-maid A maid brought me breakfast at half past eight.

2. (Literary) girl, maiden, lass, miss, nymph (poetic), damsel, lassie (informal), wench But can he win back the heart of this fair maid?

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Translations

خَادِمَةٌخَادِمَةٌ في فُنْدُقخادِمَه

služkapokojskáslužebná

stuepigetjenestepige

DienstmädchenMädchenMädelZimmermädchen

υπηρέτριακαμαριέρα

servistino

criadasirvientasirvientevirgencriado

hotellin kerroshoitajaneitopalvelijatarpiika

bonnedomestiquejeune fillebonne à tout fairedemoiselle

sobarica

cselédlányszobalány

senioretta

òjónustustúlka

camerieracameriera d’albergodomesticafanciullanubile

お手伝い客室係のメイド

객실 담당 여직원하녀

kalpone, istabene

dienstmeiddienstmeisjekamermeisjemeidmeisje

stuepiketjenestejentetjenestepike

pannapokojówkasłużąca

arrumadeiradonzelaempregadaempregada de quartosempregada doméstica

горничнаядевица

služkinja

sluškinja

hembiträdestäderska

สาวใช้สาวใช้ทำความสะอาดห้องนอน

hizmetçihizmetçi kadınoda görevlisi

người hầu gáinữ phục vụ phòng

女仆女服务员侍女

maid

[meɪd]

A. N

1. (= servant) → criada f, muchacha f (S. Cone), mucama f (S. Cone), recamarera f (Mex); (in hotel) → camarera f
lady's maid → doncella f

2. (o.f., poet) (= young girl) → doncella f
see also old C

B. CPD maid of honor N (US) → dama f de honor

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maid

[ˈmeɪd] n

(in hotel) → femme f de ménage, femme f de chambre

(= servant) (in house) → bonne f

old maid

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

maid

n

(= servant) → (Dienst)mädchen nt, → Hausangestellte f; (in hotel) → Zimmermädchen nt; (= lady’s maid) → Zofe f

(old, = maiden) → Jungfer f (obs), → Maid f (old, poet); (= young girl) → Mägdelein nt (poet); the Maid of Orleans → die Jungfrau von Orleans

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maid

:

maid of all work

n (= person) → Mädchen nt → für alles; (= machine) → Allzweckgerät nt

maid of honour, (US) maid of honor

n → Brautjungfer f

maidservant

n → Hausangestellte f, → Hausmädchen nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

maid

[meɪd] n

a. (servant) → domestica; (in hotel) → cameriera

b. (old) (liter) (young girl) → ragazza, fanciulla

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

maid

(meid) noun

a female servant. The maid answered the door. bediende خادِمَه прислужница criada služka das Dienstmädchen stuepige υπηρέτριαcriada, sirvienta, muchacha, chacha teenijatüdruk پیشخدمت زن palvelijatar domestique עוֹזֶרֶת-בַּיִת नौकरानी, ‍िववाहिता služavka (cseléd)lány pelayan wanita þjónustustúlka domestica お手伝い 식모, 하녀 tarnaitė kalpone, istabene pembantu rumah dienstmeisjetjenestejente, hushjelppokojówka ښځينه خدمت كونكى criada fată în casă прислуга slúžka služkinja služavka hembiträde, tjänsteflicka สาวใช้ hizmetçi 侍女, 女僕 служниця; хатня робітниця نوکرانی người hầu gái 侍女，女仆

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maid

→ خَادِمَةٌ, خَادِمَةٌ في فُنْدُق pokojská, služebná stuepige, tjenestepige Dienstmädchen, Zimmermädchen καμαριέρα, υπηρέτρια camarera, criada hotellin kerroshoitaja, palvelijatar bonne, femme de chambre sobarica cameriera, cameriera d’albergo お手伝い, 客室係のメイド 객실 담당 여직원, 하녀 dienstmeisje, kamermeisje stuepike, tjenestepike pokojówka, służąca arrumadeira, empregada de quartos, empregada doméstica горничная hembiträde, städerska สาวใช้, สาวใช้ทำความสะอาดห้องนอน hizmetçi kadın, oda görevlisi người hầu gái, nữ phục vụ phòng 女仆, 女服务员

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• When does the maid come? (US)
  When does the cleaner come? (UK) → مَتَى تَنْظيفُ الغُرْفَةِ؟ → Kdy přichází pokojská? → Hvad tid kommer rengøringspersonalet? → Wann kommt die Reinigungskraft? → Πότε έρχεται η καμαριέρα; → ¿Cuándo viene el servicio de limpieza? → Milloin siivooja tulee? → À quelle heure vient la femme de ménage ? → Kada dolazi sobarica? → Quando arriva l'addetta alle pulizie? → 清掃人はいつ来ますか？ → 청소부는 언제 오나요? → Wanneer wordt de kamer schoongemaakt? → Når blir det rengjort? → Kiedy przychodzi sprzątaczka? → Quando a arrumadeira vem? → Когда производится уборка номера? → När kommer städpersonalen? → คนทำความสะอาดจะมาเมื่อไร? → Temizlikçi kaçta geliyor? → Khi nào thì người quét dọn đến? → 清洁工几点来？

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