manual labor

English

Alternative forms

manual labour

Noun

manual labor (countable and uncountable, plural manual labors)

Work done by hand or using basic tools rather than by machines, usually physically demanding but sometimes (pejorative) unskilled labor.

Synonyms

manual work

Translations

physical work

Chinese:
Mandarin: 手工勞動, 手工劳动 (shǒugōng láodòng)
Finnish: ruumiillinen työ (fi)
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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