• Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: au pair - 1. on an equal footing;

or in compounds as fille au-pair- au pair girl


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech au pair ... 'young person from abroad, usually female, who, in order to learn the language, lives with a family and helps with housework, looking after children, etc in return for board and lodging' '...' ...
Danish au pair ... 'young person from abroad, usually female, who, in order to learn the language, lives with a family and helps with housework, looking after children, etc in return for board and lodging' '...' ...
Dutch ... ... '...' '...' ...
English au pair 1897 of the arrangement, 1960 of the girl 'young person from abroad, usually female, who, in order to learn the language, lives with a family and helps with housework, looking after children, etc in return for board and lodging' 'the term originally having been applied to the arrangement made between a family and a young person' http://www.allwords.com, http://www.etymonline.com
Estonian au-pair ... 'young person from abroad, usually female, who, in order to learn the language, lives with a family and helps with housework, looking after children, etc in return for board and lodging' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German au pair, adj; Au-pair(-Mädchen), n. ... 'adj. achievement against achievement, without payment; kind of bartering;

n. young person from abroad, usually female, who, in order to learn the language, lives with a family and helps with housework, looking after children, etc in return for board and lodging'

'...' ...
Hungarian au pair ... 'young person from abroad, usually female, who, in order to learn the language, lives with a family and helps with housework, looking after children, etc in return for board and lodging' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian au pair ... 'young person from abroad, usually female, who, in order to learn the language, lives with a family and helps with housework, looking after children, etc in return for board and lodging' '...' ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish au pair ... 'young person from abroad, usually female, who, in order to learn the language, lives with a family and helps with housework, looking after children, etc in return for board and lodging' '...' ...
Swedish au pair ... 'young person from abroad, usually female, who, in order to learn the language, lives with a family and helps with housework, looking after children, etc in return for board and lodging' '...' ...

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Information on Other Languages edit

Italian: (ragazza) alla pari;

Latvian: bērnaukle-izpalīdze (ārzemniece);

Lithuanian: jaunuolis, *jaunuolė iš užsienio, gaunanti(s) visą išlaikymą už vaikų priežiūrą ir namų;

Polish: okresowa pomoc domowa w zamian za wyżywienie, kieszonkowe i naukę języka

Slovak: mladá opatrovkyňa detí v cudzej krajine