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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries집안일
Pronunciation / Transliteration: jibanil
"집안일은 지루한 일입니다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A routine task, especially a household one.
"Doing the dishes is just one of the many chores I have to complete each week." - 2
An unpleasant but necessary task.
"He finds cleaning the garage to be a tedious chore."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle English word 'chore' or 'char', stemming from the Old English 'cierran', meaning to turn or to change, later evolving to mean a turn of work or an odd job. Over centuries, the term shifted from general labor to specifically denote routine, unpleasant, or mundane domestic tasks required to maintain a household.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Chore" is said worldwide
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tâche
Transliteration: tash
"Faire la vaisselle est une tâche que je déteste."
Hausarbeit
Transliteration: haus-ar-bait
"Die Hausarbeit kann manchmal sehr langweilig sein."
compito
Transliteration: kom-pee-toh
"Fare il bucato è un compito noioso."
tarea
Transliteration: ta-reh-ah
"Limpiar la casa es una tarea que no me gusta."
tarefa
Transliteration: tah-reh-fah
"Fazer a limpeza é uma tarefa chata."
कार्य
Transliteration: kaarya
"सफाई करना एक कार्य है जो मुझे पसंद नहीं है।"
家务
Transliteration: jiāwù
"做家务是一件无聊的事情。"
집안일
Transliteration: jibanil
"집안일은 지루한 일입니다."
家事
Transliteration: kaji
"家事は面倒なことです。"
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