Phrase guide

child labour

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Work performed by a minor that is prohibited by statute law, or under terms and conditions considered inhumane (for example, long hours, age-inappropriate, physically demanding).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, UK, uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exploitation, abuse

History

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Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kinderarbeid — work performed by children
  • Albanian: puna e fëmijëve — work performed by children
  • Arabic: عمالة الأطفال — work performed by children
  • Armenian: մանկական աշխատանք (mankakan ašxatankʻ) — work performed by children
  • Asturian: esplotación infantil — work performed by children
  • Basque: haurren esplotazio — work performed by children
  • Bengali: শিশুশ্রম (śiśusrom) — work performed by children
  • Chinese Mandarin: 童工 (tónggōng) — work performed by children
  • Czech: dětská práce — work performed by children
  • Danish: børnearbejde — work performed by children
  • Dutch: kinderarbeid — work performed by children
  • Esperanto: infanlaboro — work performed by children
  • Estonian: lapstööjõud — work performed by children
  • Finnish: lapsityö — work performed by children
  • French: travail des enfants — work performed by children
  • Galician: traballo infantil — work performed by children
  • German: Kinderarbeit — work performed by children
  • Greek: παιδική εργασία (paidikí ergasía) — work performed by children
  • Gujarati: બાળ કામદાર (bāḷ kāmdār) — work performed by children
  • Hebrew: העסקת ילדים — work performed by children
  • Hindi: बाल-श्रम (bāl-śram) — work performed by children
  • Icelandic: barnaþrælkun — work performed by children
  • Indonesian: buruh anak — work performed by children
  • Indonesian: pekerja anak — work performed by children
  • Interlingua: labor infantil — work performed by children
  • Italian: lavoro infantile — work performed by children
  • Japanese: 児童労働 — work performed by children
  • Kannada: ಬಾಲಕಾರ್ಮಿಕ (bālakārmika) — work performed by children
  • Korean: 아동 노동 (adong nodong) — work performed by children
  • Macedonian: детски труд (detski trud) — work performed by children
  • Malayalam: ബാലവേല (bālavēla) — work performed by children
  • Nepali: बालश्रम (bālaśram) — work performed by children
  • Norwegian Bokmål: barnearbeid — work performed by children
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: barnearbeid — work performed by children
  • Pashto: د ماشوم مزدوري کول — work performed by children
  • Persian: کودکان کار (kudakân-e kâr) — work performed by children
  • Polish: praca dzieci — work performed by children
  • Portuguese: trabalho infantil — work performed by children
  • Punjabi: ਬਾਲ ਮਜ਼ਦੂਰੀ (bāl mazdūrī) — work performed by children
  • Russian: де́тский труд (détskij trud) — work performed by children
  • Slovak: detská práca — work performed by children
  • Spanish: explotación infantil — work performed by children
  • Spanish: trabajo infantil — work performed by children
  • Swedish: barnarbete — work performed by children
  • Tamil: குழந்தைத் தொழிலாளர் (kuḻantait toḻilāḷar) — work performed by children
  • Telugu: బాల కార్మికులు (bāla kārmikulu) — work performed by children
  • Thai: แรงงานเด็ก — work performed by children
  • Turkish: çocuk işçiliği — work performed by children
  • Ukrainian: дитяча праця (dytjača pracja) — work performed by children
  • Vietnamese: lao động trẻ em — work performed by children