Phrase guide

labor market

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The market consisting of the supply of unemployed workers in relation to the demand for them.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: economics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: market, marketplace, market place

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: treg i punës — market consisting of workers
  • Arabic: سُوق عَمَل (sūq ʕamal) — market consisting of workers
  • Arabic: سُوق الْعَمَل (sūq al-ʕamal) — market consisting of workers
  • Arabic: سُوق شُغْل (sūq šuḡl) — market consisting of workers
  • Arabic: سُوق الشُّغْل (sūq aš-šuḡl) — market consisting of workers
  • Armenian: աշխատաշուկա (ašxatašuka) — market consisting of workers
  • Azerbaijani: əmək bazarı — market consisting of workers
  • Bashkir: хеҙмәт баҙары (xeźmət baźarı) — market consisting of workers
  • Belarusian: ры́нак пра́цы (rýnak prácy) — market consisting of workers
  • Bulgarian: паза́р на труда́ (pazár na trudá) — market consisting of workers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勞工市場 /劳工市场 (láogōng shìchǎng) — market consisting of workers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勞動市場 /劳动市场 (láodòng shìchǎng) — market consisting of workers
  • Czech: trh práce — market consisting of workers
  • Danish: arbejdsmarked — market consisting of workers
  • Dutch: arbeidsmarkt — market consisting of workers
  • Esperanto: labormerkato — market consisting of workers
  • Estonian: tööturg — market consisting of workers
  • Finnish: työmarkkinat — market consisting of workers
  • French: marché du travail — market consisting of workers
  • French: marché de l'emploi — market consisting of workers
  • Georgian: შრომის ბაზარი (šromis bazari) — market consisting of workers
  • German: Arbeitsmarkt — market consisting of workers
  • Greek: αγορά εργασίας (agorá ergasías) — market consisting of workers
  • Hebrew: שוק העבודה (shuk ha-avodá) — market consisting of workers
  • Hindi: श्रम बाज़ार (śram bāzār) — market consisting of workers
  • Hungarian: munkaerőpiac — market consisting of workers
  • Irish: margadh fostaíochta — market consisting of workers
  • Irish: margadh an tsaothair — market consisting of workers
  • Italian: mercato del lavoro — market consisting of workers
  • Japanese: 労働市場 (rōdō shijō) — market consisting of workers
  • Kazakh: еңбек нарығы (eñbek naryğy) — market consisting of workers
  • Korean: 노동시장 (nodongsijang) — market consisting of workers
  • Korean: 로동시장 (rodongsijang) — market consisting of workers
  • Kyrgyz: эмгек рыногу (emgek rınogu) — market consisting of workers
  • Latvian: darba tirgus — market consisting of workers
  • Lithuanian: darbo rinka — market consisting of workers
  • Luxembourgish: Aarbechtsmaart — market consisting of workers
  • Macedonian: пазар на трудот (pazar na trudot) — market consisting of workers
  • Norwegian Bokmål: arbeidsmarked — market consisting of workers
  • Iranian Persian: بازارِ کار (bâzâr-e kâr) — market consisting of workers
  • Polish: rynek pracy — market consisting of workers
  • Portuguese: mercado de trabalho — market consisting of workers
  • Romanian: piață de muncă — market consisting of workers
  • Russian: ры́нок труда́ (rýnok trudá) — market consisting of workers
  • Serbo-Croatian: тржиште рада — market consisting of workers
  • Serbo-Croatian: tržište rada — market consisting of workers
  • Slovak: trh práce — market consisting of workers
  • Slovene: trg dela — market consisting of workers
  • Spanish: mercado de trabajo — market consisting of workers
  • Swahili: soko la ajira — market consisting of workers
  • Swedish: arbetsmarknad — market consisting of workers
  • Tajik: бозори кор (bozor-i kor) — market consisting of workers
  • Tajik: бозори меҳнат (bozor-i mehnat) — market consisting of workers
  • Tatar: хезмәт базары (xezmät bazarı) — market consisting of workers
  • Thai: ตลาดแรงงาน (dtà-làat-rɛɛng-ngaan) — market consisting of workers
  • Turkish: işgücü piyasası — market consisting of workers
  • Turkmen: zähmet bazary — market consisting of workers
  • Ukrainian: ри́нок пра́ці (rýnok práci) — market consisting of workers
  • Uzbek: mehnat bozori — market consisting of workers
  • Vietnamese: thị trường lao động — market consisting of workers