domestiqué — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ancillary adjective Providing support to something more important, without being an essential part of it.
- domestic adj Relating to the home or family life.
- domesticated adj Bred or adapted over generations to live alongside and be useful to humans.
- household noun All the people who live together in one home, including family and any live-in staff.
- maid noun A woman employed to clean a house or do domestic work.
- menial adj Describing unskilled, low-status work, especially the kind of routine tasks a servant would do.
- servant noun A person employed to do household or personal work for someone else.
Senses
domestiqué is used for these senses in English:
- ancillary Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
- ancillary (archaic) An auxiliary.
- domestic Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.
- domesticated Selectively bred to live with or around humans. (of an animal or a plant, especially a pet)
- household Found in or having its origin in a home.
- maid A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).
- menial A servant, especially a domestic servant.
- servant One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
ancillary — full definition
- adjective Providing support to something more important, without being an essential part of it.
- noun A person or thing that provides support to a main activity, such as a support worker in a hospital or school.
domestic — full definition
- adj Relating to the home or family life.
- adj Occurring or made within one's own country, as opposed to abroad.
- noun A dispute or violent incident within a household, especially between partners.