An au pair is a young foreigner who helps with children in return for board. Take on an au pair.
The arrangement is meant to be cultural exchange rather than employment, which is often stretched. The French au pair means on equal terms, which is the whole idea of it.
1nounau pairA young foreigner who helps with children in return for board.
“The au pair stayed a year and came back to the wedding.”
au pair is a person.
French
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English, today
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Borrowed from French au pair.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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