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Alternative spelling of working-class.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The social class of those who perform physical work for a living, as opposed to the professional or middle class, the upper class, or others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: proletariat
Antonyms: none provided
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: labor, labour, proletariat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class
Narrower terms: labor force, labor pool, lumpenproletariat, organized labor
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
89 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
werkersklas
— social class doing physical work
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Albanian:
klasë punëtore
— social class doing physical work
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Arabic:
اَلطَّبَقَة الْعَامِلَة
(aṭ-ṭabaqa l-ʕāmila)
— social class doing physical work
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Armenian:
բանվոր դասակարգ
(banvor dasakarg)
— social class doing physical work
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Azerbaijani:
işçi sinfi
— social class doing physical work
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Azerbaijani:
işçi təbəqə
— social class doing physical work
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Belarusian:
рабо́чы клас
(rabóčy klas)
— social class doing physical work
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Belarusian:
рабо́чая кля́са
(rabóčaja kljása)
— social class doing physical work
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Bengali:
শ্রমিক শ্রেণি
(sromik sreni)
— social class doing physical work
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Bulgarian:
рабо́тническа кла́са
(rabótničeska klása)
— social class doing physical work
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Burmese:
အလုပ်သမားလူတန်းစား
(a.lupsa.ma:lutan:ca:)
— social class doing physical work
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Chinese Mandarin:
工人階級 /工人阶级
(gōngrén jiējí)
— social class doing physical work
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Chinese Mandarin:
勞動階級 /劳动阶级
(láodòng jiēji)
— social class doing physical work
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Czech:
dělnická třída
— social class doing physical work
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Danish:
arbejderklasse
— social class doing physical work
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Dutch:
arbeidersklasse
— social class doing physical work
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Esperanto:
laboristaro
— social class doing physical work
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Estonian:
töölisklass
— social class doing physical work
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Finnish:
työväenluokka
— social class doing physical work
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French:
classe ouvrière
— social class doing physical work
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Galician:
clase traballadora
— social class doing physical work
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Georgian:
მუშათა კლასი
(mušata ḳlasi)
— social class doing physical work
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German:
Arbeiterklasse
— social class doing physical work
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Greek:
εργατική τάξη
(ergatikí táxi)
— social class doing physical work
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Hebrew:
מַעֲמָד הַפּוֹעֲלִים
(ma'amád ha-po'alím)
— social class doing physical work
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Hindi:
कामगार वर्ग
(kāmgār varg)
— social class doing physical work
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Hungarian:
munkásosztály
— social class doing physical work
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Icelandic:
verkalýður
— social class doing physical work
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Icelandic:
verkalýðsstétt
— social class doing physical work
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Icelandic:
verkamannastétt
— social class doing physical work
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Ido:
laboristaro
— social class doing physical work
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Indonesian:
kelas buruh
— social class doing physical work
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Irish:
lucht oibre
— social class doing physical work
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Italian:
classe lavoratrice
— social class doing physical work
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Japanese:
労働者階級
(rōdōsha kaikyū)
— social class doing physical work
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Kazakh:
жұмысшы табы
(jūmysşy taby)
— social class doing physical work
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Khmer:
វណ្ណៈពលករ
(vannaʼ pŭəlkɑɑ)
— social class doing physical work
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Khmer:
វណ្ណៈកម្មករ
(vannaʼ kamkɑɑ)
— social class doing physical work
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Korean:
노동자 계급
(nodongja gyegeup)
— social class doing physical work
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Korean:
로동자 계급
(rodongja gyegeup)
— social class doing physical work
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Korean:
노동계급
(nodonggyegeup)
— social class doing physical work
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Korean:
로동계급
(rodonggyegeup)
— social class doing physical work
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Northern Kurdish:
çîna karker
— social class doing physical work
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Kyrgyz:
жумушчу табы
(jumuşcu tabı)
— social class doing physical work
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Lao:
ຊົນຊັ້ນແຮງງານ
(son san hǣng ngān)
— social class doing physical work
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Lao:
ຊົນຊັ້ນກໍາມະກອນ
(son san kam ma kǭn)
— social class doing physical work
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Latvian:
strādnieku šķira
— social class doing physical work
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Lithuanian:
darbininkų klasė
— social class doing physical work
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Macedonian:
рабо́тничка кла́са
(rabótnička klása)
— social class doing physical work
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Malay:
kelas pekerja
— social class doing physical work
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Mongolian:
ажилчин анги
(ažilčin angi)
— social class doing physical work
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Norwegian Bokmål:
arbeiderklasse
— social class doing physical work
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
arbeidarklasse
— social class doing physical work
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Occitan:
classa obrièra
— social class doing physical work
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Pashto:
کارګره طبقه
(kārgara tabaqá)
— social class doing physical work
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Iranian Persian:
طَبَقِهٔ کارْگَر
(tabaġe-ye kârgar)
— social class doing physical work
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Polish:
klasa robotnicza
— social class doing physical work
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Polish:
klasa pracująca
— social class doing physical work
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Portuguese:
classe trabalhadora
— social class doing physical work
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Portuguese:
classe operária
— social class doing physical work
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Portuguese:
proletariado
— social class doing physical work
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Romanian:
clasa muncitoare
— social class doing physical work
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Russian:
рабо́чий класс
(rabóčij klass)
— social class doing physical work
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Scottish Gaelic:
clas-obrach
— social class doing physical work
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Serbo-Croatian:
радничка класа
— social class doing physical work
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Serbo-Croatian:
ра̑днӣштво
— social class doing physical work
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Serbo-Croatian:
radnička klasa
— social class doing physical work
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Serbo-Croatian:
rȃdnīštvo
— social class doing physical work
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Slovak:
robotnícka trieda
— social class doing physical work
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Slovene:
delavski razred
— social class doing physical work
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Upper Sorbian:
dźěłaćerska klasa
— social class doing physical work
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Spanish:
clase obrera
— social class doing physical work
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Spanish:
clase trabajadora
— social class doing physical work
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Swedish:
arbetarklass
— social class doing physical work
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Tagalog:
uring manggagawa
— social class doing physical work
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Tajik:
синфи коргар
(sinf-i korgar)
— social class doing physical work
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Tajik:
табақаи коргар
(tabaqa-yi korgar)
— social class doing physical work
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Tatar:
эшче сыйныф
(eşçe sıynıf)
— social class doing physical work
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Thai:
ชนชั้นแรงงาน
(chon-chán-rɛɛng-ngaan)
— social class doing physical work
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Turkish:
işçi sınıfı
— social class doing physical work
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Turkmen:
işçi synpy
— social class doing physical work
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Ukrainian:
робітни́чий клас
(robitnýčyj klas)
— social class doing physical work
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Urdu:
مَزْدُور طَبَقَہ
(mazdūr tabaqa)
— social class doing physical work
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Uyghur:
ئىشچىلار سىنىپى
(ishchilar sinipi)
— social class doing physical work
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Uzbek:
ishchi sinfi
— social class doing physical work
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Vietnamese:
giai cấp công nhân
— social class doing physical work
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Vietnamese:
giai cấp vô sản
— social class doing physical work
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Welsh:
dosbarth gweithiol
— social class doing physical work
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Yiddish:
אַרבעטער־קלאַס
(arbeter-klas)
— social class doing physical work