Phrase guide

division of labour

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The separation of work into different categories or tasks, each category or task being carried out by different groups of workers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: economics, sciences

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43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَقْسِيم الْعَمَل (taqsīm al-ʕamal) — separation of work
  • Armenian: աշխատանքի բաժանում (ašxatankʻi bažanum) — separation of work
  • Azerbaijani: əmək bölgüsü — separation of work
  • Basque: lanaren zatiketa — separation of work
  • Bengali: শ্রম বিভাজন (srom bibhajon) — separation of work
  • Bulgarian: разделение на труда (razdelenie na truda) — separation of work
  • Catalan: divisió del treball — separation of work
  • Chinese Mandarin: 分工 (fēngōng) — separation of work
  • Czech: dělba práce — separation of work
  • Danish: arbejdsdeling — separation of work
  • Dutch: arbeidsdeling — separation of work
  • Dutch: werkverdeling — separation of work
  • Esperanto: labordivido — separation of work
  • Estonian: tööjaotus — separation of work
  • Finnish: työnjako — separation of work
  • French: division du travail — separation of work
  • Galician: división do traballo — separation of work
  • German: Arbeitsteilung — separation of work
  • Greek: καταμερισμός της εργασίας (katamerismós tis ergasías) — separation of work
  • Hebrew: חלוקת עבודה — separation of work
  • Hindi: श्रम का विभाजन (śram kā vibhājan) — separation of work
  • Hungarian: munkamegosztás — separation of work
  • Indonesian: pembagian kerja — separation of work
  • Italian: divisione del lavoro — separation of work
  • Japanese: 分業 — separation of work
  • Korean: 분업화 (buneophwa) — separation of work
  • Lithuanian: darbo pasidalinimas — separation of work
  • Malayalam: തൊഴിൽ വിഭജനം (toḻil vibhajanaṁ) — separation of work
  • Pannonian Rusyn: подзелєнє роботи (podzeljenje roboti) — separation of work
  • Persian: تقسیم کار — separation of work
  • Polish: podział pracy — separation of work
  • Portuguese: divisão do trabalho — separation of work
  • Romanian: diviziunea muncii — separation of work
  • Russian: разделе́ние труда́ (razdelénije trudá) — separation of work
  • Serbo-Croatian: podjela rada — separation of work
  • Serbo-Croatian: подела рада — separation of work
  • Slovak: deľba práce — separation of work
  • Spanish: división del trabajo — separation of work
  • Swedish: arbetsfördelning — separation of work
  • Thai: การแบ่งงานกันทํา — separation of work
  • Turkish: iş bölümü — separation of work
  • Ukrainian: поділ праці (podil praci) — separation of work
  • Vietnamese: phân công lao động — separation of work