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A coordinated work stoppage by a substantial proportion of the workers of a particular city, region or state, normally to achieve economic or political goals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
إضراب عام
(ʔiḍrāb ʕāmm)
— work stoppage
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Aragonese:
vada cheneral
— work stoppage
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Asturian:
güelga xeneral
— work stoppage
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Basque:
greba orokor
— work stoppage
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Catalan:
vaga general
— work stoppage
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Czech:
generální stávka
— work stoppage
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Esperanto:
ĝenerala striko
— work stoppage
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Estonian:
üldstreik
— work stoppage
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Finnish:
yleislakko
— work stoppage
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French:
grève générale
— work stoppage
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Galician:
folga xeral
— work stoppage
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German:
Generalstreik
— work stoppage
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Hindi:
हड़ताल
(haṛtāl)
— work stoppage
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Italian:
sciopero generale
— work stoppage
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Japanese:
ゼネスト
(zenesuto)
— work stoppage
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Korean:
총파업
(chongpa'eop)
— work stoppage
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Maltese:
strajk ġenerali
— work stoppage
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Portuguese:
greve geral
— work stoppage
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Punjabi:
ਹੜਤਾਲ਼
(haṛtāḷ)
— work stoppage
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Russian:
всео́бщая забасто́вка
(vseóbščaja zabastóvka)
— work stoppage
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Spanish:
huelga general
— work stoppage
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Swedish:
storstrejk
— work stoppage
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Swedish:
generalstrejk
— work stoppage
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Turkish:
genel grev
— work stoppage
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Vietnamese:
tổng đình công
— work stoppage
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Welsh:
streic gyffredinol
— work stoppage
