foreman

See also: Foreman

English

Etymology

fore- +‎ man

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mən/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mən

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

foreman (plural foremen)

1. (management) The leader of a work crew.
2. (law) The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
3. (historical, US, during the era of slavery) A black (slave) assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands.

Derived terms

• foremanship

Related terms

• forepeople
• foreperson
• forewoman

Translations

leader of a work crew

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工头 (zh) (gōngtóu), 領班／领班 (zh) (lǐngbān)

• Czech: předák m
• Danish: formand c, værkfører c
• Estonian: töödejuhataja
• Faroese: formaður m
• Finnish: työnjohtaja (fi)
• French: chef (fr) m, chef d’équipe m, contremaître (fr) m
• German: Vorarbeiter m, Polier (de) m
• Greek: εργοδηγός (el) m or f (ergodigós)
• Hungarian: művezető (hu)
• Irish: maor m
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• Italian: (at a construction site) caposquadra, capoccia m
• Japanese: 工場長
• Khmer: មេការ (mee kaa)
• Macedonian: палир m (palir)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: formann (no) m, arbeidsformann m

  Nynorsk: formann m, arbeidsformann m

• Portuguese: capataz (pt)
• Russian: ма́стер (ru) m (máster), бригади́р (ru) m (brigadír), прора́б (ru) m (proráb) (at a consruction site), штейгер (ru) m (štejger) (at a mine)
• Scottish Gaelic: maor m, maor-obrach m
• Spanish: capataz (es) m
• Swedish: förman (sv) c, lagbas c

member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf

• Danish: juryformand c
• Finnish: puheenjohtaja (fi)
• German: Sprecher der Geschworenen m, Sprecherin der Geschworenen f
• Japanese: 陪審長
• Manx: ard-ghooinney bingagh m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: juryformann m

  Nynorsk: juryformann m

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• Spanish: presidente del jurado m or f, presidenta del jurado f
• Swedish: ordförande (sv) c, juryordförande c

Anagrams

• foramen, name for