working

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Operation; action.
2. Method of operation.
3. The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem.
4. Fermentation.
5. Becoming full of a vegetable substance.
6. A place where work is carried on.
7. A train movement.

Verb

present participle and gerund of work

Adj

1. That is or are functioning.
2. That suffices but requires additional work; provisional.
3. In paid employment.
4. Of or relating to employment.
5. Enough to allow one to use something.
6. Used in real life; practical.
7. (obsolete) Efficacious.

Concepts

travaillant

fonctionnement

marche

ouvrier

effort

culture

requête

exploitation

travail

peine

qui marche

jeu

fonctionner

marcher

fonctionnel

professionnel

rouage

Coupé comme

work‧ing

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈwɜːkɪŋ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English werking, werkynge, warkynge, worchinge, from Old English wyrċing (“working”), verbal noun of wyrċan (“to work”), equivalent to work + -ing. Cognate with Scots wirking, warking, Dutch werking, German Wirkung.

Phrases

My daughter , you want to prevent us from working ?

Ma fille, tu veux nous empêcher de travailler?

While working with Quechua Indians , Elliot began preparing to reach the Huaorani .

Tout en travaillant avec des Indiens Quechua, Elliot a commencé à se préparer à atteindre le Huaorani.

A peasant occupying or working a bovate might be known as a 'bovater.

Un paysan occupant ou travaillant un bovate pourrait être connu comme un «bovater».