househusband

househusband

See also: house husband

English

Alternative forms

• house husband, house-husband

Etymology

house +‎ husband (etymologically equivalent to house + bond)

Noun

househusband (plural househusbands)

1. A man who tends to his home as a housekeeper or homemaker; the male equivalent of a housewife.
   • 2022 May 11, Alexandra Alter, quoting Kim Stanley Robinson, “A Sci-Fi Writer Returns to Earth: ‘The Real Story Is the One Facing Us’”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:

     He’s always thought of himself as boring, “a white-bread suburban househusband.”

Hypernyms

• housespouse
• homemaker
• homebody
• betty (derogatory), cot-betty (derogatory), cot-quean (derogatory), henhussy (derogatory)

Hyponyms

• stay-at-home dad
• (dated) Mr. Mom / Mr Mom / Mister Mom(derogatory)

Coordinate terms

• breadwinner
• housewife
• man of the family
• man of the house
• work husband
• work spouse
• work wife

 

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: Northern Kurdish: mêrê malê m Polish: gospodarz (pl) m, gospodarz domu m Portuguese: dono de casa m Romanian: bărbat casnic m Russian: домохозя́ин (ru) m (domoxozjáin) Slovak: muž v domácnosti m Spanish: amo de casa (es) m Swedish: hemmaman (sv) c Thai: พ่อบ้าน (pòo bâan) Welsh: gŵr o dŷ m