workman

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• General-American: /ˈwɝkmən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːkmən/
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• CMU ARPABET: W ER1 K M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English werkman, from Old English weorcmann (“workman”), from Proto-West Germanic *werkamann, from Proto-Germanic *werkamann- (“workman”), equivalent to work + -man. Compare Dutch werkman (“workman”), German Werkmann (“labourer, workman”), Icelandic verkamaður (“workman”).

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَامِل (ʕāmil) — a man who labours for wages
• Arabic: شَغِّيل (šaḡḡīl) — a man who labours for wages
• Belarusian: рабо́тнік (rabótnik) — a man who labours for wages
• Belarusian: працаўні́к (pracawník) — a man who labours for wages
• Belarusian: рабо́чы (rabóčy) — a man who labours for wages
• Bulgarian: рабо́тник (rabótnik) — a man who labours for wages
• Chinese Mandarin: 工人 (gōngrén) — a man who labours for wages
• Danish: arbejdsmand — a man who labours for wages
• Dutch: werkman — a man who labours for wages
• Dutch: werkmens — a man who labours for wages
• Esperanto: laboristo — a man who labours for wages
• Finnish: työmies — a man who labours for wages
• French: ouvrier — a man who labours for wages
• German: Arbeiter — a man who labours for wages
• Ancient Greek: ἐργάτης (ergátēs) — a man who labours for wages
• Hindi: मज़दूर (mazdūr) — a man who labours for wages
• Hindi: कामगार (kāmgār) — a man who labours for wages
• Icelandic: verkamaður — a man who labours for wages
• Italian: lavoratore — a man who labours for wages
• Japanese: 労働者 (rōdōsha) — a man who labours for wages
• Khmer: កម្មករ (kamkɑɑ) — a man who labours for wages
• Korean: 노동자 (nodongja) — a man who labours for wages
• Korean: 로동자 (rodongja) — a man who labours for wages
• Latin: operārius — a man who labours for wages
• Mongolian: ажилчин (ažilčin) — a man who labours for wages
• Iranian Persian: کارْگَر (kârgar) — a man who labours for wages
• Iranian Persian: فَعَلِه (fa'ale) — a man who labours for wages
• Iranian Persian: عَمَلِه (amale) — a man who labours for wages
• Polish: robotnik — a man who labours for wages
• Romanian: lucrător — a man who labours for wages
• Romanian: muncitor — a man who labours for wages
• Russian: рабо́чий (rabóčij) — a man who labours for wages
• Russian: рабо́тник (rabótnik) — a man who labours for wages
• Swedish: arbetskarl — a man who labours for wages
• Swedish: arbetare — a man who labours for wages
• Thai: กรรมกร (gam-má-gɔɔn) — a man who labours for wages
• Thai: คนงาน (kon-ngaan) — a man who labours for wages
• Tocharian B: kapyāre — a man who labours for wages
• Ukrainian: робітни́к (robitnýk) — a man who labours for wages
• Ukrainian: працівни́к (pracivnýk) — a man who labours for wages
• Urdu: مَزدُور (mazdūr) — a man who labours for wages
• Vietnamese: thợ — a man who labours for wages
• Vietnamese: người thợ — a man who labours for wages