View source for work

{{also|-work}}
==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|werke|worke|q=obsolete}}
* {{alter|en|wuk||q=nonstandard, [[AAVE]]}}
* {{alter|en|werk|q=obsolete except as LGBT slang}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|wûrk}}, {{IPA|en|/wɜː(ɹ)k/}}
** {{IPA|en|/wɜːk/|[wɜːk]|a=RP}}
*** {{IPA|en|[wɜːk]|[wœːk]|a=MLE}}
*** {{IPA|en|[wɔːk]|a=Broad Geordie}}
*** {{IPA|en|[wɛːk]|a=Liverpool}}
*** {{IPA|en|[wʊːɹk]|a=DE}}
** {{IPA|en|/wɝk/|[wɚk]|a=GenAm}}
*** {{IPA|en|/wɜɪ̯k/|a=NYC,Southern US,dated}}
** {{IPA|en|/wɵːk/|a=AU}}
** {{IPA|en|/wøːk/|a=NZ}}
** {{IPA|en|[wɚːk]|[wəɹk]|a=CA}}
* {{audio|en|en-uk-work.ogg|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-work.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-work.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɜː(ɹ)k|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
{{etymon|en|id=employment|inh|enm>werk>work|tree=1}}
{{root|en|ine-pro|*werǵ-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|work}}, {{m|enm|werk}}, from {{inh|en|ang|weorc}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*werk}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*werką}}, from {{inh|en|ine-pro|*wérǵom}}.

Akin to {{cog|sco|wark}}, {{cog|stq|Wierk}}, {{cog|fy|wurk}}, {{cog|nl|werk}}, {{cog|de|Werk}}, {{cog|nds-de|Wark}}, {{cog|da|værk}}, {{cog|nb|verk}}, {{cog|nn|verk}}, {{cog|sv|verk}}, {{m|sv|yrke}} and {{m|sv|orka}}, {{cog|is|verk}}, {{cog|got|𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌹}}, {{cog|grc|ἔργον||work}} (from {{m|grc|ϝέργον}}), {{cog|ae|𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰||to work, to perform}}, {{cog|hy|գործ||work}}, {{cog|sq|argëtoj||entertain, reward, please}}. English cognates include {{m|en|bulwark}}, {{m|en|boulevard}}, {{m|en|energy}}, {{m|en|erg}}, {{m|en|georgic}}, {{m|en|liturgy}}, {{m|en|metallurgy}}, {{m|en|organ}}, {{m|en|surgeon}}, {{m|en|wright}}. {{doublet|en|erg|ergon}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[employment|Employment]].
## [[labour]], [[occupation]], [[job]].
##: {{syn|en|Thesaurus:occupation}}
##: {{ux|en|My '''work''' involves a lot of travel.}}
##* {{RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice|III|iv|177|1|Come on ''Neriſſa'', I haue '''worke''' in hand / That you yet know not of; wee'll ſee our husbands / Before they thinke of vs?}}
##* {{RQ:KJV|2 Chronicles|31|21||And in euery '''worke''' that he began{{...}}he did it with all his heart, and prospered.}}
##* {{RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp|XXXIII|257|passage=Edward Churchill still attended to his '''work''' in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew’s cap and bells.}}
## The [[place]] where one is employed.
##: {{ux|en|He hasn’t come home yet; he’s still at '''work'''.}}
## {{lb|en|by extension}} One's employer.
##: {{ux|en|I want to go to the reunion concert, but I'm not sure if my '''work''' will give me the time off.}}
## {{lb|en|dated}} A [[factory]]; a [[works]].
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1917|title=Platers' Guide|page=246
|passage=In trials of a Martin furnace in a steel '''work''' at Remscheiden, Germany, a lining of zirconia was found in good condition after {{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[effort|Effort]].
## [[effort]] expended on a particular task.
##: {{syn|en|Thesaurus:work}}
##: {{ux|en|Holding a brick over your head is hard '''work'''. It takes a lot of '''work''' to write a dictionary.}}
## Sustained [[effort]] to overcome [[obstacle]]s and achieve a [[result]].
##: {{ux|en|We know what we must do. Let's go to '''work'''.}}
##: {{ux|en|We don't have much time. Let's get to '''work''' piling up those sandbags.}}
##* {{RQ:Rinehart Hopwood Bat|I|01|passage=The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his '''work''' of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.}}
## Something on which effort is expended.
##: {{ux|en|There's lots of '''work''' waiting for me at the office.}}
## {{lb|en|physics}} A measure of [[energy]] expended in moving an object; most commonly, [[force]] times [[distance]]. No work is done if the object does not [[move]].
##: {{ux|en|'''Work''' is done against friction to drag a bag along the ground.}}
## {{lb|en|physics|more generally}} A measure of energy that is [[usefully]] extracted from a process.
##* {{quote-journal|en|year=2013|month=July-August|author=[http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-s-langston Lee S. Langston]| magazine=w:American Scientist| title=[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2013/4/the-adaptable-gas-turbine The Adaptable Gas Turbine]| passage=Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin ''turbo'', meaning "vortex", and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful '''work'''.}}
# [[product|Product]]; the result of [[effort]].
## {{lb|en|uncountable|often|in combination}} The result of a particular manner of production.
##: {{ux|en|There's a lot of guess'''work''' involved.}}
## {{lb|en|uncountable|often|in combination}} Something produced using the specified material or tool.
##: {{ux|en|We've got some paper'''work''' to do before we can get started. The piece was decorated with intricate filigree '''work'''.}}
## {{lb|en|countable}} A [[literary]], [[artistic]], or [[intellectual]] [[production]].
##: {{ux|en|It is a '''work''' of art.}}
##: {{ux|en|the poetic '''works''' of Alexander Pope}}
##* {{RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth|III|i|140|2|To leaue no Rubs nor Botches in the '''Worke''':}}
##* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=1|lines=730–732|passage=The haſty multitude / Admiring enter'd, and the '''work''' ſome praiſe / And ſome the Architect:|year=1873}}
##* {{RQ:Hough Purchase Price|chapter=I
|passage=“[…] We are engaged in a great '''work''', a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?{{...}}”}}
## {{lb|en|countable}} A [[fortification]].
##: {{ux|en|William the Conqueror fortified many castles, throwing up new ramparts, bastions and all manner of '''works'''.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable|slang|professional wrestling}} The [[staging]] of events to appear as real.
# {{lb|en|mining}} [[ore|Ore]] before it is [[dress]]ed.<ref>{{R:Raymond Glossary}}</ref>
# {{lb|en|slang|plural only}} The equipment needed to inject a drug ([[syringe]]s, [[needle]]s, [[swab]]s etc.)
#: {{ux|en|Tell me you're using clean '''works''' at least.}}
#* {{RQ:William Burroughs Junkie|year=1977|pages=25–26|pageref=26|passage=He gave me a sour look. “All right is it? Well, you shoot some then.” I cooked up a grain and got out my '''works''' ready to take the shot.}}
#* {{quote-book|en |title=The Essential AIDS Fact Book |page=25 |pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=-sPW0S6YILoC&pg=PA25 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=1996 |author=Paul Harding Douglas |coauthors=Laura Pinsky |isbn=0671552872 |text=If you buy new '''works''', clean them ''before'' using them. If you share '''works''', clean them before you or the next person uses them. Blood may be in your '''works''' even if you can't see it. Clean your '''works''' either with rubbing alcohol (available in drugstores), a household bleach solution (three tablespoons of bleach in a cup of water), or boiling water.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2009|author=Gillian G. Gaar|title=The Rough Guide to Nirvana|publisher=Rough Guides UK|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i9mvU7iug9AC&pg=PT32&dq=%22bleach+your+works%22&hl=&cd=5&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22bleach%20your%20works%22&f=false|isbn=9781405381123|text=While in San Francisco, where the AIDS crisis was particularly devastating, they saw numerous  public awareness signs reading “Bleach Your '''Works'''” posted around the city, urging IV drug users to clean their needles with bleach to help staunch the spread of the disease.}}

=====Derived terms=====
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|basketwork
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|bitchwork
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|brainwork
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|[[desk work]], [[deskwork]]
|derivative work
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|donkey-work
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|falsework
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|field work
|fingerwork
|finger work
|firework
|fireworks
|flatwork
|flushwork
|footwork
|formwork
|framework
|fretwork
|frostwork
|gaswork
|gasworks
|glasswork
|glassworks
|glass-works
|God's work
|goldwork
|good work
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|grillework
|grillwork
|groundwork
|groupwork
|gruntwork
|grunt work
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|handiwork
|hackwork
|handwork
|handywork
|headwork
|homework
|hornwork
|housework
|inwork
|ironwork
|ironworks
|keywork
|lacework
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|lacquerwork
|lacwork
|latticework
|leafwork
|leatherwork
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|legwork
|leg work
|lifework
|maid-of-all-work
|make-work
|mask work
|masterwork
|mazework
|meshwork
|metalwork
|metalworks
|millwork
|millworks
|needlework
|network
|nightwork
|night work
|nonwork
|non-work
|openwork
|open-work
|out-of-work
|out of work
|outwork
|overwork
|paintwork
|paperwork
|partwork
|passagework
|patchwork
|piece of work
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|piece-work
|piece work
|pilework
|pink-collar work
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|roadwork
|road work
|rockwork
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|sale of work
|saltwork
|saltworks
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|schoolwork
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|scrollwork
|scutwork
|scut work
|seatwork
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|silverwork
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|social work
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|spadework
|spatterwork
|spellwork
|spell-work
|spell work
|steelwork
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|stockwork
|stonework
|strapwork
|streamwork
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|streetwork
|stuccowork
|stumpwork
|tablework
|taskwork
|task-work
|teamwork
|telework
|tertiary work
|timberwork
|timework
|time-work
|time work
|trackwork
|trelliswork
|trenchwork
|trimwork
|trusswork
|truss-work
|trywork
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|underwork
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|wagework
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|wand work
|waterwork
|waterworks
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|wattlework
|waxwork
|webwork
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|wheelwork
|white-collar work
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|wickerwork
|wicker-work
|women's work
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}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|pis|waka}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|labour, employment, occupation, job}}
{{multitrans|data=
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|werk}}, {{tt+|af|arbeid}}
* Aghwan: {{t|xag|𐔰𐕐}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|punë|f}}
* Amharic: {{tt|am|ሥራ}}
* Andi: {{t|ani|гьалтӏи}}
* Arabic: {{tt+|ar|عَمَل|m}}, {{tt|ar|شُغْل|m}}, {{tt|ar|خِدْمَة|f}}, {{tt+|ar|وَظِيفَة|f}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{tt|arz|شغل|m|tr=šuḡl}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|شغل|m|tr=šuḡul}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{tt|ary|خدمة|f|tr=ḵedma}}, {{tt|ary|وظيفة|f|tr=waḍīfa}}
* Aragonese: {{t|an|treball}}, {{tt+|an|treballo|m}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|աշխատանք}}, {{tt+|hy|գործ}}
* Assamese: {{tt|as|কাম}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܦܘܼܠܚܵܢܵܐ|tr=pulḳana|m}}, {{t|aii|ܫܘܼܠܵܐ|tr=šula|m}}
* Asturian: {{tt|ast|trabayu|m}}
* Atayal: {{tt|tay|mtzaw}}
* Avar: {{t|av|хӏалтӏи}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|əmək}}, {{tt+|az|iş}}, {{tt|az|zəhmət}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|эш}}
* Basque: {{tt|eu|lan}}
* Belarusian: {{tt+|be|пра́ца|f}}, {{tt|be|рабо́та|f}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|কাজ}}, {{tt+|bn|চাকরি}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|ра́бота|f}}, {{tt+|bg|труд|m}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|လုပ်အား}}, {{tt+|my|အလုပ်}}
* Carpathian Rusyn: {{tt|rue|пра́ца|f}}, {{tt|rue|робо́та|f}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|treball|m}}, {{tt+|ca|feina}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|trabaho}}
* Chechen: {{tt|ce|болх}}
* Chichewa: {{tt|ny|ntchito}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt|yue|工作|tr=gung1 zok3}}
*: Dungan: {{tt|dng|гунзуә}}
*: Hokkien: {{tt+|nan-hbl|工作|tr=kang-chok / kong-chok}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|工作|tr=gōngzuò}}, {{tt+|cmn|勞動|tr=láodòng}}, {{tt+|cmn|職業|tr=zhíyè}}
*: Wu: {{tt|wuu|工作}}
* Cia-Cia: {{tt|cia|까라자아}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|práce|f}}, {{tt+|cs|zaměstnání|n}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|arbejde|n}}, {{tt+|da|job|n}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|werk|n}}, {{tt+|nl|job|f}}, {{tt+|nl|arbeid|m}}
* East Central German: {{t|gmw-ecg|Arbitt|f}}, {{t|gmw-ecg|Arb|f}}
* Eastern Khanty: {{t|kca-eas|рӑпөта}}
* Esperanto: {{tt+|eo|laboro}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|töö}}
* Ewe: {{tt|ee|dɔwɔwɔ}}
* Extremaduran: {{tt|ext|trebahu}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|työ}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|travail|m}}, [6] {{t+check|fr|œuvre|m}}, [6] {{t+check|fr|création|m}}
* Friulian: {{tt|fur|vore|f}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|traballo|m}}, {{tt+|gl|choio|m}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|მუშაობა}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Arbeit|f}}
* Gothic: {{tt|got|𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃|f}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|έργο|n}}, {{tt+|el|εργασία|f}}, {{tt+|el|δουλειά|f}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|ἔργον|n}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|suliaq}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|travay}}
* Hausa: {{tt+|ha|aiki}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|עֲבוֹדָה|f|tr=avodá}}, {{tt+|he|מְלָאכָה|f|tr=melakhá}}, {{tt+|he|עָמָל|m|tr=amál}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|काम|m}}, {{tt+|hi|श्रम|m}}, {{tt+|hi|उद्योग|m}}, {{tt+|hi|वृत्ति|f}}, {{tt+|hi|कार्य|m}}, {{tt+|hi|कार|m}}, {{tt+|hi|कर्म|m}}, {{tt+|hi|अमल}}, {{tt+|hi|वजीफा|f}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|munka}}, {{tt+|hu|dolog}}, {{tt+|hu|feladat}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|vinna|f}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|kerjaan}}, {{tt+|id|pekerjaan}}
* Ingrian: {{tt|izh|töö}}, {{t|izh|raae}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|болх}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|obair|f}}, {{tt|ga|saothar|m}}
* Irula: {{t|iru|வேலெ|tr=vēle}}
* Istriot: {{tt|ist|lavur}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|lavoro|m}}, {{tt+|it|impiego|m}}, {{tt+|it|occupazione|f}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|仕事|tr=しごと, shigoto}}, {{tt+|ja|労働|tr=ろうどう, rōdō}}, {{tt+|ja|職業|tr=しょくぎょう, shokugyō}}, {{t+|ja|ワーク|tr=wāku}}
* Jeju: {{t|jje|일}}
* Kaingang: {{t|kgp|rãnhrãj}}
* Kamba: {{tt|kam|wia}}
* Kazakh: {{tt|kk|еңбек}}, {{tt+|kk|жұмыс}}, {{tt|kk|іс}}, {{tt|kk|қызмет}}, {{tt|kk|шаруа}}
* Khmer: {{tt+|km|ការងារ}}
* Kikuyu: {{tt|ki|wira}}
* Komi-Permyak: {{tt|koi|удж}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|일}}, {{tt+|ko|노동(勞動)}}, {{tt+|ko|로동}} {{q|North Korea}}, {{tt+|ko|직업(職業)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt+|ckb|کار}}, {{tt+|ckb|ئیش}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|kar|m}}, {{t+|kmr|xebat}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|жумуш}}, {{tt+|ky|иш}}, {{tt+|ky|эмгек}}, {{tt+|ky|кызмат}}
* Ladino: {{tt|lad|ovra}}, {{tt|lad|lavoro}}
* Lao: {{tt|lo|ງານ}}, {{tt|lo|ນັກງານ}}, {{t|lo|ແຮງງານ}}
* Latgalian: {{tt|ltg|dorbs}}
* Latin: {{tt+|la|labor|m}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|darbs|m}}
* Ligurian: {{t|lij|travàggio}}, {{t|lij|lou}}
* Lingala: {{t|ln|mosala}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|darbas|m}}
* Livvi: {{t|olo|ruado}}
* Lombard: {{t+|lmo|lavor}}, {{t+|lmo|laur}}
* Luganda: {{t|lg|okukola}}
* Luhya: {{tt|luy|ekasi}}
* Luxembourgish: {{tt+|lb|Aarbecht|f}}
* Macedonian: {{tt+|mk|работа|f}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|kerja}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ജോലി}}, {{t+|ml|പണി}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|xogħol|m}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|काम|n}}
* Minangkabau: {{t+|min|karajo}}
* Mòcheno: {{tt|mhn|òrbet|f}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt+|mn|ажил}}
* Mwani: {{tt|wmw|kazi}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|naashnish}}
* Neapolitan: {{tt|nap|lavoro|m}}
* Norman: {{tt|nrf|travas|m}} {{q|Guernsey}}
* Northern Sami: {{tt|se|bargu}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{tt+|nb|arbeid|n}}, {{tt+|nb|jobb|m}}, {{tt+|nb|verk|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{tt|nn|arbeid|n}}, {{tt|nn|jobb|m}}, {{tt|nn|verk|n}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|trabalh|m}}
* Odia: {{t+|or|କାମ}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|cu|работа|f}}, {{tt|cu|троудъ|m}}
*: Glagolitic: {{tt|cu|ⱃⰰⰱⱁⱅⰰ|f}}, {{tt|cu|ⱅⱃⱆⰴⱏ|m}}
* Old East Slavic: {{tt|orv|робота|f}}, {{tt|orv|трудъ|m}}
* Old English: {{tt|ang|weorc|n}}, {{tt|ang|earfoþe|n}}
* Oromo: {{t|om|hojii}}
* Ossetian: {{tt|os|куыст}}
* Pannonian Rusyn: {{tt|rsk|робота|f}}
* Papiamentu: {{t|pap|trabou}}
* Pashto: {{tt+|ps|کار|m|tr=kār}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{tt+|fa-ira|کار}}, {{tt+|fa-ira|شُغْل}}
* Piedmontese: {{t|pms|travaj|m}}
* Pijin: {{t|pis|waka}}
* Pipil: {{tt|ppl|tekit}}
* Plautdietsch: {{tt|pdt|Oabeit|f}}, {{tt|pdt|Woakj|n}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|praca|f}}, {{tt+|pl|robota|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|trabalho|m}}, {{tt+|pt|emprego|m}}
* Punjabi: {{tt|pa|ਕੰਮ|m}}
* Romani: {{t|rom|butǐ|f}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|muncă|f}}, {{tt+|ro|serviciu|n}}, {{tt+|ro|ocupație|f}}, {{tt+|ro|îndeletnicire|f}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|lavur|f}} {{q|Rumantsch Grischun|Sursilvan|Sutsilvan|Puter|Vallader}}, {{tt|rm|lavour|f}} {{q|Surmiran}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|рабо́та|f}}, {{tt+|ru|труд|m}}
* Samoan: {{t|sm|galus}}
* Sango: {{t|sg|kusala}}
* Sanskrit: {{tt+|sa|कर्मन्|n}}, {{tt+|sa|कार्य}}
* Sardinian: {{tt|sc|trabadhu}}, {{tt|sc|traballu}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wark}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|cosnadh|m}}, {{tt+|gd|obair|f}}, {{tt|gd|dreuchd|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|по̀сао|m}}, {{tt|sh|ра̑д|m}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|pòsao|m}}, {{tt+|sh|rȃd|m}}
* Shor: {{tt|cjs|иш}}
* Sicilian: {{tt+|scn|lavuru|m}}, {{tt+|scn|travagghiu|m}}
* Sinhalese: {{tt+|si|වැඩ}}
* Slovak: {{tt+|sk|práca|f}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|delo|n}}
* Somali: {{t+|so|shaqo}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|źěło|n}}
* Sotho: {{tt+|st|mosebetsi}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|trabajo|m}}, {{tt+|es|curro|m}} {{q|colloquial}}, {{t+|es|laburo|m}}, {{t+|es|chamba|f}}, {{t|es|cheje|m}} {{qualifier|Central America}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|wroko}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|kazi}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|arbete|n}}, {{tt+|sv|jobb|n}}
* Sylheti: {{tt|syl|ꠇꠣꠝ}}
* Tagalog: {{tt|tl|isi}}, {{tt+|tl|trabaho}}
* Tajik: {{tt+|tg|кор}}, {{tt|tg|шуғл}}
* Talysh: {{t|tly|ko}}
* Tamil: {{tt+|ta|வேலை}}
* Tat: {{t|ttt|kar}}
* Tatar: {{tt+|tt|эш}}, {{tt+|tt|хезмәт}}
* Telugu: {{tt|te|కూలీపని}}, {{tt+|te|ఉద్యోగము}}, {{tt+|te|వృత్తి}}
* Tetum: {{t|tet|serbisu}}
* Thai: {{tt|th|การงาน}}, {{tt+|th|งาน}}, {{tt+|th|แรงงาน}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|ལས་ཀ}}
* Tigrinya: {{tt|ti|ስራሕ}}
* Tongan: {{t|to|ngāue}}
* Tumbuka: {{t|tum|nchito}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|iş}}, {{tt+|tr|meslek}}, {{tt+|tr|emek}}
* Turkmen: {{tt|tk|iş}}, {{tt+|tk|zähmet}}
* Udi: {{t|udi|аш}}, {{t|udi|аьш}}
* Udmurt: {{tt|udm|уж}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|робо́та|f}}, {{tt+|uk|пра́ця|f}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|کام|m}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|خىزمەت}}, {{tt|ug|ئىش}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|ishlash}}, {{tt+|uz|mehnat}}, {{tt+|uz|ish}}, {{tt+|uz|xizmat}}
* Venetan: {{tt+|vec|laoro|m}}, {{tt|vec|laóro|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|việc làm}}, {{tt+|vi|công việc}} ({{tt|vi|工役}})
* Votic: {{tt|vot|töö}}
* Walloon: {{tt+|wa|ovraedje|m|f}}, {{tt+|wa|boutaedje|m}}, {{tt+|wa|djob|m}} {{q|Wisconsin Walloon}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|gwaith|m}}
* West Frisian: {{tt|fy|wurk|n}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|אַרבעט|f}}
* Yoruba: {{tt|yo|iṣẹ́}}
* Yucatec Maya: {{t|yua|meyaj}}
* Zande: {{t|zne|sunge}}
* Zazaki: {{t+|zza|kar|m}}, {{t|zza|mesleg|m}}, {{t+|zza|gure|m}}, {{t|zza|xebat}}
* Zhuang: {{tt|za|gunghcoz}}
* ǃXóõ: {{tt|nmn|ǀgáã}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|place where one is employed}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|աշխատանք}}, {{tt+|hy|գործ}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܫܘܼܠܵܐ|tr=šula|m}}
* Belarusian: {{tt+|be|пра́ца|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|ра́бота|f}}, {{tt|bg|ра́ботно мя́сто|n}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|treball|m}}, {{tt+|ca|feina}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|工作|tr=gōngzuò}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|zaměstnání|n}}, {{tt+|cs|práce|f}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|arbejde|n}}, {{tt+|da|arbejdsplads|c}}, {{tt+|da|job|n}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|werk|n}}, {{tt+|nl|arbeidsplaats|f}}
* Ewe: {{tt|ee|dɔwɔƒe}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|työ}}, {{tt+|fi|työpaikka}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|travail|m}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|traballo|m}}, {{tt+|gl|choio|m}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Arbeit|f}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|עֲבוֹדָה|f|tr=avodá}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|munkahely}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|obair|f}}
* Italian: {{tt|it|posto di lavoro}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|仕事場|tr=しごとば, shigotoba}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|일자리}}, {{tt+|ko|직장(職場)}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|darbs|m}}
* Luganda: {{t|lg|kumulimo}}
* Macedonian: {{tt+|mk|ра́бота|f}}
* Ndzwani Comorian: {{tt|wni|hadzi}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{tt|zdj|hazi|c9}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|praca|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|trabalho|m}}, {{tt+|pt|emprego|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|рабо́та|f}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wark}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt+|gd|obair|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|по̀сао|m}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|pòsao|m}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|delo|n}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|źěło|n}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|trabajo|m}}, {{tt+|es|tajo|m}} {{q|colloquial}}, {{t+|es|laburo|m}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|kazi}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|arbete|n}}, {{tt+|sv|jobb|n}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|iş}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|робо́та|f}}, {{tt+|uk|пра́ця|f}}
* Walloon: {{tt+|wa|ovraedje|m}}
* Yoruba: {{tt|yo|ibi-iṣẹ́}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|effort expended on a particular task}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|werk}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|աշխատանք}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|ра́бота|f}}, {{tt+|bg|труд|m}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|treball|m}}, {{tt+|ca|esforç|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|工作|tr=gōngzuò}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|práce|f}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|arbejde|n}}, {{tt+|da|job|n}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|werk|n}}, {{tt+|nl|arbeid|m}}
* Ewe: {{tt|ee|dɔwɔwɔ}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|työ}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|travail|m}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|traballo|m}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|მუშაობა}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Arbeit|f}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|עֲבוֹדָה|f|tr=avodá}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|श्रम|m}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|munka}}, {{tt+|hu|fáradság}}, {{tt+|hu|fáradozás}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|obair|f}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|lavoro}}, {{tt+|it|impegno}}, {{tt+|it|fatica|f}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|労力|tr=ろうりょく, rōryoku}}, {{tt+|ja|労働|tr=ろうどう, rōdō}}, {{tt+|ja|作業|tr=さぎょう, sagyō}}
* Jeju: {{t|jje|공력}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|노력(勞力)}}, {{tt+|ko|작업(作業)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt+|ckb|ئیش}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|darbs|m}}
* Macedonian: {{tt+|mk|работа|f}}, {{tt|mk|труд|m}}
* Malayalam: {{tt+|ml|ജോലി}}, {{t+|ml|അധ്വാനം}}
* Mòcheno: {{tt|mhn|òrbet|f}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|naanish}}
* Neapolitan: {{tt|nap|fatica}}
* Norman: {{tt|nrf|travas|m}} {{q|Guernsey}}
* Plautdietsch: {{tt|pdt|Oabeit|f}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|praca|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|trabalho|m}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|muncă|f}}, {{tt+|ro|efort|n}}, {{tt+|ro|lucrare|f}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|lavur|f}} {{q|Rumantsch Grischun|Sursilvan|Sutsilvan|Puter|Vallader}}, {{tt|rm|lavour|f}} {{q|Surmiran}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|рабо́та|f}}, {{tt+|ru|труд|m}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wark}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|saothair|f}}, {{tt+|gd|obair|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|рад|m}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|rad|m}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|delo|n}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|źěło|n}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|trabajo|m}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|kazi}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|arbete|n}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|శ్రమ}}
* Tocharian B: {{tt|txb|lāṃs}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|emek}}
* Venetan: {{tt+|vec|laoro|m}}, {{tt|vec|laóro|m}}
* West Frisian: {{tt|fy|wurk|n}}, {{tt|fy|arbeid}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|אַרבעט|f}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|iṣẹ́}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|result of a particular manner of production}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|treball|m}}, {{tt+|ca|obra|f}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|arbejde|n}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|werk|n}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|työ}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|traballo|m}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|결과(結果)}}, {{t+|ko|작(作)}} {{qualifier|work by}}
* Latin: {{tt+|la|opus|n}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|obra|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|труд|m}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|obra|f}}, {{tt+|es|trabajo|m}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|arbete|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|something produced using the specified material or tool}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|изделие|n}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|obra|f}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|työ}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|munka}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|obra|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|literary, artistic, or intellectual production}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مُصَنَّف|m}}, {{t|ar|مُؤَلَّف|m}}, {{t+|ar|عَمَل|m}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|աշխատանք}}, {{tt+|hy|գործ}}, {{tt+|hy|ստեղծագործություն}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|əsər}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|әҫәр}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|произведе́ние|n}}, {{tt+|bg|израбо́тка|f}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|obra|f}}, {{tt+|ca|creació|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|作品|tr=zuòpǐn}}, {{tt+|cmn|著作|tr=zhùzuò}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|dílo|n}}, (a master work, craftsmanship) mistrovská [[práce]] {{g|f}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|værk|n}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|werk|n}}, {{tt+|nl|werkstuk|n}}
* Esperanto: {{tt+|eo|verko}}, {{tt|eo|verkaĵo}}
* Estonian: {{tt|et|teos}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|teos}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|travail|m}}, {{tt+|fr|œuvre}}
* Friulian: {{tt|fur|opare|f}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|traballo|m}}, {{tt+|gl|obra|f}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Werk|n}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|עֲבוֹדָה|f|tr=avodá}}, {{tt+|he|מְלָאכָה|f|tr=melakhá}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|प्रबंध|m}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|mű}}, {{tt+|hu|alkotás}}, {{tt+|hu|műalkotás}}, {{tt+|hu|munka}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|karya}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|saothar|m}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|lavoro|m}}, {{tt+|it|opera|f}}, {{tt+|it|creazione|f}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|作品|tr=さくひん, sakuhin}}, {{tt+|ja|著作|tr=ちょさく, chosaku}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|작품(作品)}}, {{tt+|ko|저작(著作)}}
* Latin: {{tt+|la|opus}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|darbs|m}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|де́ло|n}}, {{tt|mk|труд|m}}
* Malay: {{tt+|ms|karya}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|കൃതി}} {{qualifier|literary work}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|òbra|f}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|dzieło|n}}, {{tt+|pl|utwór|m-in}}, {{t+|pl|praca|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|obra|f}}, {{tt+|pt|trabalho|m}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|operă|f}}, {{tt+|ro|creație|f}}, {{tt+|ro|lucrare|f}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|ovra|f}} {{q|Rumantsch Grischun|Sursilvan|Sutsilvan|Surmiran}}, {{tt|rm|ouvra|f}} {{q|Puter|Vallader}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|рабо́та|f}}, {{tt+|ru|труд|m}}, {{tt+|ru|произведе́ние|n}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wark}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt+|gd|obair|f}}, {{tt|gd|saothair|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{tt+|sh|rad|m}}, {{tt+|sh|djelo|n}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|delo|n}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|obra|f}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|kazi}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|verk|n}}
* Telugu: {{tt|te|మేధాశక్తి}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|eser}}, {{tt+|tr|yapıt}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|asar}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|tác phẩm}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|ouve|f}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|ווערק|n}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|vıraşte|m}}, {{t|zza|eser|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|werk}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|աշխատանք}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|ра́бота|f}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|treball|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|功|tr=gōng}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|práce|f}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|arbejde|n}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|arbeid|m}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|työ}}
* French: {{t+|fr|travail|m}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|traballo|m}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Arbeit|f}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|έργο|n}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|עֲבוֹדָה|f|tr=avodá}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|munka}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|lavoro|m}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|仕事|tr=しごと, shigoto}}
* Latin: {{tt+|la|labor}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|darbs|m}}
* Macedonian: {{tt+|mk|ра́бота|f}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|kerja}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പ്രവൃത്തി}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|praca|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|trabalho|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|lucru mecanic|n}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|рабо́та|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|saothair|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|рад|m}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|rad|m}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|delo|n}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|źěło|n}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|trabajo|m}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|kazi}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|arbete|n}}
* Tagalog: {{tt|tl|himo}}
* Telugu: {{tt|te|శక్తికొద్దీ}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|iş}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|gwaith|m}}
* West Frisian: {{tt|fy|wurk}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|աշխատանք}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|treball|m}}
* Esperanto: {{tt+|eo|laboro}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|työ}}
* French: {{t-needed|fr}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Arbeit|f}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|עֲבוֹדָה|f|tr=avodá}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|lavoro|m}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|darbs|m}}
* Macedonian: {{tt+|mk|ра́бота|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|trabalho|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|рабо́та|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|saothair|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|рад|m}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|rad|m}}
* West Frisian: {{tt|fy|wurk}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|fortification}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|укрепле́ние|n}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|fortificació|f}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|dílo|n}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|værk|n}}, {{tt+|da|forsvarsværk|n}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|varustus}}
* French: {{t-needed|fr}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|עֲבוֹדָה|f|tr=avodá}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|erőd}}, {{tt+|hu|erődítmény}}, {{tt+|hu|védmű}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|fortificazione}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|утврду́вање|n}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|fortificação|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|укрепле́ние|n}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wark}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|obras|f-p}}
}}<!-- close {{multitrans}} -->
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{{trans-top|wrestling: staging of events}}
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{{checktrans-top}}
* Albanian: {{t+check|sq|punë}}
* Ancient Greek: {{t-check|grc|ἔργον|n}} (1,2,5,7,8)
* Arabic: {{t+check|ar|عَمَل|m}}
* Basque: {{t-check|eu|lan}}
* Breton: {{t+check|br|labour|m}}, {{qualifier|1}} {{t+check|br|labourioù|p}}, {{t-check|br|oberenn|f}}, {{qualifier|3}} {{t+check|br|oberennoù|p}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+check|bg|работа|f}}
* Franco-Provençal: {{t-check|frp|ôvra|f}}, {{t-check|frp|besogne|f}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|travail|m}}
* German: {{qualifier|1,2,3,6,7}} {{t+check|de|Arbeit|f}}, {{qualifier|4,5}} {{t+check|de|Werk|n}}
* Ido: {{t+check|io|laboro}}, {{qualifier|1}} {{t-check|io|laborajo}}, {{qualifier|4}} {{t+check|io|verko}} .
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+check|kmr|kar|m}}, {{t+check|kmr|îş|m}}, {{t+check|kmr|ked|f}}, {{t+check|kmr|şol|m}}, {{t+check|kmr|şuxl|m}}, {{t+check|kmr|xebat|f}}, {{t+check|kmr|çalakî|f}}, {{t+check|kmr|wezîfe|f}}, {{t+check|kmr|erk|m}}, {{t+check|kmr|vatinî|f}}
* Lao: {{t-check|lo|ວຽກ}}
* Marathi: {{t-check|mr|काम}}, {{t-check|mr|कार्य}}, {{t+check|mr|कर्म}}
* Persian: {{t+check|fa|کار|tr=kâr}}
* Romanian: {{t+check|ro|muncă|f}}, {{t+check|ro|treabă|f}}, {{t+check|ro|operă|f}}, {{t+check|ro|lucrare|f}}
* Slovak: {{t+check|sk|robota|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+check|sw|kazi|c9|c10}} (1,2)
* Telugu: {{t+check|te|పని}} (1, 2), {{t-check|te|ఉద్యొగము}} (1), {{t+check|te|శ్రమ}} (2)
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====See also====
* {{sense|product (combining form)}} {{l|en|-ing}}<!-- compare piping/pipework -->

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|werken}} and {{m|enm|worchen}}, from {{inh|en|ang|wyrċan}} and {{m|ang|wircan}} (Mercian), from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wurkijaną||to work}}, from {{inh|en|ine-pro|*wr̥ǵyéti||to be working, to be at work}}, from the root {{m|ine-pro|*werǵ-}}. Cognate with {{cog|ofs|werka}}, {{m|ofs|wirka}}, {{cog|osx|wirkian}}, {{cog|nds|warken}}, {{cog|nl|werken}}, {{cog|goh|wurken}} ({{cog|de|wirken}}, {{m|de|werken}} and {{m|de|werkeln}}), {{cog|non|yrkja}} and {{m|non|orka}}, ({{cog|sv|yrka}} and {{m|sv|orka}}), {{cog|got|𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb|past2=wrought|past2_qual=rare/archaic}}
[[File:Farmer in potato field.jpg|thumb|A farmer '''working''' in a potato field]]

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To do a specific [[task]] by [[employ]]ing [[physical]] or [[mental]] [[power]]s.
#: {{ux|en|He's '''working''' in a bar.}}
## Said of one's [[workplace]] (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) {{+obj|en|:in/:at}}.
##: {{ux|en|I '''work''' in a national park.}}
##: {{ux|en|She '''works''' in the human resources department.}}
##: {{ux|en|He mostly '''works''' in logging but sometimes '''works''' in carpentry too.}}
## Said of one's [[job title]] {{+obj|en|:as}}.
##* {{RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp|XXXVII|287|This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by '''working''' as a charwoman, sempstress, anything.}}
##: {{ux|en|I '''work''' as a cleaner.}}
## Said of a company or individual who [[employ]]s {{+obj|en|:for}}.
##: {{ux|en|She '''works''' for Microsoft.}}
##: {{ux|en|He '''works''' for the President.}}
## General use, said of either fellow [[employee]]s or [[instrument]]s or [[client]]s {{+obj|en|:with}}.
##: {{ux|en|I '''work''' closely with my Canadian counterparts.}}
##: {{ux|en|You '''work''' with computers, right?}}
##: {{ux|en|She '''works''' with the homeless people from the suburbs.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[work]] or [[operate]] in a certain place, area, or [[speciality]].
##: {{ux|en|She '''works''' the night clubs.}}
##: {{ux|en|The salesman '''works''' the Midwest.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[work]] or [[operate]] in, through{{,}} or by means of.
##: {{ux|en|She's '''working''' the phones.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[function]] [[correctly]]; to [[act]] as [[intended]]; to [[achieve]] the goal [[design]]ed for.
#* {{RQ:Guardian|date=2013-06-21|author=w:Oliver Burkeman|title=The tao of tech|volume=189|issue=2|page=48|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608183226/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/10/conscious-computing-twitter-facebook-google|passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing", "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally '''worked''': advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained.}}
#: {{ux|en|He pointed at the car and asked, "Does it '''work'''"?}}
#: {{ux|en|He looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would '''work'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|My plan didn't '''work'''.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to [[operate]], be [[productive]], [[behave]] a certain way{{,}} or [[happen]].
## To [[set]] into [[action]].
##: {{ux|en|He '''worked''' the levers.}}
## {{senseid|en|exhaust}} To [[exhaust]], by working.
##: {{ux|en|The mine was '''worked''' until the last scrap of ore had been extracted.}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1774|author=w:Edward Long|title=The History of Jamaica. Or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island|volume=2|chapter=11|page={{gbooks|xr0NAAAAQAAJ|240|worked}}
|passage=They were told of a ſilver mine, that had been '''worked''' by the Spaniards, ſomewhere in the Healthſhire Hills, in St. Catharine; but they were not able to diſcover it.}}
## To [[shape]], [[form]], or [[improve]] a [[material]].
##: {{ux|en|He used pliers to '''work''' the wire into shape.}}
## To [[provoke]] or [[excite]]; to [[influence]].
##: {{ux|en|The rock musician '''worked''' the crowd of young girls into a frenzy.}}
## To [[use]] or [[manipulate]] to one’s [[advantage]].
##: {{ux|en|She knows how to '''work''' the system.}}
## {{lb|en|law}} To cause to [[happen]] or to [[occur]] as a [[consequence]].
##: {{ux|en|I cannot '''work''' a miracle.}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=2022|title=[https://file.sawnee.com/web-docs/library/Sawnee-EMC-Bylaws-08-19-2022.pdf Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation Bylaws]|section=Article III, Section 3.01
|passage=Failure to hold the annual meeting, or to otherwise conduct the business of the annual meeting, shall not '''work''' a forfeiture or dissolution of the Cooperative.}}
## To [[force]] to [[work]].
##: {{ux|en|He is '''working''' his servants hard.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move or [[progress]] slowly or with difficulty.
#: {{co|en|to '''work''' into the earth}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To move or progress slowly {{+obj|en|:one's way}}.
##: {{ux|en|He '''worked''' his way through the crowd.}}
##: {{ux|en|The dye '''worked''' its way through.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
#: {{ux|en|Using some tweezers, she '''worked''' the bee sting out of her hand.}}
#* {{RQ:Addison Cato|IV|16|So the pure limpid Stream, when foul with Stains / Of ruſhing Torrents, and deſcending Rains, / '''Work’s''' it ſelf clear, and as it runs, refines; / ’Till by Degrees, the floating Mirrour ſhines, / {{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[embroider]] with [[thread]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[ferment]].
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to [[ferment]].
#* {{RQ:Bacon Sylva Sylvarum|X|para=992|255|For ''Inanimate Things'', you may trie the ''Force'' of ''Imagination'', vpon Staying the '''''Working''''' of ''Beere'', when the ''Barme'' is put in; Or vpon the ''Comming'' of ''Butter'', or ''Cheeſe'', after the ''Cherming'', or the ''Rennet'' bee put in.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively}} To [[influence]].
#: {{ux|en|They '''worked''' on her to join the group.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[move]] in an [[agitated]] [[manner]].
#: {{ux|en|His fingers '''worked''' with tension.}}
#: {{ux|en|A ship '''works''' in a heavy sea.}}
#* {{RQ:Addison Italy|Brescia, Verona, Padua|54|passage=Here vex’d with Winter Storms ''Benacus'' raves, / Confus’d with '''working''' Sands and rolling Waves; / Rough and tumultuous like a Sea it lyes, / So loud the Tempeſt roars, ſo high the Billows riſe.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[behave]] in a certain way when [[handle]]d
#: {{ux|en|This dough does not '''work''' easily.}}
#: {{ux|en|The soft metal '''works''' well.}}
# {{lb|en|ditransitive|poetic}} To [[cause]] (someone) to [[feel]] (something); to [[do]] unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
#* {{RQ:R. F. Burton Arabian Nights|VI|The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman|night=557|pages=51–52|pageref=51|passage=And indeed I blamed myself and sore repented me of having taken compassion on him and continued in this condition, suffering fatigue not to be described, till I said to myself, “I '''wrought''' him a weal and he requited me with my ill; by Allah, never more will I do any man a service so long as I live!”}}
#* {{RQ:Service Cheechako|poem=The Ballad of One-eyed Mike|stanza=12|pages=54–55|pageref=55|passage=So sad it seemed, and its cheek-bones gleamed, and its fingers flicked the shore; / And it lapped and lay in a weary way, and its hands met to implore; / That I gently said: "Poor, restless dead, I would never '''work''' you woe; / Though the wrong you rue you can ne'er undo, I forgave you long ago."}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete|intransitive}} To [[hurt]]; to [[ache]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1485|author=Sir {{w|Thomas Malory}}|title=w:Le Morte d'Arthur|section=Book XXI
|passage=‘I wolde hit were so,’ seyde the Kynge, ‘but I may nat stonde, my hede '''worchys''' so—’}}
# {{lb|en|slang|transitive}} To [[pull off]]; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
#: {{ux|en|I would have never thought those pieces would go together, but she is '''working''' it like nobody's business.}}

=====Conjugation=====
{{en-conj|old=1|past2=[[wrought]]†}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{rel-top|phrasal verbs derived from ''work (verb)''}}
* {{l|en|work at}}
* {{l|en|work away}}
* {{l|en|work back}}
* {{l|en|work off}}
* {{l|en|work on}}
* {{l|en|work out}}
* {{l|en|work over}}
* {{l|en|work through}}
* {{l|en|work together}}
* {{l|en|work up}}
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{{col-auto|en|title=other terms derived from the ''work (verb)''|work one's buns off|work one's fingers to the bone|work one's guts out|work one's magic|work one's passage|work one's tail off|work one's way|work one's way up|work the angles|work the hole|work the hyphens|work the oracle|work the refs|work the system|I just work here|I only work here|working hard or hardly working
|bework|God works in mysterious ways|The Lord works in mysterious ways|only fools and horses work|so crazy it just might work|work into the ground
|forework
|forwork
|outwork|work the audience|work the bar|work the line
|rework
|workaround
|worker
|working
|work it
|work like a beaver
|work like a dog
|work like a horse
|work like a nigger
|work like a Trojan|awork
|work the crowd
|work the room
|work to rule
|work like a dream|work like a mule|work like a nailer
|work wonders
|work someone's arse off|work someone's ass off|work someone's butt off|work someone's tail off|teamwork makes the dream work|work around|work backward|work both ends against the middle|work both sides against the middle|work double tides|work in|work nights|work round|wouldn't work in an iron lung}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|yue|work|bor=1|pos=adjective}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to do a specific task}}
{{multitrans|data=
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|werk}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|punoj}}
* Aleut: {{tt|ale|awal}}
* Arabic: {{tt+|ar|عَمِلَ}}, {{tt|ar|اِشْتَغَلَ}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{tt|arz|اشتغل|tr=ištaḡal|sc=Arab}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{tt|ary|خدم|tr=ḵedem}}
*: South Levantine Arabic: {{tt|ajp|اشتغل|tr=ištáḡal|sc=Arab}}
* Aragonese: {{tt|an|treballar}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|աշխատել}}
* Aromanian: {{tt|rup|lucredz}}, {{tt|rup|lucredzu}}
* Assamese: {{tt|as|কাম কৰা}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܦܵܠܹܚ|tr=paleḳ}}
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|trabayar}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|çalışmaq}}, {{tt+|az|işləmək}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|эшләү}}
* Basque: {{tt|eu|lan egin}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|працава́ць|impf}}, {{tt|be|рабі́ць|impf}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|কাজ করা|sc=Beng}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|рабо́тя|impf}}, {{tt|bg|трудя|impf|alt=трудя́ се}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|လုပ်|sc=Mymr}}, {{tt|my|အလုပ်လုပ်|sc=Mymr}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|treballar}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎭ}}
* Chichewa: {{tt|ny|gwira ntchito|alt=-gwira ntchito}}
* Chickasaw: {{tt|cic|toksali}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt|yue|工作|tr=gung1 zok3}}
*: Eastern Min: {{tt|cdo|工作|tr=gŭng-cáuk}}
*: Hakka: {{tt|hak|工作|tr=kûng-chok}}
*: Hokkien: {{tt+|nan-hbl|工作|tr=kang-chok, kong-chok}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|工作|tr=gōngzuò}}
*: Wu: {{tt|wuu|工作|tr=kon tsoq}}
*: Xiang: {{tt|hsn|工作|tr=gong1 zo6}}
* Chuvash: {{tt|cv|ӗҫле}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|pracovat|impf}}
* Dalmatian: {{tt|dlm|stentur}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|arbejde}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|werken}}
* East Central German: {{t|gmw-ecg|arbittn}}
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|labori}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|töötama}}
* Ewe: {{tt|ee|wɔ dɔ}}
* Extremaduran: {{tt|ext|trebahal}}
* Faroese: {{tt|fo|arbeiða}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|työskennellä}}, {{tt|fi|[[tehdä]] [[työ|työtä]]}}, {{tt|fi|olla töissä}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|travailler}}, {{qualifier|slang}} {{tt+|fr|bosser}}
* Friulian: {{tt|fur|lavorâ}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|traballar}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|მუშაობა}}
* German: {{tt+|de|arbeiten}}
* Gothic: {{tt|got|𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽}}, {{tt|got|𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|δουλεύω}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|ἐργάζομαι}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|sulivoq}}
* Haitian Creole: {{tt|ht|travay}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|עָבַד|tr=avád}}
* Hindi: {{tt|hi|काम करना|sc=Deva}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|dolgozik}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|vinna}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|bekerja}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|tehä töötä}}, {{t|izh|raataa}}
* Interlingua: {{tt|ia|laborar}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|oibrigh}}
*: Old Irish: {{t|sga|saethraigidir}}
* Istriot: {{tt|ist|lavurà}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|lavorare}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|働く|tr=はたらく, hataraku}}
* Javanese: {{t+|jv|gawé}}
* Jeju: {{t|jje|일ᄒᆞ다}}
* Kazakh: {{tt|kk|жұмыс істеу}}, {{tt+|kk|істеу}}
* Khmer: {{tt|km|ធ្វើការ}}
* Kongo: {{t|kg|kusala}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|일하다}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|иштөө}}, {{tt|ky|жумуш кылуу}}
* Lao: {{tt|lo|ທຳງານ}}
* Latgalian: {{tt|ltg|dareit}}, {{tt|ltg|prācavuot}}
* Latin: {{tt+|la|labōrō}}, {{tt|la|operor}}
* Latvian: {{tt|lv|strādāt}}
* Lingala: {{tt|ln|kosála}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|dirbti}}
* Livvi: {{t|olo|ruadua}}
* Lombard: {{t+|lmo|lavorà}}, {{t|lmo|laurà}}
* Low German: {{tt+|nds|warken}}
* Lü: {{tt|khb|ᦵᦣᧆᦉᦱᧂᧉ}}
* Luxembourgish: {{tt+|lb|schaffen}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|работи|impf}}
* Malay: {{tt|ms|bekerja}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പ്രവർത്തിക്കുക}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|ħadem}}
* Maore Comorian: {{tt|swb|fanya hazi|alt=ufanya hazi}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|mahi}}, {{tt|mi|awheawhe}} {{qualifier|as a group}}, {{tt|mi|whakarīrā}} {{qualifier|hard}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|काम करणे}}
* Mongolian: {{tt+|mn|ажил}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|naʼanish}}
* Neapolitan: {{tt|nap|faticà}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{tt|zdj|fanya hazi|alt=hufanya hazi}}
* Norman: {{tt|nrf|travailli}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Norwegian: {{tt+|no|arbeide}}, {{tt+|no|jobbe}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|trabalhar}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|cu|дѣлати|impf}}, {{tt|cu|работати|impf}}
* Old Javanese: {{t|kaw|gaway}}
* Oromo: {{t|om|hojjechuu}}
* Papiamentu: {{t|pap|traha}}
* Pennsylvania German: {{tt|pdc|schaffe}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|کار کردن|tr=kâr kardan}}
* Piedmontese: {{t|pms|travajé}}
* Pipil: {{tt|ppl|tekiti}}, {{tt|ppl|tequiti}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|pracować|impf}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|trabalhar}}
* Quechua: {{tt|qu|llamk'ay}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|face}}, {{tt+|ro|munci}}, {{tt+|ro|lucra}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|рабо́тать|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|труди́ться|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|де́лать|impf}}
* Samoan: {{tt|sm|galue}}
* Sardinian: {{tt|sc|traballai}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wirk}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|obraich}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|радити|impf}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|raditi|impf}}
* Sicilian: {{tt+|scn|travagghiari}}
* Sinhalese: {{tt|si|වැඩ කරනවා|sc=Sinh}}
* Slovak: {{tt|sk|pracovať|impf}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|delati|impf}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|źěłaś}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{tt+|hsb|dźěłać|impf}}
* Sotho: {{tt+|st|sebetsa}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|trabajar}}, {{tt+|es|laburar}} {{qualifier|River Plate, colloquial}}, {{t+|es|chambear}} {{qualifier|Latin America}}, {{t|es|chejear}} {{qualifier|El Salvador}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|wroko}}
* Sursurunga: {{t|sgz|him}}
* Swahili: {{tt|sw|kufanya kazi}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|jobba}}, {{tt+|sv|arbeta}} {{qualifier|as part of an employment}}
* Sylheti: {{tt|syl|ꠇꠣꠝ ꠇꠞꠣ}}
* Tagalog: \{{t|tl|magtrabaho}}
* Tajik: {{tt+|tg|кор кардан}}
* Tamil: {{t|ta|வேலை செய்}}
* Tatar: {{tt+|tt|эшләргә}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|ทำงาน}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|ལས་ཀ་བྱེད}}
* Tocharian B: {{tt|txb|lāṃs-}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|çalışmak}}
* Turkmen: {{tt+|tk|işlemek}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|працюва́ти|impf}}, {{tt|uk|труди́тися|impf}}, {{tt+|uk|роби́ти|impf}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|کام کرنا|tr=kām karnā|sc=ur-Arab}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|ishlamoq}}, {{tt|uz|mehnat qilmoq}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|làm việc}} ({{tt|vi|爫役|sc=Hani}})
* Volapük: {{tt+|vo|vobön}}
* Walloon: {{tt+|wa|ovrer}}, {{tt+|wa|bouter}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|gweithio}}
* West Frisian: {{tt+|fy|wurkje}}
* White Hmong: {{tt|mww|ua hauj lwm}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|אַרבעטן|sc=Hebr}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|ṣiṣẹ́}}
* Yucatec Maya: {{t|yua|meyaj}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|guriyen}}
* ǃXóõ: {{tt|nmn|ǀgáã}}
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{{trans-top|to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty.}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|drive}} {{qualifier|e.g. a bar}}, {{tt+|da|arbejde}} {{qualifier|e.g. artist's use of material}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|työskennellä}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|opérer}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|рабо́тать}}, {{tt+|ru|труди́ться}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wirk}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|işletmek}}
* West Frisian: {{tt+|fy|wurkje}}
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{{trans-top|to operate in, through{{,}} or by means of}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|käyttää}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wirk}}
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{{trans-top|to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|سَارَ}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|աշխատել}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|работя}}
* Catalan: {{tt|ca|fer anar}}, {{tt|ca|fer funcionar}}
* Chichewa: {{tt|ny|gwira ntchito|alt=-gwira ntchito}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt|cmn|[[運行]][[良好]]|tr=yùnxíngliánghǎo}}, {{tt+|cmn|生效}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|fungovat}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|virke}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|werken}}
* Esperanto: {{tt|eo|funkcii}}
* Ewe: {{tt|ee|wɔ dɔ}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|toimia}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|marcher}}, {{tt+|fr|fonctionner}}
* German: {{tt+|de|funktionieren}}, {{tt+|de|wirken}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|λειτουργώ}}
* Haitian Creole: {{tt|ht|mache}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|עבד|tr='avád}}
* Hindi: {{tt|hi|काम करना}}
* Hungarian: {{q|to function}} {{tt+|hu|működik}}, {{q|to act as intended}} {{t+|hu|beválik}}, {{t+|hu|összejön}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|virka}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|oibrigh}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|funzionare}}
* Khmer: {{tt+|km|ដើរ}}
* Latin: {{tt|la|operor}} {{qualifier|post-Classical}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|ра́боти}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പ്രവർത്തിക്കുക}}
* Nepali: {{t+|ne|चल्नु}}
* Norwegian: {{tt+|no|fungere}}, {{tt+|no|virke}}, {{tt+|no|gå}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|کار کردن|tr=kâr kardan}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|działać}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|funcionar}}
* Quechua: {{tt|qu|llamk'ay}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|lucra}}, {{tt+|ro|funcționa|alt=funcţiona}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|рабо́тать|impf}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wirk}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|радити|sc=Cyrl}}, {{tt|sh|функционисати|sc=Cyrl}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|raditi}}, {{tt|sh|funcionisati}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|funcionar}}, {{tt+|es|marchar}}, {{t-|es|ser eficaz}} {{q|of medicine}}, {{t+|es|funcar}} {{qualifier|South America}}, {{t+|es|efectuarse}}, {{t+|es|carburar}}, {{t+|es|rular}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|fungera}}, {{tt+|sv|gå}} {{qualifier|of machinery, or abstractly}}, {{tt+|sv|funka}}
* Tamil: {{t|ta|வேலை செய்}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|çalışmak}}, {{tt+|tr|iş görmek}}, {{tt+|tr|işe yaramak}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|hoạt động}}, {{t+|vi|được}}
* West Frisian: {{t+|fy|wurkje}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|kar kerden}}, {{t|zza|kar vinen}}
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{{trans-top|to set into action}}
* Catalan: {{tt|ca|fer anar}}, {{tt|ca|fer funcionar}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|betjene}}, {{tt|da|anvende}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|käyttää}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|actionner}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|הפעיל|tr=hif'íl}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|memfungsikan}}
* Japanese: {{tt|ja|働かせる|tr=hatarakaseru|sc=Jpan}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|wprowadzić}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|operar}}, {{tt+|pt|ativar}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|opera}}, {{tt+|ro|acționa|alt=acţiona}}
* Russian: {{tt|ru|[[приводи́ть]] [[в]] [[де́йствие]]|impf}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wirk}}
* Spanish: {{tt|es|[[hacer]] [[funcionar]]}}, {{tt+|es|operar}}
* Telugu: {{tt|te|పని చేయించు}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|çalıştırmak}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|gureynayen}}
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{{trans-top|to exhaust}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|изразходвам}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|exhaurir}}-se, {{tt+|ca|consumir}}-se
* Danish: {{tt|da|udnytte}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|[[käyttää]] [[loppu|loppuun]]}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|истро́шува}}
* Polish: {{tt|pl|zużuwać}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|выраба́тывать|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|вы́работать|pf}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wirk}}
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{{trans-top|to shape, form, or improve a material}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|обработвам}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|treballar}}, {{tt+|ca|afaiçonar}}, {{tt|ca|donar forma}} {{gloss|shaping}}, {{tt+|ca|tallar}} {{gloss|cutting}}, {{tt+|ca|preparar}} {{gloss|preparing}}
* Czech: {{tt|cs|opracovat}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|bearbejde}}, {{tt|da|forarbejde}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|bewerken}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|työstää}}, {{tt+|fi|muokata}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|lavorare}}
* Latin: {{tt+|la|laboro}}, {{tt|la|operor}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|обрабо́тува}}, {{tt|mk|обли́кува}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പണിയുക}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|obrabiać}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|trabalhar}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|lucra}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|обраба́тывать|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|обрабо́тать|pf}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wirk}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|tallar}}, {{tt+|es|trabajar}}, {{t+|es|labrar}}, {{t+|es|laborear}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|bearbeta}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|రూపుదిద్దుకొను}}
* Turkish:  {{tt+|tr|işlemek}}, {{q|to subject to a chemical or other action}}
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{{trans-top|to provoke or excite}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|провокирам}}, {{tt+|bg|възбуждам}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|bearbejde}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|bespelen}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|aiheuttaa}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|предизви́кува}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|вызыва́ть}}, {{tt+|ru|возбужда́ть|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|возбуди́ть|pf}}
* Telugu: {{tt|te|ఆత్రపడు}}
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{{trans-top|to use or manipulate}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|използвам}}, {{tt+|bg|манипулирам}}
* Catalan: {{tt|ca|fer anar}}, {{tt|ca|fer servir}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|udnytte}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|käyttää}}, {{tt+|fi|ohjata}}
* Japanese: {{tt|ja|働かせる|tr=hatarakaseru|sc=Jpan}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|ра́боти}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|folosi}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|испо́льзовать}}, {{tt+|ru|манипули́ровать}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wirk}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|వాడుకొను}}
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{{trans-top|to cause to happen}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|провокирам}}, {{tt+|bg|правя}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|fer}}, {{tt+|ca|provocar}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|udvirke}}, {{tt|da|få til at ske}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|bewerkstelligen}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|aiheuttaa}}, {{tt+|fi|tehdä}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|faire}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|起こす|tr=okosu}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|предизви́кува}}
* Maore Comorian: {{tt|swb|tsimidza|alt=utsimidza}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|fazer}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|produce}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|вызыва́ть|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|вы́звать|pf}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|producir}}, {{tt+|es|motivar}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|åstadkomma}}
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{{trans-top|to force to work}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|използвам}}, {{tt+|bg|ползвам}}
* Catalan: {{tt|ca|fer anar}}, {{tt|ca|fer funcionar}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|sætte i arbejde}}, {{tt|da|få til at arbejde}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|teettää}}, {{tt|fi|[[teettää]] [[työ|työtä]]}}
* Hebrew: {{tt|he|העביד|tr=he'evíd}}
* Japanese: {{tt|ja|働かせる|tr=hatarakaseru|sc=Jpan}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|driva}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|çalıştırmak}}
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{{trans-top|to move or progress slowly}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|влияя}}, {{tt+|bg|повлиявам}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|arbejde}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|vaikuttaa}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wirk}}
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{{trans-top|to cause to move or progress}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|bane sig vej}}, {{tt+|da|arbejde}} sig
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|tunkeutua}}, {{tt|fi|hivuttaa}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|עשה|tr='asáh}}
* Norwegian: {{tt+|no|arbeide}}
* Polish: {{tt|pl|przedzierać się}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|пробира́ться|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|пробра́ться|pf}} {{qualifier|through a crowd}}, {{tt+|ru|проса́чиваться|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|просочи́ться|pf}} {{qualifier|about a liquid}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wirk}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|arbeta}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|işlemek}}
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{{trans-top|to embroider with thread}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|бродирам}}, {{tt+|bg|избродира}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|brodar}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|brodere}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|kirjailla}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|broder}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|ве́зе}}
* Polish: {{tt|pl|wyszywać}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|вышива́ть|impf}}, {{tt+|ru|вы́шить|pf}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|bordar}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|işlemek}}
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{{trans-top|to ferment}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|käydä}}
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{{trans-top|to cause to ferment}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|ферментирам}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|fermentar}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|gære}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|käyttää}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|pracować}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|fermenta}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|fermentar}}
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{{trans-top|to influence}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|влияя}}, {{tt+|bg|повлиявам}}, {{tt+|bg|карам}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|bearbejde}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|vaikuttaa}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|lavorare}}
* Japanese: {{tt|ja|働きかける|tr=hataraki-kakeru|sc=Jpan}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|вли́јае}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|влия́ть|impf}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wirk}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|bearbeta}}
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{{trans-top|to move in an agitated manner}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|moure}}'s
* Danish: {{tt+|da|gå}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|liikkua}}, {{tt+|fi|ravistella}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|torcerse}}, {{tt+|es|moverse}}
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{{trans-top|to behave in a certain way when handled.}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|работя се}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|virke}}, {{tt|da|fungere}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|muokkautua}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|se travailler}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|се ра́боти}}
* Romanian: {{tt|ro|se manifesta}}, {{tt|ro|se comporta}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|рабо́тать|impf}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|wirk}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|fungera}}
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{{trans-top|to cause to feel}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|карам}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|tuottaa}}, {{t+|fi|aiheuttaa}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|lucra}}, {{tt+|ro|manifesta}}, {{tt+|ro|simți|alt=simţi}}
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* Aromanian: {{t-check|rup|lucredzu}}
* Breton: {{t+check|br|labourat}}, {{t-check|br|[[mont]] [[en-dro]]}} <!-- was "[[mont]] [[en-dro]]" - assumed sum-of-parts; if an idiom, use {{t}} instead of {{t-SOP}}. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]] -->
* Chamacoco: {{t-check|ceg|chɨpah}} <!-- meaning "swarthmore.edu  to make  to work (spanish) hacer trabajar" -->
* Hungarian: {{t+check|hu|működik}}, {{t+check|hu|dolgozik}}
* Ido: {{t+check|io|laborar}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|kerja}}
* Latin: {{t-check|la|meritō}}, {{t-check|la|mereō}} <!-- meaning "to earn" -->, {{t-check|la|mūnere fungor}} {{gloss|I accomplish a function}}
* Norman: {{t-check|nrf|labouother}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Romanian: {{t+check|ro|munci}}, {{t+check|ro|merge}}, {{t+check|ro|funcționa}}, {{t+check|ro|lucra}}
* Slovak: {{t+check|sk|robiť}}
* Tagalog: {{t+check|tl|trabaho}}
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===Further reading===
* {{R:Keywords|page=334}}

===References===
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{{C|en|Physical quantities}}
{{cln|en|irregular verbs|terms with /ʌ~ʊ/ for Old English /y/}}
{{C|en|Mechanics}}

==Chinese==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|yue|en|work|pos=verb}}.

===Pronunciation===
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===Adjective===
{{head|zh|adjective}} {{tlb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese}}

# [[working]] as [[intend]]ed; [[functioning]]
# [[effective]]

===Verb===
{{head|zh|verb}} {{tlb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese}}

# to [[#English|work]] as [[intend]]ed; to [[function]]

===References===
* {{R:yue:ELHKC}}