foreman

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• /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mən/
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From Middle English foremon, forman. Compare West Frisian foarman, Dutch voorman, German Vormann, Danish formand, Swedish förman, Icelandic formaður. By surface analysis, fore- + man.

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Western Apache: nantʼán — leader of a work crew
• Arabic: مُشْرِف (mušrif) — leader of a work crew
• Arabic: رَئِيس عُمَّال (raʔīs ʕummāl) — leader of a work crew
• Arabic: مُلَاحِظ (mulāḥiẓ) — leader of a work crew
• Arabic: وَهِين (wahīn) — leader of a work crew
• Arabic: أُسْطَى (ʔusṭā) — leader of a work crew
• Arabic: مُقَدَّم (muqaddam) — leader of a work crew
• Arabic: مُرَاقِب عُمَّال (murāqib ʕummāl) — leader of a work crew
• Armenian: վարպետ (varpet) — leader of a work crew
• Armenian: տասնապետ (tasnapet) — leader of a work crew
• Belarusian: ма́йстар (májstar) — leader of a work crew
• Belarusian: брыгадзі́р (bryhadzír) — leader of a work crew
• Belarusian: брыгады́р (bryhadýr) — leader of a work crew
• Belarusian: прара́б (praráb) — leader of a work crew
• Bulgarian: бригади́р (brigadír) — leader of a work crew
• Bulgarian: ма́йстор (májstor) — leader of a work crew
• Burmese: ဖိုမင် (hpuimang) — leader of a work crew
• Catalan: capatàs — leader of a work crew
• Chinese Mandarin: 工頭 /工头 (gōngtóu) — leader of a work crew
• Chinese Mandarin: 領班 /领班 (lǐngbān) — leader of a work crew
• Czech: předák — leader of a work crew
• Danish: formand — leader of a work crew
• Danish: værkfører — leader of a work crew
• Danish: sjakbajs — leader of a work crew
• Esperanto: laborestro — leader of a work crew
• Estonian: töödejuhataja — leader of a work crew
• Faroese: formaður — leader of a work crew
• Finnish: työnjohtaja — leader of a work crew
• French: chef — leader of a work crew
• French: chef d'équipe — leader of a work crew
• French: contremaître — leader of a work crew
• Galician: maioral — leader of a work crew
• Galician: capataz — leader of a work crew
• Georgian: ოსტატი (osṭaṭi) — leader of a work crew
• German: Vorarbeiter — leader of a work crew
• German: Polier — leader of a work crew
• Greek: εργοδηγός (ergodigós) — leader of a work crew
• Hebrew: מנהל עבודה — leader of a work crew
• Hungarian: művezető — leader of a work crew
• Ingrian: päämees — leader of a work crew
• Ingrian: päänikka — leader of a work crew
• Irish: maor — leader of a work crew
• Italian: caposquadra — leader of a work crew
• Italian: capoccia — leader of a work crew
• Japanese: 工場長 (kōjōchō) — leader of a work crew
• Japanese: フォアマン (foaman) — leader of a work crew
• Japanese: 親方 (oyakata) — leader of a work crew
• Japanese: 職長 (shokuchō) — leader of a work crew
• Khmer: មេការ (mei kaa) — leader of a work crew
• Korean: 십장 (sipjang) — leader of a work crew
• Korean: 직공장 (jikgongjang) — leader of a work crew
• Macedonian: палир (palir) — leader of a work crew
• Norwegian Bokmål: formann — leader of a work crew
• Norwegian Bokmål: arbeidsformann — leader of a work crew
• Norwegian Nynorsk: formann — leader of a work crew
• Norwegian Nynorsk: arbeidsformann — leader of a work crew
• Iranian Persian: سَرْکارْگَر (sarkârgar) — leader of a work crew
• Polish: majster — leader of a work crew
• Polish: kierownik budowy — leader of a work crew
• Portuguese: capataz — leader of a work crew
• Romanian: maistru — leader of a work crew
• Russian: ма́стер (máster) — leader of a work crew
• Russian: бригади́р (brigadír) — leader of a work crew
• Russian: прора́б (proráb) — leader of a work crew
• Russian: ште́йгер (štɛ́jger) — leader of a work crew
• Scottish Gaelic: maor — leader of a work crew
• Scottish Gaelic: maor-obrach — leader of a work crew
• Slovak: predák — leader of a work crew
• Slovene: delovodja — leader of a work crew
• Spanish: capataz — leader of a work crew
• Spanish: sobrestante — leader of a work crew
• Spanish: obrajero — leader of a work crew
• Swedish: förman — leader of a work crew
• Swedish: lagbas — leader of a work crew
• Thai: หัวหน้างาน (hǔua-nâa-ngaan) — leader of a work crew
• Thai: หัวงาน (hǔua-ngaan) — leader of a work crew
• Turkish: ustabaşı — leader of a work crew
• Ukrainian: ма́йстер (májster) — leader of a work crew
• Ukrainian: бригади́р (bryhadýr) — leader of a work crew
• Ukrainian: виконро́б (vykonrób) — leader of a work crew
• Chinese Mandarin: 首席陪審員 /首席陪审员 (shǒuxí péishěnyuán) — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
• Danish: juryformand — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
• Finnish: puheenjohtaja — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
• German: Sprecher der Geschworenen — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
• German: Sprecherin der Geschworenen — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
• Japanese: 陪審長 (baishinchō) — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
• Korean: 배심장 (baesimjang) — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
• Manx: ard-ghooinney bingagh — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
• Norwegian Bokmål: juryformann — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
• Norwegian Nynorsk: juryformann — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
• Iranian Persian: سُخَنْگو (soxangu) — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
• Polish: przewodniczący ławy przysięgłych — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
• Spanish: presidente del jurado — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
• Spanish: presidenta del jurado — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
• Swedish: ordförande — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf
• Swedish: juryordförande — member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf