work

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Employment.
2. (countable, uncountable) Employment.
3. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Employment.
4. (countable, dated, uncountable) Employment.
5. (countable, uncountable) Effort.
6. (countable, uncountable) Effort.
7. (countable, uncountable) Effort.
8. (countable, euphemistic, uncountable) Effort.
9. (countable, slang, uncountable) Effort.
10. (countable, uncountable) Effort.
11. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Effort.
12. (in-compounds, often, uncountable) Product; the result of effort.
13. (in-compounds, often, uncountable) Product; the result of effort.
14. (countable) Product; the result of effort.
15. (countable) Product; the result of effort.
16. (slang, uncountable) The staging of events to appear as real.
17. (countable, uncountable) Ore before it is dressed.
18. (countable, plural, plural-only, slang, uncountable) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
19. (countable, uncountable) The confident attitude of a drag queen.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
2. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
3. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
4. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
5. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
6. (intransitive, transitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
7. (intransitive, transitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
8. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
9. (transitive) To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
10. (transitive) To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
11. (transitive) To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
12. (transitive) To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
13. (transitive) To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
14. (transitive) To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
15. (transitive) To cause to operate, be productive, behave a certain way, or happen.
16. (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty.
17. (intransitive, transitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty.
18. (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
19. (transitive) To embroider with thread.
20. (intransitive) To ferment.
21. (transitive) To cause to ferment.
22. (figuratively, intransitive) To influence.
23. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
24. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
25. (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
26. (intransitive, obsolete) To hurt; to ache.
27. (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
28. (intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.

Concepts

travail

travailler

fonctionner

ouvrage

œuvre

faire

emploi

marcher

🚶

produire

bosser

occupation

causer

métier

provoquer

oeuvre

profession

engendrer

labeur

besogne

tâche

opérer

job

rendre

acte

activité

jouer

fonction

fermenter

devoir

déterminer

procurer

pétrir

exploiter

office

construire

atelier

entraîner

occasionner

fabriquer

créer

entreprise

agir

corvée

opération

amener

mission

œuvres

influencer

aller

effort

Synonymes

job

labor

labour

operate

function

task

act

do

employment

business

toil

make

occupation

action

run

deed

duty

operation

activity

effort

serve

go

perform

use

forge

doing

production

move

service

produce

do work

composition

profession

working

opus

affair

performance

creation

cultivate

works

cause

form

exercise

play

exploit

ferment

knead

study

movement

induce

Traductions

Arbeit

trabajar

trabajo

lavoro

werk

arbeiten

trabalho

lavorare

Werk

trabalhar

werken

iş

arbeid

obra

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/wɜː(ɹ)k/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: work

Hérité de ancien anglais: weorc

Appartenant à écossais: wark

Appartenant à saterlandais: Wierk

Appartenant à frison occidental: wurk

Appartenant à néerlandais: werk

Appartenant à allemand: Werk

Appartenant à danois: værk

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: verk

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: verk

Appartenant à suédois: verk

Appartenant à islandais: verk

Appartenant à gotique: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌹

Appartenant à grec ancien: ἔργον

Appartenant à avestique: 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰

Appartenant à arménien: գործ

Appartenant à albanais: argëtoj

Hérité de moyen anglais: werken

Hérité de ancien anglais: wyrċan

Appartenant à Old Frisian: werka

Appartenant à Old Saxon: wirkian

Appartenant à bas-allemand: warken

Appartenant à néerlandais: werken

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: wurken

Appartenant à allemand: wirken

Appartenant à vieux norrois: yrkja

Appartenant à suédois: yrka

Appartenant à gotique: 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom
Proto-Germanic *werką
Proto-West Germanic *werk
Old English weorc
Middle English werk
English work
From Middle English work, werk, from Old English weorc, from Proto-West Germanic *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
Akin to Scots wark, Saterland Frisian Wierk, West Frisian wurk, Dutch werk, German Werk, German Low German Wark, Danish værk, Norwegian Bokmål verk, Norwegian Nynorsk verk, Swedish verk, yrke and orka, Icelandic verk, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌹 (gawaurki), Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”) (from ϝέργον (wérgon)), Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰 (vər^əz, “to work, to perform”), Armenian գործ (gorc, “work”), Albanian argëtoj (“entertain, reward, please”), Russian варганить (varganitʹ, “"to whip up, to cook something quickly, to throw together"”). English cognates include bulwark, boulevard, energy, erg, georgic, liturgy, metallurgy, organ, surgeon, wright. Doublet of erg and ergon.

Phrases

How many people work here ?

Combien de personnes travaillent ici?

You actually have to do proper work .

Vous devez en fait faire un bon travail.

But I found it difficult to get to work because of the investigations .

Mais j'ai eu du mal à se rendre au travail à cause des enquêtes.

I sped to work .

J'ai accéléré pour travailler.

It's all in a days work .

Tout est dans un jour de travail.

He is best known for his work on LucasArts games .

Il est surtout connu pour son travail sur les jeux Lucasarts.