manual labor

manual labor

English

Alternative forms

• manual labour

Noun

manual labor (countable and uncountable, plural manual labors)

1. (American spelling) Work done by hand or using basic tools rather than by machines; usually physically demanding but (sometimes derogatory) unskilled labor.

Synonyms

• manual work

Translations

physical work

Chinese: Mandarin: 手工勞動, 手工劳动 (shǒugōng láodòng) Esperanto: manlaboro Finnish: ruumiillinen työ French: travail manuel m

German: Handarbeit (de) f Irish: obair láimhe f Japanese: 肉体労働 (にくたいろうどう, nikutai rōdō) Romanian: muncă manuală f, lucrare manuală f, muncă fizică f Russian: ручно́й труд m (ručnój trud), физи́ческий труд m (fizíčeskij trud)