workaholic

English

Etymology

work +‎ -aholic

Pronunciation

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Noun

workaholic (plural workaholics)

1. A person who feels compelled to work excessively, including while at home.

   All workaholics should move to Hong Kong, where working hours average over 50 per week.

   • 2016, JoAnneh Nagler, How to be an artist without losing your mind, your shirt, or your creative compass, →ISBN, page 80:

     We're not looking to become workaholics who don't know how to rest or vacation, or who never hang it up long enough to go to a movie.

Descendants

• → Portuguese: workaholic

Translations

person

• Belarusian: працаго́лік m (pracahólik), працаві́к m (pracavík), працаві́чка f (pracavíčka)
• Bulgarian: работохо́лик m (rabotohólik), работохо́личка f (rabotohólička)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工作狂 (zh) (gōngzuòkuáng), 拼命三郎 (zh) (pīnmìng sān láng)

• Czech: workoholik m, workoholička f
• Danish: arbejdsnarkoman c
• Dutch: workaholic (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: labormaniulo
• Estonian: tööhoolik, töönarkomaan
• Finnish: työnarkomaani (fi)
• French: workaholique (fr) m or f, stakhanoviste (fr) m or f, bourreau de travail (fr) m
• Georgian: მშრომელი (mšromeli)
• German: Arbeitstier (de) n, Arbeitssüchtiger m, Arbeitssüchtige f
• Greek: εργασιομανής (el) (ergasiomanís)
• Hungarian: munkamániás (hu)
• Italian: stacanovista (it) m or f, stakanovista m or f
• Japanese: 仕事中毒の人 (しごとちゅうどくのひと, shigotochūdoku no hito), 働き中毒 (はたらきちゅうどく, hatarakichūdoku), 仕事の虫 (しごとのむし, shigoto no mushi)
• Korean: 일중독증 (iljungdokjeung)
• Latvian: darbaholiks m
• Lithuanian: darboholikas m
• Macedonian: работоза́висник m (rabotozávisnik), работохо́лик m (rabotohólik)
• Maori: ringa tōhaunui
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: arbeidsnarkoman m

• Polish: pracoholik (pl) m, pracoholiczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: workaholic (pt) m or f, trabalhólatra m or f
• Romanian: workaholic m, stahanovist m
• Russian: работя́га (ru) m or f (rabotjága), трудя́га (ru) m or f (trudjága), трудого́лик (ru) m (trudogólik), трудоголи́чка (ru) f (trudogolíčka), тру́женик (ru) m (trúženik), тру́женица (ru) f (trúženica), стаха́новец (ru) m (staxánovec), стаха́новка (ru) f (staxánovka), работого́лик (ru) m (rabotogólik), работоголи́чка f (rabotogolíčka)
• Spanish: trabajólico (es) m, trabajólica (es) f
• Swedish: arbetsnarkoman (sv) c, arbetsmyra (sv) c
• Thai: คนบ้างาน
• Turkish: işkolik (tr)
• Ukrainian: трудого́лік m (trudohólik), працего́лік m (pracehólik), трудя́га m or f (trudjáha), трудя́ка m or f (trudjáka), роботя́га m or f (robotjáha)

Adjective

workaholic (comparative more workaholic, superlative most workaholic)

1. In the nature or manner of a workaholic.

Translations

in the nature or manner of a workaholic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工作狂的 (gōngzuòkuáng de)

• Finnish: työnarkomaaninen, työnarkomaani (fi)
• French: workaholique (fr), stakhanoviste (fr)
• Greek: εργασιομανής (el) (ergasiomanís)
• Italian: stacanovistico, stacanovista (it), stakanovistico, stakanovista
• Macedonian: работозависен (rabotozavisen)
• Russian: стаха́новский (ru) (staxánovskij)
• Spanish: adicto al trabajo, trabajólico (es)
• Swedish: arbetsnarkoman (sv)
• Turkish: işkolik (tr)

See also

• workaholism
• workhorse
• ergomania
• John Henryism
• karoshi
• Stakhanovite

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English workaholic.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.oʁ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [ʊ.oh.kaˈhɔ.li.ki], (faster pronunciation) /woʁ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [woh.kaˈhɔ.li.ki]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.oʁ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [ʊ.oh.kaˈhɔ.li.ki], (faster pronunciation) /woʁ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [woh.kaˈhɔ.li.ki]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /u.oɾ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [ʊ.oɾ.kaˈhɔ.li.ki], (faster pronunciation) /woɾ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [woɾ.kaˈhɔ.li.ki]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /u.oʁ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [ʊ.oχ.kaˈχɔ.li.ki], (faster pronunciation) /woʁ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [woχ.kaˈχɔ.li.ki]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.oɻ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ke/ [ʊ.oɻ.kaˈhɔ.li.ke], (faster pronunciation) /woɻ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ke/ [woɻ.kaˈhɔ.li.ke]

Noun

workaholic m or f by sense (plural workaholics)

1. workaholic (person who feels compelled to work excessively)

   Synonym: (neologism) trabalhólatra