workaholic
English
Etymology
Proto-West Germanic *werk Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Middle English alcofol Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *-ikos English workaholic From work + -aholic.
Pronunciation
Noun
workaholic (plural workaholics)
- A person who feels compelled to work excessively, including while at home.
All workaholics should move to Hong Kong, where working hours average over 50 per week.
2016, JoAnneh Nagler, How to be an artist without losing your mind, your shirt, or your creative compass, →ISBN, page 80:We're not looking to become workaholics who don't know how to rest or vacation, or who never hang it up long enough to go to a movie.
Descendants
Translations
- Belarusian: працаго́лік m (pracahólik), працаві́к m (pracavík), працаві́чка f (pracavíčka)
- Bulgarian: работохоли́к m (rabotoholík), работохоли́чка f (rabotoholíčka)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 工作狂 (zh) (gōngzuòkuáng), 拼命三郎 (zh) (pīnmìng sān láng)
- Czech: workoholik m, workoholička f
- Danish: arbejdsnarkoman c
- Dutch: workaholic (nl) m or f
- Esperanto: labormaniulo
- Estonian: tööhoolik, töönarkomaan
- Finnish: työnarkomaani (fi)
- French: workaholique (fr) m or f, stakhanoviste (fr) m or f, bourreau de travail (fr) m
- Georgian: მშრომელი (mšromeli)
- German: Arbeitstier (de) n, Arbeitssüchtiger m, Arbeitssüchtige f
- Greek: εργασιομανής (el) (ergasiomanís)
- Hungarian: munkamániás (hu)
- Italian: stacanovista (it) m or f, stakanovista m or f
- Japanese: 仕事中毒の人 (ja) (しごとちゅうどくのひと, shigotochūdoku no hito), 働き中毒 (はたらきちゅうどく, hatarakichūdoku), 仕事の虫 (しごとのむし, shigoto no mushi)
- Korean: 일중독증 (iljungdokjeung)
- Latvian: darbaholiks m
- Lithuanian: darboholikas m
- Macedonian: работоза́висник m (rabotozávisnik), работохо́лик m (rabotohólik)
- Māori: ringa tōhaunui
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: arbeidsnarkoman m
- Polish: pracoholik (pl) m, pracoholiczka (pl) f
- Portuguese: workaholic (pt) m or f, trabalhólatra m or f
- Romanian: workaholic m, stahanovist m
- Russian: работя́га (ru) m or f (rabotjága), трудя́га (ru) m or f (trudjága), трудого́лик (ru) m (trudogólik), трудоголи́чка (ru) f (trudogolíčka), тру́женик (ru) m (trúženik), тру́женица (ru) f (trúženica), стаха́новец (ru) m (staxánovec), стаха́новка (ru) f (staxánovka), работого́лик (ru) m (rabotogólik), работоголи́чка f (rabotogolíčka)
- Spanish: trabajólico (es) m, trabajólica (es) f, trabajoadicto m, laboradicto m, adicto al trabajo m
- Swedish: arbetsnarkoman (sv) c, arbetsmyra (sv) c
- Thai: คนบ้างาน
- Turkish: işkolik (tr)
- Ukrainian: трудого́лік m (trudohólik), працего́лік m (pracehólik), трудя́га m or f (trudjáha), трудя́ка m or f (trudjáka), роботя́га m or f (robotjáha)
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Adjective
workaholic (comparative more workaholic, superlative most workaholic)
- In the nature or manner of a workaholic.
Translations
in the nature or manner of a workaholic
- Bulgarian: работохоли́чен (rabotoholíčen)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 工作狂的 (gōngzuòkuáng de)
- Finnish: työnarkomaaninen, työnarkomaani (fi)
- French: workaholique (fr), stakhanoviste (fr)
- Greek: εργασιομανής (el) (ergasiomanís)
- Italian: stacanovistico, stacanovista (it), stakanovistico, stakanovista
- Macedonian: работозависен (rabotozavisen)
- Russian: стаха́новский (ru) (staxánovskij)
- Spanish: adicto al trabajo, trabajólico (es), trabajoadicto, laboradicto, ergómano, ergomaníaco, ergomaniaco
- Swedish: arbetsnarkoman (sv)
- Turkish: işkolik (tr)
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See also
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English workaholic.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /u.oʁ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [ʊ.oh.kaˈhɔ.li.ki], (faster pronunciation) /woʁ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [woh.kaˈhɔ.li.ki]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /u.oʁ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [ʊ.oh.kaˈhɔ.li.ki], (faster pronunciation) /woʁ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [woh.kaˈhɔ.li.ki]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /u.oɾ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [ʊ.oɾ.kaˈhɔ.li.ki], (faster pronunciation) /woɾ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [woɾ.kaˈhɔ.li.ki]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /u.oʁ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [ʊ.oχ.kaˈχɔ.li.ki], (faster pronunciation) /woʁ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [woχ.kaˈχɔ.li.ki]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /u.oɻ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [ʊ.oɻ.kaˈhɔ.li.ki], (faster pronunciation) /woɻ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ki/ [woɻ.kaˈhɔ.li.ki]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /u.oʁ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ke/ [ʊ.oh.kaˈhɔ.li.ke], (faster pronunciation) /woʁ.kaˈʁɔ.li.ke/ [woh.kaˈhɔ.li.ke]
Noun
workaholic m or f by sense (plural workaholics)
- workaholic (person who feels compelled to work excessively)
- Synonym: (neologism) trabalhólatra
Further reading
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