Charwoman — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a human female employed to do housework

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈɪmpnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɜːkjʊləɹˌaɪz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɜːkjʊləɹˌaɪz/

3 syllables Say it as /kɹˈɪmpnəs/.

Examples

the char will clean the carpet
I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

cleaning woman char cleaning lady woman

Parts of Speech

noun	a human female employed to do housework “the char will clean the carpet”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Putzfrau

eine menschliche Frau, die mit der Hausarbeit beschäftigt ist

🇫🇷French

femme de ménage

une femme humaine employée pour faire le ménage

🇪🇸Spanish

mujer de limpieza

una mujer humana empleada para hacer tareas domésticas

🇮🇹Italian

donna delle pulizie

una donna umana impiegata nei lavori domestici

🇳🇱Dutch

werkster

een menselijke vrouw die huishoudelijk werk doet

🇵🇹Portuguese

faxineira

uma mulher humana empregada para fazer tarefas domésticas

🇷🇺Russian

уборщица

женщина-человек, нанятая для работы по дому

India

🇮🇳Hindi

रोज़ाना पानेवाली

गृहकार्य करने के लिए नियोजित एक मानव महिला

🇮🇳Tamil

அழகன்

ஒரு மனிதப் பெண் வீட்டு வேலை செய்யப் பயன்படுத்தப்பட்டாள்

🇮🇳Marathi

चार स्त्री

एक मानवी स्त्री घरकाम करण्यासाठी कामावर आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચાર સ્ત્રી

ઘરકામ કરવા માટે કાર્યરત માનવ સ્ત્રી

🇮🇳Kannada

ವೇಷಗಾರ್ತಿ

ಮನೆಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಲು ಮಾನವ ಹೆಣ್ಣು ನೇಮಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചാരവനിത

വീട്ടുജോലിക്ക് ജോലി ചെയ്യുന്ന ഒരു മനുഷ്യസ്ത്രീ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚਾਰਵੂਮੈਨ

ਇੱਕ ਮਨੁੱਖੀ ਔਰਤ ਘਰੇਲੂ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

چار عورت

ایک انسانی عورت جو گھر کے کام کاج کرتی ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

女佣

受雇做家务的人类女性

🇯🇵Japanese

チャーウーマン

家事をするために雇われた人間の女性

🇰🇷Korean

여자

집안일을 위해 고용된 인간 여성

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bà giúp việc

một người phụ nữ được thuê làm việc nhà

🇹🇭Thai

หญิงมีน้ำใจ

มนุษย์ผู้หญิงรับจ้างทำงานบ้าน

🇮🇩Indonesian

juru sapu

seorang perempuan manusia yang dipekerjakan untuk melakukan pekerjaan rumah tangga

🇲🇾Malay

penjahat

seorang wanita manusia yang bekerja untuk melakukan kerja rumah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الخدامة

أنثى بشرية تعمل في الأعمال المنزلية

🇮🇷Persian

دختر زن

یک زن انسانی که برای انجام کارهای خانه استخدام شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

temizlikçi kadın

ev işi yapmak için istihdam edilen bir insan dişi

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