ouvrier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouvrier.

Noun

ouvrier (plural ouvriers)

1. A French labourer or manual worker.

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French

Etymology

From Old French ovrier, inherited from Latin operārius. Cf. also the doublet opéraire, a very rare and jargony term borrowed from the same Latin term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.vʁi.je/

• Audio (un ouvrier):

  (file)

Noun

ouvrier m (plural ouvriers, feminine ouvrière)

1. worker, labourer (manual worker); workman
2. operator

Related terms

• œuvre
• ouvrer

Further reading

• “ouvrier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.