foreman

See also: Foreman

English

Etymology

fore- +‎ man

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mən/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mən
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

foreman (plural foremen)

(management) The leader of a work crew.
(law) The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
(historical, US, during the era of slavery) A black (slave) assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands.

Derived terms

foremanship

Related terms

Translations

leader of a work crew

Chinese:
Mandarin: 工头 (zh), 領班 (zh)
Czech: předák m
Estonian: töödejuhataja
Faroese: formaður m
Finnish: työnjohtaja (fi)
French: chef (fr) m, chef d'équipe m, contremaître (fr) m
German: Vorarbeiter m, Polier (de) m
Greek: εργοδηγός (el) m or f (ergodigós)
Hungarian: művezető (hu)
Irish: maor m

Italian: (at a construction site) caposquadra, capoccia m
Japanese: 工場長
Khmer: មេការ (mee kaa)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: formann (no) m, arbeidsformann m

Nynorsk: formann m, arbeidsformann m
Portuguese: capataz (pt)
Russian: ма́стер (ru) m (máster), бригади́р (ru) m (brigadír), прора́б (ru) m (proráb) (at a consruction site), штейгер (ru) m (štejger) (at a mine)
Scottish Gaelic: maor m, maor-obrach m
Spanish: capataz (es) m
Swedish: förman (sv) c, lagbas c

member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf

Finnish: puheenjohtaja (fi)
German: Sprecher der Geschworenen m, Sprecherin der Geschworenen f
Japanese: 陪審長
Manx: ard-ghooinney bingagh m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: juryformann m

Nynorsk: juryformann m

Spanish: presidente del jurado m or f, presidenta del jurado f
Swedish: ordförande (sv) c, juryordförande c

Anagrams

foramen, name for

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