domestic

 
Pronunciation: /dəˈmɛstɪk/

adjective

  • 1relating to the running of a home or to family relations: domestic chores domestic violence
  • of or for use in the home rather than in an industrial or office environment: domestic water supplies
  • (of an animal) tame and kept by humans: domestic dogs
  • (of a person) fond of family life and running a home: she was not at all domestic
  • 2existing or occurring inside a particular country; not foreign or international: Egypt’s domestic affairs

noun

  • 1 (also domestic worker or domestic help) a person who is paid to help with cleaning and other menial tasks in a person’s home.
  • 2British informal a violent quarrel between family members, especially husband and wife: they are often called to sort out a domestic
  • 3North American a product not made abroad.

Derivatives

domestically

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English: from French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus 'house'