breadwinner

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• General-American: /ˈbɹɛdˌwɪnɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: B R EH1 D W IH2 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From bread + winner, where to win = to earn. Compare West Frisian breawinning (“livelihood”, literally “bread-winning”), Dutch broodwinning (“livelihood”).

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: broodwinner — primary income-earner in a household
• Arabic: مُعِيل (muʕīl) — primary income-earner in a household
• Arabic: عَائِل (ʕāʔil) — primary income-earner in a household
• Arabic: عائل (ʕaʔel) — primary income-earner in a household
• Azerbaijani: çörəkağacı — primary income-earner in a household
• Azerbaijani: çörək tapan — primary income-earner in a household
• Chinese Mandarin: 養家活口的人 /养家活口的人 (yǎngjiā huókǒu de rén) — primary income-earner in a household
• Chinese Mandarin: 養家糊口的人 /养家糊口的人 (yǎngjiā húkǒu de rén) — primary income-earner in a household
• Chinese Mandarin: 養家的人 /养家的人 (yǎngjiā de rén) — primary income-earner in a household
• Danish: familieforsørger — primary income-earner in a household
• Danish: forsørger — primary income-earner in a household
• Dutch: kostwinner — primary income-earner in a household
• Dutch: broodwinner — primary income-earner in a household
• Esperanto: panakiranto — primary income-earner in a household
• Finnish: perheen elättäjä — primary income-earner in a household
• French: gagne-pain — primary income-earner in a household
• French: pain — primary income-earner in a household
• French: soutien de famille — primary income-earner in a household
• Georgian: მარჩენალი (marčenali) — primary income-earner in a household
• Georgian: დამპურებელი (damṗurebeli) — primary income-earner in a household
• Georgian: მკვებავი (mḳvebavi) — primary income-earner in a household
• German: Broterwerber — primary income-earner in a household
• German: Broterwerberin — primary income-earner in a household
• German: Geldverdiener — primary income-earner in a household
• German: Geldverdienerin — primary income-earner in a household
• Hungarian: családfenntartó — primary income-earner in a household
• Hungarian: kenyérkereső — primary income-earner in a household
• Indonesian: pencari nafkah — primary income-earner in a household
• Indonesian: penghasil — primary income-earner in a household
• Indonesian: tulang punggung — primary income-earner in a household
• Ingrian: elättäjä — primary income-earner in a household
• Irish: saothraí — primary income-earner in a household
• Japanese: 扶養者 (fuyōsha) — primary income-earner in a household
• Japanese: 大黒柱 (daikokubashira) — primary income-earner in a household
• Japanese: 稼ぎ手 (kasegite) — primary income-earner in a household
• Korean: 가장 (gajang) — primary income-earner in a household
• Korean: 부양자 (buyangja) — primary income-earner in a household
• Korean: 벌이하는 사람 (beorihaneun saram) — primary income-earner in a household
• Malay: pencari nafkah — primary income-earner in a household
• Norman: gângne-pain — primary income-earner in a household
• Norwegian Bokmål: familieforsørger — primary income-earner in a household
• Norwegian Bokmål: forsørger — primary income-earner in a household
• Iranian Persian: نانآوَر (nân-âvar) — primary income-earner in a household
• Polish: żywiciel rodziny — primary income-earner in a household
• Portuguese: ganha-pão — primary income-earner in a household
• Romanian: câștigător de pâine — primary income-earner in a household
• Romanian: salariat — primary income-earner in a household
• Russian: корми́лец (kormílec) — primary income-earner in a household
• Russian: корми́лица (kormílica) — primary income-earner in a household
• Russian: добы́тчик (dobýtčik) — primary income-earner in a household
• Russian: добы́тчица (dobýtčica) — primary income-earner in a household
• Scottish Gaelic: cothaiche — primary income-earner in a household
• Scottish Gaelic: fear-cosnaidh — primary income-earner in a household
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-cothachaidh — primary income-earner in a household
• Sotho: mohlokomedi wa lelapa — primary income-earner in a household
• Spanish: sostén financiero de familia — primary income-earner in a household
• Spanish: quien mantiene a la familia — primary income-earner in a household
• Spanish: el único que trae dinero al hogar — primary income-earner in a household
• Swedish: familjeförsörjare — primary income-earner in a household