laborer

English

Alternative forms

• labourer

Etymology

From labor +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪ.bɚ.ɹɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

laborer (plural laborers)

1. (American spelling) One who labors.

   Hyponyms: manual laborer, manual labourer (usually coinstantial)

   Near-synonyms: worker, toiler

   1. One who uses bodily strength rather than intellect to earn a wage, usually hourly.

      Synonyms: manual laborer, manual labourer

      Hypernym: worker

      Near-synonym: toiler

Derived terms

• colaborer
• forced laborer
• nonlaborer
• the laborer is worthy of his hire

Related terms

• laborist

Translations

One who uses bodily strength to earn a wage

• Aghwan: 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐔽𐔰𐕄 (muˁaḳ)
• Albanian: argat (sq)
• Arabic: عَامِل m (ʕāmil), عَامِلَة f (ʕāmila)
• Armenian: բանվոր (hy) (banvor)
• Azerbaijani: işçi (az), fəhlə (az), zəhmətkeş
• Bulgarian: общ работник m (obšt rabotnik)
• Catalan: obrer (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勞動者 / 劳动者 (zh) (láodòngzhě), 工人 (zh) (gōngrén)

• Czech: dělník (cs) m
• Danish: arbejder (da) c, arbejdsmand c, landarbejder c
• Dutch: arbeider (nl)
• Egyptian: (kꜣwtj)
• Esperanto: laboristo
• Estonian: tööline (et)
• Finnish: työntekijä (fi), työläinen (fi)
• French: ouvrier (fr) m
• Georgian: მუშა (ka) (muša), მუშაკი (mušaḳi)
• German: Arbeiter (de) m
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐍅𐌰 m (waurstwa)
• Greek: εργάτης (el) m (ergátis), δουλευτής (el) m (douleftís)

  Ancient: ἐργάτης m (ergátēs), ἐργάτις f (ergátis)

• Gujarati: મજુરિ f (majuri)
• Hungarian: munkás (hu), kétkezi/fizikai munkás, segédmunkás (hu)
• Indonesian: buruh (id)
• Irish: sclábhaí m
• Italian: lavoratore (it) m, operaio (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کرێکار (krêkar)

  Northern Kurdish: karker (ku) m or f, rêncber (ku) m or f

• Latin: cerdō m, operārius m
• Macedonian: ра́ботник (mk) m (rábotnik), рабо́тничка f (rabótnička)
• Malay: buruh (ms)
• Manx: obbree m
• Maori: poroteke, ihu oneone (metaphorical)
• Mongolian: үйлдвэрчин (mn) (üjldverčin)
• Occitan: obrièr (oc) m
• Ottoman Turkish: ارغات (ırgat)
• Polish: robotnik (pl) m, robotnica (pl) f
• Portuguese: operário (pt) m, trabalhador (pt) m, obreiro (pt) m
• Romanian: lucrător (ro) m, muncitor (ro) m
• Russian: чернорабо́чий (ru) m (černorabóčij), рабо́чий (ru) m (rabóčij)
• Scottish Gaelic: obraiche m
• Serbo-Croatian: rȃdnīk (sh) m, rȃdnica (sh) f
• Sicilian: lavuraturi (scn) m, lavureri (scn) m
• Spanish: trabajador (es) m, obrero (es) m, currito (colloquial)
• Swedish: arbetare (sv) c, kroppsarbetare (sv) c
• Thai: กรรมกร (th) (gam-má-gɔɔn)
• Tocharian B: kapyāre
• Udi: ашбал (ašbal), аьшбал (äšbal)
• Urdu: مزدور m (mazdūr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) voban (vo), (♂) hivoban, (♀) jivoban (vo)

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin labōrāre.

Verb

laborer

1. to work; to labor

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem labeur distinct from the unstressed stem labor. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of laborer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		laborer			avoir laboré
gerund		en laborant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		laborant
past participle		laboré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	labeur	labeures	labeure	laborons	laborez	labeurent
	imperfect	laboroie, laboreie, laboroe, laboreve	laboroies, laboreies, laboroes, laboreves	laboroit, laboreit, laborot, laboreve	laboriiens, laboriens	laboriiez, laboriez	laboroient, laboreient, laboroent, laborevent
	preterite	laborai	laboras	labora	laborames	laborastes	laborerent
	future	laborerai	laboreras	laborera	laborerons	laboreroiz, laborereiz, laborerez	laboreront
	conditional	laboreroie, laborereie	laboreroies, laborereies	laboreroit, laborereit	laboreriiens, laboreriens	laboreriiez, laboreriez	laboreroient, laborereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	labeur	labeurs	labeurt	laborons	laborez	labeurent
	imperfect	laborasse	laborasses	laborast	laborissons, laborissiens	laborissoiz, laborissez, laborissiez	laborassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	labeure	—	laborons	laborez	—

Related terms

• labour

Descendants

• Middle French: labourer
  • French: labourer
• Norman: labouother
• → Middle English: labouren
  • English: labour, labor (US)
  • Scots: laubour