occupational

English

Etymology

From occupation (noun) +‎ -al (suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɑkjuˈpeɪʃənəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃənəl

Adjective

occupational (comparative more occupational, superlative most occupational)

1. Of, belonging, or relating to an occupation (in any sense).

   Boredom is an occupational hazard if you are a checkout operator.

   • 2023 September 26, Abby Roch, “My house was broken into. Now I have developed a fear of thieves called scelerophobia.”, in Business Insider‎^[1]:

     She added that if someone is experiencing a high degree of distress because of scelerophobia and their social and occupational functioning is being affected, she recommends seeing a medical provider or mental health professional.

Derived terms

• nonoccupational
• occupational cancer
• occupational crime
• occupational disease
• occupational hazard
• occupational health and safety
• occupational hygiene
• occupationalist
• occupationally
• occupational medicine
• occupational name
• occupational safety and health
• occupational surname
• occupational therapist
• occupational therapy
• paraoccupational
• preoccupational

Related terms

• occupative (adjective)

Translations

of, relating to, or caused by an occupation

• Arabic: وَظِيفِيّ m (waẓīfiyy), مِهَنِيّ m (mihaniyy)
• Bulgarian: трудов (trudov), професионален (bg) (profesionalen)
• Danish: arbejdsmæssig
• Finnish: ammatillinen (fi), ammatti-
• Georgian: პროფესიული (ṗropesiuli)
• German: Berufs-
• Irish: gairme
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: yrkesmessig

  Nynorsk: yrkesmessig

• Polish: zawodowy (pl) m
• Romanian: ocupațional (ro)
• Russian: профессиона́льный (ru) (professionálʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceàirde