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

Translations

physical work

Chinese:
Mandarin: 手工勞動, 手工劳动 (shǒugōng láodòng)
Esperanto: manlaboro
Finnish: ruumiillinen työ
French: travail manuel m

German: Handarbeit (de) f
Irish: obair láimhe f
Japanese: 肉体労働 (にくたいろうどう, nikutai rōdō)
Romanian: muncă manuală f, lucrare manuală f, muncă fizică f
Russian: ручно́й труд m (ručnój trud), физи́ческий труд m (fizíčeskij trud)

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