Au Pair

Definition: Au Pair

Au Pair

Noun

1. A young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing light housework.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Crosswords: Au Pair

Hungarian (au pair), Swedish (au pair).

Au Pair Girls (1972)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Child Day Care Services, Nanny & Au Pair Agencies (reference)

• Guide de la jeune fille au pair áa l'usage des familles et des jeunes filles (reference)

• U.S. Child Day Care Services, Nanny and Au Pair Agencies: An Industry Analysis [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Civil Liberties

Germany

The ruling remained under appeal by the State Labor Office at year's end, and the au pair agency continued operations. (references)

Germany

In a well-publicized court case in January 1999, a higher social court in Rheinland-Pfalz ruled that a Scientologist was allowed to run her au pair agency, for which the State Labor Ministry had refused to renew her license in 1994 because of her membership in the Church of Scientology. (references)

Worker Rights

Brazil

According to one NGO, girls are recruited at clubs and modeling agencies, or through the Internet, want-ads, mail-order bride schemes, and maid and au pair services. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "au pair": au pair girl. Additional references.

Albanian

ndihmës i nikoqirës. (various references)

Bulgarian 

срещу услуги. (various references)

Danish

au pair-uphold (stay under au pair scheme), au pair (au pair girl), Europaeisk overenskomst om au-pair-ansaettelse (European Agreement on au pair Placement). (various references)

Dutch

verblijf als au pair (stay under au pair scheme), tijdelijke gezinshulp au pair (au pair girl), Europese Overeenkomst inzake plaatsing au pair (European Agreement on au pair Placement). (various references)

French

stagiaire aide familiale au pair(B) (au pair girl), stagiaire aide familiale (au pair girl), séjour au pair (stay under au pair scheme), jeune fille au pair (au pair girl). (various references)

German

au-pair-mädchen, au-pair. (various references)

Greek 

οικιακή βοηθόσ. (various references)

Hungarian

au pairként dolgozik külföldi családnál, au pair, viszont szolgáltatás fejében. (various references)

Italian

assistente familiare alla pari (au pair girl), soggiorno alla pari (stay under au pair scheme). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

オープン投信 (au pair girl, oboe, Ohm, open investment trust, open tournament). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

オーペア . (various references)

Pig Latin

auay airpay

Portuguese

estada em regime de au pair (stay under au pair scheme), "au pair". (various references)

Russian 

помощница по хозяйству. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

dadilja (dry nurse, nanny, nursemaid). (various references)

Spanish

ayuda familiar, de au pair, chica au pair, canguro (babysitter, kangaroo). (various references)

Swedish

au pair-flicka, au pair. (various references)

Turkish

ev işleri yaparak aile yanında kalmak, ev işleri yaparak, çocuk bakımı yaparak, çocuğa bakarak aile yanında kalmak. (various references)

Misspellings

"Au Pair" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: au apir, au paire, au pait, au pari, au pauir, au paur, au piar. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: aria, aura, pair, para, prau, puri, raia.

-3 letters: air, par, pia, piu, pur, rap, ria, rip.

-4 letters: aa, ai, ar, pa, pi, up.

+1 letter: piragua, puparia.

+2 letters: marsupia, pagurian, piacular, piraguas, puparial.

+3 letters: capitular, manipular, marsupial, pagurians, rapacious, tarpaulin.

+4 letters: capitulary, eupatridae, marsupials, pancratium, parachutic, paramecium, parapodium, particular, radiopaque, spiracular, supravital, tarpaulins, ultrarapid.

+5 letters: antipopular, apicultural, autographic, manipulator, pancratiums, papovavirus, parachuting, parachutist, parameciums, particulars, particulate, planetarium, purgatorial, puritanical, rapaciously, unaspirated, uniparental, unpractical.