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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesau chômage
Pronunciation / Transliteration: o ʃo.maʒ
"Il est actuellement au chômage."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Not having a job; currently unemployed.
"Der Staat unterstützt arbeitslose Menschen finanziell." - 2
Without work or occupation in a broader, situational context.
"Nach der Fabrikschließung standen viele Arbeiter plötzlich arbeitslos da."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle High German words 'arbeit' (labor, toil, trouble) combined with the suffix '-lôs' (less, lacking). The term historically evolved from describing someone lacking physical strength or capability for hardship into its modern economic sense denoting joblessness.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Arbeitlos" is said worldwide
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au chômage
Transliteration: o ʃo.maʒ
"Il est actuellement au chômage."
arbeitslos
Transliteration: ˈaʁ.baɪtˌloːs
"Viele Menschen sind in dieser Region arbeitslos."
disoccupato
Transliteration: di.sok.kuˈpa.to
"Cerca lavoro perché è disoccupato."
desempleado
Transliteration: des.em.pleˈa.ðo
"El número de personas desempleadas ha disminuido."
desempregado
Transliteration: de.zẽ.pɾeˈɡa.du
"Ele ficou desempregado no mês passado."
बेरोज़गार
Transliteration: berozgar
"देश में बेरोज़गार युवाओं की संख्या बढ़ रही है।"
失业的
Transliteration: shī yè de
"政府正在帮助失业的工人。"
실직한
Transliteration: siljikan
"그는 실직한 상태로 새 직장을 찾고 있다."
失業した
Transliteration: shitsugyō shita
"彼は経済危機で失業した。"
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