chômeur

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French chômeur. Coined by Colette Grinevald.

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Noun

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chômeur (plural chômeurs)

  1. (linguistics, Relational Grammar) An actant that has been 'demoted' to a less salient syntactic position, such as the agent of a passive clause.

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French

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Etymology

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From chômer +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃo.mœʁ/
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Noun

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chômeur m (plural chômeurs, feminine chômeuse)

  1. an unemployed person
    Il est chômeurHe is unemployed.

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Descendants

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  • Romanian: șomer
  • Tamasheq: ⵜⵉⵛⵓⵎⴰⵔⴻⵏ (tišumaren)

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