sinecure

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• UK: /ˈsaɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/
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• UK: /ˈsɪn.ɪˌkjʊə/
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• Canada, US: /ˈsaɪ.nəˌkjʊɹ/
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• Canada, US: /ˈsɪn.əˌkjʊɹ/
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• Australian: /ˈsɑɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/
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From Ecclesiastical Latin sine cūrā (literally “without care”), ellipsis of beneficium sine cūrā (“benefice without cure [of souls, i.e. the office of a curate]”), formed from Medieval Latin sine (“without”) + cūrā (“care, charge, cure”).

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: синекурна длъжност (sinekurna dlǎžnost) — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Catalan: canongia — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Catalan: prebenda — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Chinese Mandarin: 乾俸 /干俸 (gānfèng) — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Chinese Mandarin: 閒職 /闲职 (xiánzhí) — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Czech: trafika — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Danish: ben — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Danish: loppetjans — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Danish: sinecure — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Dutch: sinecure — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Esperanto: sinekuro — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Estonian: sinekuur — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Finnish: laiskanvirka — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Finnish: suojatyöpaikka — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• French: sinécure — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• French: planque — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• German: Sinekure — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• German: Versorgungsposten — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Greek: αργομισθία (argomisthía) — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Italian: sinecura — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Japanese: 閑職 (kanshoku) — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Norwegian Bokmål: sinekyre — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sinekyre — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Polish: synekura — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Portuguese: sinecura — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Romanian: sinecură — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Russian: синеку́ра (sinekúra) — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Russian: тёпленькое месте́чко (tjóplenʹkoje mestéčko) — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Russian: корму́шка (kormúška) — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Serbo-Croatian: sinekura — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Serbo-Croatian: uhljebljenje — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Spanish: canonjía — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Spanish: sinecura — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Spanish: enchufe — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Spanish: prebenda — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Spanish: bicoca — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Swedish: sinekur — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment
• Welsh: segurswydd — a position that requires no work but still gives a payment