white-collar

See also: whitecollar

English

Etymology

white +‎ collar. From the colour of dress shirts worn by professional and clerical workers, as opposed to the rugged denim and chambray shirts normally worn by manual workers.

Alternative forms

Adjective

white-collar (comparative more white-collar, superlative most white-collar)

Of or pertaining to office work and workers; contrasted with blue-collar.
Pertaining to the culture of white-collar workers, as values, politics, etc.; contrasted with blue-collar.

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Translations

of or pertaining to office work and workers

Chinese:
Mandarin: 白領 (zh), 白领 (zh) (báilǐng)
Dutch: witteboorden-
Finnish: valkokaulus-
French: col blanc (fr)
Georgian: საოფისე (saopise), საკანცელარიო (saḳancelario), თეთრსაყელოიანი (tetrsaq̇eloiani), თეთრსაყელოიანები (tetrsaq̇eloianebi)

Japanese: ホワイトカラー (howaito karā)
Korean: 화이트칼라 (ko) (hwaiteukalla)
Macedonian: канцела́риски (kanceláriski)
Portuguese: de/do colarinho branco
Russian: канцеля́рский (ru) (kanceljárskij), конто́рский (ru) (kontórskij), о́фисный (ru) (ófisnyj), «чи́стый» (ru) (“čístyj”), «бе́лый воротничо́к» m (“bélyj vorotničók”) (noun)

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