freelancer

English

Etymology

freelance +‎ -er

Noun

freelancer (plural freelancers)

1. one who freelances

Hyponyms

• stringer

Translations

who freelances

• Armenian: ֆրիլանսեր (frilanser)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自由職業者 (zh), 自由职业者 (zh) (zìyóuzhíyèzhě)

• Dutch: freelancer (nl) m
• Estonian: vabakutseline
• Finnish: freelancer (fi), ammatinharjoittaja (fi); vapaa toimittaja (freelance journalist)
• French: travailleur indépendant (fr) m
• Galician: autónomo m, autónoma f
• Georgian: ფრილანსერი (prilanseri)
• German: Freiberufler (de) m, freier Mitarbeiter m
• Greek: ελευθεροεπαγγελματίας m (eleftheroepangelmatías)

• Hungarian: szabadúszó (hu)
• Italian: battitore libero m
• Japanese: フリーランサー (furīransā)
• Norwegian: frilanser
• Polish: freelancer (pl) m
• Portuguese: freelancer (pt) m or f
• Russian: фрила́нсер (ru) m (frilánsɛr), свобо́дный худо́жник m (svobódnyj xudóžnik) ("free artist", used for various professions)
• Spanish: trabajador independiente m, trabajadora independiente f, autónomo (es) m, autónoma (es) f
• Swedish: frilans (sv) c, frilansare (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

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Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English freelancer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfriːlænser/, [ˈfriːlæns̠e̞r]
• IPA^(key): /ˈfriːlɑnser/, [ˈfriːlɑns̠e̞r]

Noun

freelancer

1. freelancer

Declension

In speech, ä may be used for vowel harmony instead depending on the pronunciation.

Inflection of freelancer (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		freelancer	freelancerit
genitive		freelancerin	freelancerien freelancereiden freelancereitten
partitive		freelanceria	freelancereita freelancereja
illative		freelanceriin	freelancereihin
		singular	plural
nominative		freelancer	freelancerit
accusative	nom.	freelancer	freelancerit
	gen.	freelancerin
genitive		freelancerin	freelancerien freelancereiden freelancereitten
partitive		freelanceria	freelancereita freelancereja
inessive		freelancerissa	freelancereissa
elative		freelancerista	freelancereista
illative		freelanceriin	freelancereihin
adessive		freelancerilla	freelancereilla
ablative		freelancerilta	freelancereilta
allative		freelancerille	freelancereille
essive		freelancerina	freelancereina
translative		freelanceriksi	freelancereiksi
instructive		—	freelancerein
abessive		freelanceritta	freelancereitta
comitative		—	freelancereineen

Possessive forms of freelancer (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	freelancerini	freelancerimme
2nd person	freelancerisi	freelancerinne
3rd person	freelancerinsa

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Polish

Etymology

From English freelancer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frʲiˈlɛn.sɛr/

Noun

freelancer m pers

1. freelancer

Declension

declension of freelancer

	singular	plural
nominative	freelancer	freelancerzy
genitive	freelancera	freelancerów
dative	freelancerowi	freelancerom
accusative	freelancera	freelancerów
instrumental	freelancerem	freelancerami
locative	freelancerze	freelancerach
vocative	freelancerze	freelancerzy

Further reading

• freelancer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• freelancer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English freelancer.

Noun

freelancer m, f (plural freelancers)

1. freelancer (someone who freelances)

Related terms

• freelance

Further reading

• “freelancer” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.