jack of all trades

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒæk‿əv‿ɔːl ˈtɹeɪdz/
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• General-American: /ˌd͡ʒæk‿əv‿ɔl ˈtɹeɪdz/
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• General-American, cot-caught-merger: /-ɑl-/
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• rhymes with -eɪdz
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From jack (“typical man, fellow”) + of + all + trades.

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جاك لجميع المهن — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Chinese Mandarin: 萬事通 /万事通 (wànshìtōng) — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Czech: všeuměl — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Dutch: duivel-doet-al — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Dutch: duizendpoot — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Dutch: manusje-van-alles — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Esperanto: ĉiofaranto — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Finnish: jokapaikanhöylä — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Finnish: tuhattaituri — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• French: homme à tout faire — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• French: touche-à-tout — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• German: Alleskönner — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• German: Hans Dampf in allen Gassen — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• German: Mädchen für alles — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• German: Tausendsassa — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Bavarian German: Gschaftlhuawa — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Bavarian German: Gschaftlhuber — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Bavarian German: Gschaftlhuberin — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Hungarian: ezermester — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Icelandic: þúsundþjalasmiður — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Irish: gobán — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Italian: tuttofare — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Korean: 만물박사 (manmulbaksa) — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Korean: 팔방미인 (palbangmiin) — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Latin: omnis Minervae homo — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Latvian: meistars visās lietās — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Malay: jaguh serbawan — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Manx: yl-cheirdagh — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Norman: homme à tout faithe — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Norwegian Bokmål: alt-mulig-mann — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Norwegian Bokmål: tusenkunstner — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Persian: همهکاره و هیچکاره — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Polish: omnibus — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Portuguese: faz-tudo — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Portuguese: homem dos sete ofícios — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Portuguese: pau para toda a obra — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Portuguese: pau para toda obra — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Portuguese: pau pra toda obra — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Russian: ма́стер на все ру́ки (máster na vse rúki) — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Russian: автофотовеломототелерадиомонтёр (avtofotovelomototeleradiomontjór) — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Spanish: comodín — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Spanish: factótum — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Spanish: generalista — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Spanish: hombre del renacimiento — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Spanish: hombre orquesta — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Spanish: hombre renacentista — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Spanish: manitas — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Spanish: todólogo — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Spanish: todóloga — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Spanish: polifacético — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Spanish: polímata — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Swedish: mångsysslare — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Swedish: tusenkonstnär — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Turkish: elinden her iş gelir — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Welsh: Siôn bob swydd — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them
• Welsh: Wil naw crefft — one competent in many endeavours, sometimes regarded as not excelling in any of them