freelance

English

Alternative forms

• free-lance

Etymology

From free + lance.

Noun

Wikipedia freelance (plural freelances)

1. Someone who sells his services to employers without a long-term contract
2. A medieval mercenary

Derived terms

• freelancer

Translations

Someone who sells his services to employers without a long-term contract

Estonian: vabakutseline (et) Finnish: freelancer (fi), freelance (fi) French: pigiste (fr), freelance (fr)

Italian: collaboratore esterno (it), freelance (it) Spanish: trabajador autónomo (es), freelance (es)

A medieval mercenary

French: mercenaire (fr)

Italian: mercenario (it)

Adjective

freelance (comparative more freelance, superlative most freelance)

1. Of, or relating to a freelance; without contract

   He was a freelance writer for several magazines.

Translations

Of, or relating to a freelance

Estonian: vabakutseline (et) Finnish: freelance-, vapaa

French: à la pige (fr), indépendant (fr) Turkish: freelance-, Açık İş

Verb

freelance (third-person singular simple present freelances, present participle freelancing, simple past and past participle freelanced)

1. (intransitive) To work as a freelance
2. (transitive) To produce or sell services as a freelance

Translations

To work as a freelance

Finnish: työskennellä freelancerina

To produce or sell services as a freelance

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Norwegian: frilans