maid

• Nom désignant une femme employée pour effectuer le ménage, l'entretien de la maison et d'autres tâches domestiques.

A noun referring to a female domestic worker employed to perform cleaning, housekeeping, and other household duties.

1. Domestic workerA2formal

   A female servant employed to do cleaning and other household tasks.

   Domestique (femme de ménage)

   • The maid cleaned the rooms every morning.
   • They hired a maid to help with the housework.
   • The maid brought fresh towels to the guest room.

   Synonymeschambermaidcleaning ladydomestic helphousemaidmaidservantservant girl

2. Young unmarried womanB2formal

   A young woman who is not married (archaic or literary use).

   jeune fille non mariée

   • The story tells of a fair maid who lived in the forest.
   • She was a gentle maid of noble birth.
   • In the poem, the maid waits for her lover's return.

   Synonymesdamselgirllassmaidenmiss

   Antonymesmatronspinsterwife