🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

doméstico

Pronunciation / Transliteration: do-mes-ti-ko

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Domestic/dəˈmɛs.tɪk/
adjectivenounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ela prefere viagens domésticas."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to the running of a home or to family relations.

    "She prefers domestic travel over international trips."
As noun
  1. 1

    A servant who is employed to perform household tasks.

    "The domestic was responsible for cleaning and cooking."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'domestic' originates from the Latin 'domesticus', meaning 'belonging to a house', which evolved through Old French before entering Middle English. Its meaning has shifted from strictly relating to the household to encompassing broader contexts of national and local affairs.

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