Breadwinner

//ˈbɹɛdˌwɪnɚ//

Synonyms for "breadwinner" (42 found)

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Noun(1 words)
breadearner

Strong matches (12)

Related words (21)

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Translations

57 translations across 29 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • broodwinner noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Arabic

3 entries
  • عائل noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • عَائِل noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • مُعِيل noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • çörək tapan noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • çörəkağacı noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 養家活口的人 /养家活口的人 noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • 養家的人 /养家的人 noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Danish

2 entries
  • familieforsørger noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • forsørger noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Dutch

2 entries
  • broodwinner noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • kostwinner noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • panakiranto noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Finnish

1 entries
  • perheen elättäjä noun (primary income-earner in a household)

French

3 entries
  • gagne-pain noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • pain noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • soutien de famille noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Georgian

3 entries
  • დამპურებელი noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • მარჩენალი noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • მკვებავი noun (primary income-earner in a household)

German

4 entries
  • Broterwerber noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • Broterwerberin noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • Geldverdiener noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • Geldverdienerin noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • családfenntartó noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • kenyérkereső noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • penghasil noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • elättäjä noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • نانآوَر noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Irish

1 entries
  • saothraí noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 大黒柱 noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • 扶養者 noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • 稼ぎ手 noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Korean

3 entries
  • 가장 noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • 벌이하는 사람 noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • 부양자 noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Malay

1 entries
  • pencari nafkah noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Norman

1 entries
  • gângne-pain noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • familieforsørger noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • forsørger noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Polish

1 entries
  • żywiciel rodziny noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • ganha-pão noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Romanian

2 entries
  • câștigător de pâine noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • salariat noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Russian

4 entries
  • добы́тчик noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • добы́тчица noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • корми́лец noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • корми́лица noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • cothaiche noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • fear-cosnaidh noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • neach-cothachaidh noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Sotho

1 entries
  • mohlokomedi wa lelapa noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cabeza de familia noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • quien mantiene a familia noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • sostén financiero de familia noun (primary income-earner in a household)
  • único que trae dinero a hogar noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Swedish

1 entries
  • familjeförsörjare noun (primary income-earner in a household)

Sample sentences

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Losing their breadwinner was a shock to that family, but the insurance money helps a lot.

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She's the breadwinner in this family.

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My father is the breadwinner.

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He's the sole breadwinner for the family.

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