manual labor

English

Alternative forms

• manual labour

Noun

manual labor (countable and uncountable, plural manual labors)

1. (American spelling) Work done by hand or using basic tools rather than by machines; usually physically demanding but (sometimes derogatory) unskilled labor.

Synonyms

• manual work

Coordinate terms

• handwork (sometimes synonymous, but sometimes intricate and skilled rather than strenuous and unskilled)

Translations

physical work

• Afrikaans: handearbeid
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手工勞動／手工劳动 (shǒugōng láodòng), 體力勞動／体力劳动 (zh) (tǐlì láodòng)

• Esperanto: manlaboro
• Finnish: ruumiillinen työ
• French: travail manuel (fr) m
• German: Handarbeit (de) f
• Greek: χειρωνακτική εργασία f (cheironaktikí ergasía)
• Irish: obair láimhe f
• Japanese: 肉体労働 (ja) (にくたいろうどう, nikutai rōdō)
• Old English: handweorc n
• Romanian: muncă manuală f, lucrare manuală f, muncă fizică f
• Russian: ручно́й труд m (ručnój trud), физи́ческий труд m (fizíčeskij trud)
• Swedish: kroppsarbete (sv) n
• Vietnamese: lao động chân tay, lao động tay chân