contractor

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From contractor, an occupational surname for a supplier of goods or services; this surname originated in India, but derives from the English word.

Borrowed from Late Latin contractor, from Latin contract-, stem of contractus + -tor. First attested in the 16th century.

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُقَاوِل (muqāwil) — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Azerbaijani: podratçı — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Bulgarian: предприемач (predpriemač) — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Catalan: constructor — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Cebuano: kontraktor — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Dutch: aannemer — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Finnish: rakennusurakoitsija — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• French: entrepreneur — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• German: Bauunternehmer — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• German: Bauausführer — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Greek: εργολάβος (ergolávos) — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Hebrew: קבלן בניין \ קַבְּלַן בִּנְיָן (kab'lán binyán) — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Hungarian: építési vállalkozó — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Hungarian: generálkivitelező — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Indonesian: anemer — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Indonesian: pemborong — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Italian: appaltatore — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Latin: redemptor — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Macedonian: изведувач (izveduvač) — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Portuguese: pedreiro — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Romanian: antreprenor — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Romanian: constructor — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Russian: подря́дчик (podrjádčik) — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Russian: подря́дчица (podrjádčica) — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Russian: контра́ктор (kontráktor) — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Spanish: constructor — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Spanish: contratista — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Tagalog: kontratista — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Thai: ผู้รับเหมา — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Thai: ผู้รับเหมาก่อสร้าง — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Turkish: müteahhit — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Ukrainian: підрядник (pidrjadnyk) — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Yoruba: kọn̄gílá — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Yoruba: agbaṣẹ́ṣe — A person or company that constructs or improves buildings or structures
• Azerbaijani: podratçı — A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
• Bulgarian: подизпълнител (podizpǎlnitel) — A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
• Cebuano: kontraktor — A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
• Czech: subdodavatel — A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
• Dutch: uitvoerder — A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
• Finnish: urakoitsija — A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
• French: sous-traitant — A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
• German: Auftragnehmer — A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
• German: Firma — A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
• Hebrew: קַבְּלָן (kab'lán) — A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
• Hebrew: קַבְּלָנִית (kab'lanít) — A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
• Hungarian: alvállalkozó — A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
• Hungarian: szállító — A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
• Macedonian: изведувач (izveduvač) — A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
• Turkish: müteahhit — A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
• Turkish: üstlenici — A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects
• Azerbaijani: podratçı — A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities
• Cebuano: kontraktor — A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities
• Finnish: huoltofirma — A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities
• German: Wartungsfirma — A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities
• Hungarian: karbantartó cég — A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities
• Russian: подря́дчик (podrjádčik) — A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities
• Russian: подря́дчица (podrjádčica) — A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities
• Cebuano: kontraktor — A person on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee
• French: contractant — A person on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee
• Hindi: ठेकेदार (ṭhekedār) — A person on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee
• Hungarian: szerződő fél — A person on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee
• Hungarian: megbízott — A person on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee
• Hungarian: vállalkozó — A person on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee
• Italian: appaltatore — A person on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee
• Italian: committente — A person on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee
• Latin: redemptor — A person on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee
• Portuguese: autônomo — A person on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee
• Portuguese: terceirizado — A person on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee
• Romanian: contractant — A person on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee
• Romanian: contractantă — A person on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee
• Russian: подря́дчик (podrjádčik) — A person on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee