A bad workman complains about his tools.
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Workman
//ˈwɝkmən//
Synonyms for "workman" (46 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐργάτης noun (a man who labours for wages)
Arabic
2 entries- شَغِّيل noun (a man who labours for wages)
- عَامِل noun (a man who labours for wages)
Belarusian
3 entries- працаўні́к noun (a man who labours for wages)
- рабо́тнік noun (a man who labours for wages)
- рабо́чы noun (a man who labours for wages)
Bulgarian
1 entries- рабо́тник noun (a man who labours for wages)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 工人 noun (a man who labours for wages)
Danish
1 entries- arbejdsmand noun (a man who labours for wages)
Dutch
2 entries- werkman noun (a man who labours for wages)
- werkmens noun (a man who labours for wages)
Esperanto
1 entries- laboristo noun (a man who labours for wages)
Finnish
1 entries- työmies noun (a man who labours for wages)
French
1 entries- ouvrier noun (a man who labours for wages)
German
1 entries- Arbeiter noun (a man who labours for wages)
Hindi
2 entries- कामगार noun (a man who labours for wages)
- मज़दूर noun (a man who labours for wages)
Icelandic
1 entries- verkamaður noun (a man who labours for wages)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- عَمَلِه noun (a man who labours for wages)
- فَعَلِه noun (a man who labours for wages)
- کارْگَر noun (a man who labours for wages)
Italian
1 entries- lavoratore noun (a man who labours for wages)
Japanese
1 entries- 労働者 noun (a man who labours for wages)
Khmer
1 entries- កម្មករ noun (a man who labours for wages)
Korean
2 entries- 노동자 noun (a man who labours for wages)
- 로동자 noun (a man who labours for wages)
Latin
1 entries- operārius noun (a man who labours for wages)
Mongolian
1 entries- ажилчин noun (a man who labours for wages)
Polish
1 entries- robotnik noun (a man who labours for wages)
Romanian
2 entries- lucrător noun (a man who labours for wages)
- muncitor noun (a man who labours for wages)
Russian
2 entries- рабо́тник noun (a man who labours for wages)
- рабо́чий noun (a man who labours for wages)
Swedish
2 entries- arbetare noun (a man who labours for wages)
- arbetskarl noun (a man who labours for wages)
Thai
2 entries- กรรมกร noun (a man who labours for wages)
- คนงาน noun (a man who labours for wages)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kapyāre noun (a man who labours for wages)
Ukrainian
2 entries- працівни́к noun (a man who labours for wages)
- робітни́к noun (a man who labours for wages)
Urdu
1 entries- مَزدُور noun (a man who labours for wages)
Vietnamese
2 entries- người thợ noun (a man who labours for wages)
- thợ noun (a man who labours for wages)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
A bad workman always blames his tools.
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A bad workman blames his tools.
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It's a poor workman who blames his tools.
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