workforce

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• General-American: /ˈwɝk.foɹs/
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• General-American: [ˈwɚk.fo̞ɹs]
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːk.fɔːs/
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• /ˈwɝk.fo(ː)ɹs/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /ˈwɜːk.foəs/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• CMU ARPABET: W ER1 K F AO2 R S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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 English force English workforce From work + force.

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قُوَّة عَمَل (quwwat ʕamal) — workers employed by an organization
• Azerbaijani: işçi qüvvəsi — workers employed by an organization
• Belarusian: працо́ўная сі́ла (pracównaja síla) — workers employed by an organization
• Bulgarian: рабо́тна си́ла (rabótna síla) — workers employed by an organization
• Catalan: mà d'obra — workers employed by an organization
• Chinese Mandarin: 勞動力 /劳动力 (láodònglì) — workers employed by an organization
• Chinese Mandarin: 員工 /员工 (yuángōng) — workers employed by an organization
• Czech: pracovní síla — workers employed by an organization
• Danish: arbejdsstyrke — workers employed by an organization
• Dutch: werkkracht — workers employed by an organization
• Finnish: työvoima — workers employed by an organization
• French: main-d'œuvre — workers employed by an organization
• French: personnel — workers employed by an organization
• French: effectif — workers employed by an organization
• Galician: man de obra — workers employed by an organization
• German: Belegschaft — workers employed by an organization
• German: Arbeitskräfte — workers employed by an organization
• Hungarian: munkaerő — workers employed by an organization
• Indonesian: angkatan kerja — workers employed by an organization
• Indonesian: tenaga kerja — workers employed by an organization
• Ingrian: tööväki — workers employed by an organization
• Italian: forza lavoro — workers employed by an organization
• Italian: manodopera — workers employed by an organization
• Japanese: 労働力 (rōdōryoku) — workers employed by an organization
• Japanese: 労働人口 (rōdō jinkō) — workers employed by an organization
• Korean: 노동력 (nodongnyeok) — workers employed by an organization
• Korean: 로동력 (rodongnyeok) — workers employed by an organization
• Lithuanian: darbo jėga — workers employed by an organization
• Macedonian: ра́ботна си́ла (rábotna síla) — workers employed by an organization
• Malay: tenaga kerja — workers employed by an organization
• Māori: taimahi — workers employed by an organization
• Māori: rāngaimahi — workers employed by an organization
• Mongolian: ажиллах хүч (ažillax xüč) — workers employed by an organization
• Norwegian Bokmål: arbeidsstyrke — workers employed by an organization
• Norwegian Nynorsk: arbeidsstyrke — workers employed by an organization
• Persian: نیروی کار (niru-ye kâr) — workers employed by an organization
• Polish: siła robocza — workers employed by an organization
• Portuguese: mão de obra — workers employed by an organization
• Russian: рабо́чая си́ла (rabóčaja síla) — workers employed by an organization
• Russian: трудовы́е ресу́рсы (trudovýje resúrsy) — workers employed by an organization
• Russian: штат (štat) — workers employed by an organization
• Russian: персона́л (personál) — workers employed by an organization
• Serbo-Croatian: радна снага — workers employed by an organization
• Serbo-Croatian: radna snaga — workers employed by an organization
• Slovak: pracovná sila — workers employed by an organization
• Slovene: delovna sila — workers employed by an organization
• Spanish: mano de obra — workers employed by an organization
• Spanish: fuerza laboral — workers employed by an organization
• Spanish: fuerza de trabajo — workers employed by an organization
• Spanish: población activa — workers employed by an organization
• Swahili: nguvukazi — workers employed by an organization
• Swedish: arbetskraft — workers employed by an organization
• Swedish: arbetsstyrka — workers employed by an organization
• Turkish: işgücü — workers employed by an organization
• Ukrainian: робо́ча си́ла (robóča sýla) — workers employed by an organization
• Vietnamese: lực lượng lao động — workers employed by an organization
• Welsh: gweithlu — workers employed by an organization