manual labor

English

Alternative forms

manual labour

Noun

manual labor (countable and uncountable, plural manual labors)

(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

Coordinate terms

handwork (sometimes synonymous, but sometimes intricate and skilled rather than strenuous and unskilled)

Translations

physical work

Afrikaans: handearbeid
Chinese:
Mandarin: 手工勞動／手工劳动 (shǒugōng láodòng), 體力勞動／体力劳动 (zh) (tǐlì láodòng)
Esperanto: manlaboro
Finnish: ruumiillinen työ
French: travail manuel (fr) m
German: Handarbeit (de) f
Greek: χειρωνακτική εργασία f (cheironaktikí ergasía)
Irish: obair láimhe f
Japanese: 肉体労働 (ja) (にくたいろうどう, nikutai rōdō)
Old English: handweorc n
Romanian: muncă manuală f, lucrare manuală f, muncă fizică f
Russian: ручно́й труд m (ručnój trud), физи́ческий труд m (fizíčeskij trud)
Swedish: kroppsarbete (sv) n
Vietnamese: lao động chân tay, lao động tay chân

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