ouvrier
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French ouvrier.
Noun
ouvrier (plural ouvriers)
- A French labourer or manual worker.
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)
- worker, labourer (manual worker); workman
- operator
- (Louisiana) carpenter
Derived terms
- à méchant ouvrier, point de bon outil
- cheveux en bataille
- cheville ouvrière
- classe ouvrière
- un mauvais ouvrier a toujours de mauvais outils
Related terms
- œuvre
- ouvrer
Descendants
- Saint Dominican Creole French: z'ouvrier
Further reading
- “ouvrier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)