someone, especially a young woman, who lives with a family in a foreign country and helps with the children and housework in exchange for the opportunity to learn the language
Synonyms and related words
Adoption and caring for other people’s children
adopt
adopted
adopter
au pair
noun countable
US /ˌoʊ ˈper/
Word Forms
singular
au pair
plural
au pairs
DEFINITIONS1
1
someone, especially a young woman, who lives with a family in a foreign country and helps with the children and housework in exchange for the opportunity to learn the language