breadwinner

Wikipedia

English

Etymology

• from bread + winner where to win = to earn

Noun

breadwinner (plural breadwinners)

1. The primary income-earner in a household

Derived terms

• breadwinning

Translations

primary income-earner in a household

Afrikaans: broodwinner (af) Arabic: معيل Dutch: kostwinner (nl) m., broodwinner (nl) m. Esperanto: panakiranto (eo) Finnish: perheen elättäjä French: soutien de famille (fr), gagne-pain (fr) m.

German: Broterwerber m., Geldverdiener m. Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: familieforsørger (no) m., forsørger (no) m. Russian: кормилец (kormílets) m.; добытчик (dobýtčik) m. Sotho: mohlokomedi wa lelapa (st) Spanish: cabeza de familia