au pair

See also: Au-pair

English

au pair (plural au pairs)

A single girl (or, rarely, a boy), usually a foreigner, who helps a host family with childcare, housework, or both while staying as a guest with a host family, and generally receives a small allowance (or pocket money).

single girl or boy staying as a guest with a host family

Catalan: au-pair (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: (no exact term exists) 保姆 (zh) (bǎomǔ), 互惠生 (hùhuìshēng)
Dutch: au pair (nl) f
Finnish: au pair (fi)
French: fille au pair (fr)
German: Au-pair (de) n, Au-pair-Mädchen (de) n, Au-pair-Junge (de) m
Icelandic: húshjálp (is) f
Italian: au pair
Japanese: オーペア (ōpea), オペア (opea)
Korean: 오페어 (opeeo)
Norwegian: au pair (no)
Polish: au pair (pl)
Portuguese: au pair f
Russian: (no exact term exists) помо́щница по хозя́йству f (pomóščnica po xozjájstvu), ня́ня (ru) f (njánja), о-пе́р m or f (o-pɛ́r), о-пе́р m or f (o-pér) (indeclinable), о-пэ́р m or f (o-pɛ́r) (indeclinable)
Scottish Gaelic: daltag f
Spanish: de au pair
Swedish: au pair (sv)

Inflection of au pair (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		au pair	au pairit
genitive		au pairin	au pairien
partitive		au pairia	au paireja
illative		au pairiin	au paireihin
		singular	plural
nominative		au pair	au pairit
accusative	nom.	au pair	au pairit
accusative	gen.	au pairin	au pairit
genitive		au pairin	au pairien
partitive		au pairia	au paireja
inessive		au pairissa	au paireissa
elative		au pairista	au paireista
illative		au pairiin	au paireihin
adessive		au pairilla	au paireilla
ablative		au pairilta	au paireilta
allative		au pairille	au paireille
essive		au pairina	au paireina
translative		au pairiksi	au paireiksi
instructive		—	au pairein
abessive		au pairitta	au paireitta
comitative		—	au paireineen

Possessive forms of au pair (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	au pairini	au pairimme
2nd person	au pairisi	au pairinne
3rd person	au pairinsa

au pair (invariable)

working for food and housing
- 1840, Honoré de Balzac, Pierrette
  Sylvie Rogron fut envoyée à cent écus de pension en apprentissage rue Saint-Denis, chez des négociants nés à Provins. Deux ans après, elle était au pair : si elle ne gagnait rien, ses parents ne payaient plus rien pour son logis et sa nourriture. Voilà ce qu’on appelle être au pair, rue Saint-Denis.
  Sylvie Rogron was sent (with six hundred francs for her board) as apprentice to certain shopkeepers originally from Provins and now settled in Paris in the rue Saint-Denis. Two years later she was "at par" as they say; she earned her own living; at any rate her parents paid nothing for her. That is what is called being "at par" in the rue Saint-Denis.

au pair f (plural au pairs)

au pair c

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