ouvrier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouvrier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.vɹiˈjeɪ/

Noun

ouvrier (plural ouvriers)

1. A French labourer or manual worker.

French

Etymology

Inherited 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”:

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Noun

ouvrier m (plural ouvriers, feminine ouvrière)

1. worker, labourer (manual worker); workman

   Synonym: travailleur

2. operator

   Synonym: opérateur

3. (Louisiana) carpenter

   Synonyms: menuisier, charpentier

Derived terms

• à méchant ouvrier, point de bon outil
• un mauvais ouvrier a toujours de mauvais outils

 

Related terms

• œuvre
• ouvrer

 

Descendants

• Saint Dominican Creole French: z'ouvrier

Adjective

ouvrier (feminine ouvrière, masculine plural ouvriers, feminine plural ouvrières)

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   cheville ouvrière ― linchpin

2. (relational) workers', working class

   classe ouvrière ― working class

   famille ouvrière ― working family, working class family

   cité ouvrière ― workers' housing estate; council estate

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)