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flexitime

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Qualifier: human resources

Topics: business

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flexible time, glide time

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English flexi(ble) Proto-Indo-European *deh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh2y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh2i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English flexitime From flexi(ble) + time.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: flexitid — arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
  • Finnish: liukuva työaika — arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
  • German: Gleitzeit — arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
  • Greenlandic: allanngorartumik piffissalimmik sulineq — arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
  • Malay: masa boleh ubah — arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fleksitid — arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
  • Romanian: ore flexibile — arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
  • Russian: гибкий график (gibkij grafik) — arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
  • Russian: свободный режим рабочего дня (svobodnyj režim rabočevo dnja) — arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours
  • Swedish: flextid — arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours