workaholic

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English -oholic English -aholic English workaholic From work + -aholic.

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: работохоли́чен (rabotoholíčen) — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Chinese Mandarin: 工作狂的 (gōngzuòkuáng de) — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Finnish: työnarkomaaninen — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Finnish: työnarkomaani — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• French: workaholique — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• French: stakhanoviste — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Greek: εργασιομανής (ergasiomanís) — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Italian: stacanovistico — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Italian: stacanovista — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Italian: stakanovistico — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Italian: stakanovista — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Macedonian: работозависен (rabotozavisen) — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Russian: стаха́новский (staxánovskij) — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Spanish: adicto al trabajo — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Spanish: trabajólico — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Spanish: trabajoadicto — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Spanish: laboradicto — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Spanish: ergómano — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Spanish: ergomaníaco — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Spanish: ergomaniaco — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Swedish: arbetsnarkoman — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Turkish: işkolik — in the nature or manner of a workaholic
• Belarusian: працаго́лік (pracahólik) — person
• Belarusian: працаві́к (pracavík) — person
• Belarusian: працаві́чка (pracavíčka) — person
• Bulgarian: работохоли́к (rabotoholík) — person
• Bulgarian: работохоли́чка (rabotoholíčka) — person
• Chinese Mandarin: 工作狂 (gōngzuòkuáng) — person
• Chinese Mandarin: 拼命三郎 (pīnmìng sān láng) — person
• Czech: workoholik — person
• Czech: workoholička — person
• Danish: arbejdsnarkoman — person
• Dutch: workaholic — person
• Esperanto: labormaniulo — person
• Estonian: tööhoolik — person
• Estonian: töönarkomaan — person
• Finnish: työnarkomaani — person
• French: workaholique — person
• French: stakhanoviste — person
• French: bourreau de travail — person
• Georgian: მშრომელი (mšromeli) — person
• German: Arbeitstier — person
• German: Arbeitssüchtiger — person
• German: Arbeitssüchtige — person
• Greek: εργασιομανής (ergasiomanís) — person
• Hungarian: munkamániás — person
• Italian: stacanovista — person
• Italian: stakanovista — person
• Japanese: 仕事中毒の人 (shigotochūdoku no hito) — person
• Japanese: 働き中毒 (hatarakichūdoku) — person
• Japanese: 仕事の虫 (shigoto no mushi) — person
• Korean: 일중독증 (iljungdokjeung) — person
• Latvian: darbaholiks — person
• Lithuanian: darboholikas — person
• Macedonian: работоза́висник (rabotozávisnik) — person
• Macedonian: работохо́лик (rabotohólik) — person
• Māori: ringa tōhaunui — person
• Norwegian Bokmål: arbeidsnarkoman — person
• Polish: pracoholik — person
• Polish: pracoholiczka — person
• Portuguese: workaholic — person
• Portuguese: trabalhólatra — person
• Romanian: workaholic — person
• Romanian: stahanovist — person
• Russian: работя́га (rabotjága) — person
• Russian: трудя́га (trudjága) — person
• Russian: трудого́лик (trudogólik) — person
• Russian: трудоголи́чка (trudogolíčka) — person
• Russian: тру́женик (trúženik) — person
• Russian: тру́женица (trúženica) — person
• Russian: стаха́новец (staxánovec) — person
• Russian: стаха́новка (staxánovka) — person
• Russian: работого́лик (rabotogólik) — person
• Russian: работоголи́чка (rabotogolíčka) — person
• Spanish: trabajólico — person
• Spanish: trabajólica — person
• Spanish: trabajoadicto — person
• Spanish: laboradicto — person
• Spanish: adicto al trabajo — person
• Swedish: arbetsnarkoman — person
• Swedish: arbetsmyra — person
• Thai: คนบ้างาน — person
• Turkish: işkolik — person
• Ukrainian: трудого́лік (trudohólik) — person
• Ukrainian: працего́лік (pracehólik) — person
• Ukrainian: трудя́га (trudjáha) — person
• Ukrainian: трудя́ка (trudjáka) — person
• Ukrainian: роботя́га (robotjáha) — person