job

See also Job, and Jòb

English

Etymology

From the phrase jobbe of work "piece of work", from Middle English jobbe (“piece, article”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Middle English gobbe "lump, mouthful", Middle English jobben (“to jab, thrust, peck”), or Middle English choppe (“piece, bargain”). More at gob, jab, chop

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: jŏb, IPA: /dʒɒb/, SAMPA: /dZQb/
• Rhymes: -ɒb
• (US) enPR: jäb, IPA: /dʒɑb/, SAMPA: /dZAb/

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Noun

job (plural jobs)

1. A task.

   I've got a job for you - could you wash the dishes?

2. An economic role for which a person is paid.

   That surgeon has a great job.

3. (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery; see e.g. nose job.
4. (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer)

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "job": easy, hard, poor, good, great, excellent, decent, low-paying, steady, stable, secure, challenging, demanding, rewarding, boring, thankless, stressful, horrible, lousy, satisfying, industrial, educational, academic.

Translations

task

Arabic: مهمة (ar) (mahámma) Armenian: առաջադրանք (hy) (aṙaǰadrank'), գործ (hy) (gorç) Chinese: Mandarin: 工作 (cmn) (gōngzuò), 作業 (cmn), 作业 (cmn) (zuòyè) Croatian: posao (hr) Dutch: taak (nl) f., job (nl) f. Finnish: tehtävä (fi), työ (fi) French: tâche (fr) f., travail (fr) m., (colloquial) boulot (fr) m. German: Aufgabe (de) f., Auftrag (de) m. Greek: εργασία (el) (ergasía) f. Hindi: काम (hi) (kām) m. Hungarian: feladat (hu), munka (hu) Icelandic: verkefni (is) n., verk (is) n.

Italian: compito (it) Japanese: 仕事 (ja) (しごと, shigoto) Polish: zajęcie (pl) n., zadanie (pl) n. Russian: работа (ru) (rabóta) f., дело (ru) (délo) n. Scottish Gaelic: obair (gd) f., car (gd) m. Spanish: tarea (es) f. Swedish: uppgift (sv), jobb (sv), uppdrag (sv) Tagalog: gawain (tl), trabaho (tl) Tamil: வேலை (ta) (vElai) Urdu: کام (ur) (kām) m. Volapük: vobod (vo) Welsh: tasg (cy) f.

economic role for which a person is paid

Arabic: عمل (ar) (`ámal) m., وظيفة (ar) (waZiifa) f., مهنة (ar) (míhna) f. Armenian: աշխատանք (hy) (ašxatank'), գործ (hy) (gorç), պաշտոն (hy) (pašton) Belarusian: работа (be) (rabóta) f., праца (be) (práca) f. Catalan: treball (ca) m., feina (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 工作 (cmn) (gōngzuò), 崗位 (cmn), 岗位 (cmn), 職業 (cmn), 职业 (cmn) (zhíyè), 職務 (cmn), 职务 (cmn) (zhíwù) Czech: práce (cs) f. Dutch: werk (nl) n., job (nl) f., beroep (nl) n., baan (nl) m. and f. Finnish: työ (fi) French: travail (fr) m., emploi (fr) m., métier (fr) m., (colloquial) boulot (fr) m., (colloquial) job (fr) m., poste (fr) m. German: Arbeit (de) f., Job (de) m., Beruf (de) m., Stelle (de) f., Anstellung (de) f. Greek: εργασία (el) (ergasía) f., (colloquial) δουλειά (el) (douleiá) f. Hebrew: עבודה (he) (ávoda) Hindi: काम (hi) (kām) m. Hungarian: állás (hu), munka (hu), beosztás (hu) Icelandic: vinna (is) f., starf (is) n. Italian: lavoro (it) m. Japanese: 仕事 (ja) (しごと, shigoto), ジョブ (ja) (jobu), (part-time) バイト (ja) (baito) Korean: 직업 (ko) (jigeop), 일자리 (ko) (iljari)

Latin: negotium (la) n. Lithuanian: darbas (lt) m. Persian: شغل (fa) (šoğl) Polish: praca (pl) f. Portuguese: trabalho (pt) m., emprego (pt) m. Russian: работа (ru) (rabóta) f., должность (ru) (dólžnost') f., занятие (ru) (zanjátije) n. Scottish Gaelic: cosnadh (gd) m., obair (gd) f., dreuchd (gd) f., car (gd) m. Slovak: práca (sk) f. Spanish: trabajo (es) m., empleo (es) m. ; (colloquial) camello (es) (Colombia,Ecuador), chamba (es) f. (Mexico,Peru), curro (es) m. (Spain), laburo (es) m. (Argentina,Chile,Paraguay,Uruguay), pega (es) f. (Chile) Swedish: arbete (sv), jobb (sv), anställning (sv), tjänst (sv) Tagalog: hanapbuhay (tl), trabaho (tl) Telugu: ఉద్యోగము (te) (udyoogamu) Thai: การงาน (th) (gaan ngaan), การ (th) (gaan), งาน (th) (ngaan) Ukrainian: робота (uk) (robóta) f., праця (uk) (prácja) f. Urdu: کام (ur) (kām) m. Vietnamese: công việc (vi) Welsh: swydd (cy) f.

plastic surgery

French: plastie (fr) f., -plastie (fr)

Greek: πλαστική (el) (plastikí) f., -πλαστική (el) (-plastikí)

computing: task(s) carried out in batch mode

French: tâche (fr) f. German: Job (de) m.

Greek: εργασία (el) (ergasía) f.

Verb

job (third-person singular simple present jobs, present participle jobbing, simple past and past participle jobbed)

1. (intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
2. (intransitive) To work as a jobber.
3. (intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss.
4. (transitive, trading) To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
5. (transitive, often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.

   We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms.

Translations

to do odd jobs

Finnish: tehdä (fi) keikkatöitä (fi), tehdä (fi) pätkätöitä (fi), keikkailla (fi)

German: jobben (de)

to work as a jobber

Finnish: jobata (fi) German: jobben (de)

Swedish: jobba (sv)

wrestling: to take the loss

Finnish: hävitä (fi)

to speculate

Finnish: jobata (fi)

Swedish: jobba (sv)

to subcontract

Finnish: pilkkoa (fi)

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German: arbeiten (de), jobben (de) Greek: εργάζομαι (el) (ergázome)

Hungarian: dolgozik (hu) Spanish: trabajar (es) Swedish: jobba (sv), arbeta (sv)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or verb job

blowjob bob-a-job boob job desk job handjob jobber

jobless job of work job-seeker jobsware job title joe job

nose job paint job toe job rim job

See also

• employment
• work
• labour

Anagrams

• obj

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French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʒɔb/

Noun

job m. (plural jobs) (f in Quebec)

1. (informal) job (employment role)
2. (Quebec, informal) work

Synonyms

• (informal) boulot

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Italian

Etymology

From English

Noun

job m. inv.

1. job (employment role, computing task)