fieldwork

See also: field work

English

Alternative forms

• field work

Etymology

From Middle English *felde-werk (found in plural felde werkes), equivalent to field +‎ work.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfiːldwɜːk/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈfildwɝk/

Noun

fieldwork (countable and uncountable, plural fieldworks)

2. (uncountable, agriculture) Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).

   Synonym: outwork

   Besides the bookkeeping and marketing, there's a ton of fieldwork to get done this week.

3. (uncountable) Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions.

   That well Bob set up last weekend was some good fieldwork.

4. (in scientific research) The collection of raw data in the field, field research, field study, field studies.

   I thought the fieldwork in the course I was taking was going to be hard, but it was just interviewing people.

6. (countable, rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.

   Coordinate term: outwork

   Billy's out building some fieldwork so that our enemies don't walk right over us.

Related terms

• fieldhand
• field test
• field trip
• in the field

 

Translations

(agriculture) work done out in the fields

• Dutch: veldwerk (nl) n
• Finnish: kenttätyö (fi)
• French: travaux des champs m pl
• Old English: æcerweorc n
• Russian: полевы́е рабо́ты f pl (polevýje rabóty)

collection of raw data

• Catalan: treball de camp (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調查工作／调查工作 (diàochá gōngzuò), 田野工作 (tiányě gōngzuò), 田野調查／田野调查 (tiányě diàochá)

• Danish: feltarbejde n
• Dutch: veldwerk (nl) n
• Finnish: kenttätutkimus (fi)
• German: Feldforschung (de) f
• Maori: mahi tūwaenga
• Russian: полевые работы f pl (polevyje raboty), полевое исследование n (polevoje issledovanije)
• Swedish: fältarbete n

temporary fortification

• Finnish: kenttälinnoite (fi)