chômeur

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chômeur. Coined by Colette Grinevald.

Pronunciation

Noun

chômeur (plural chômeurs)

  1. (linguistics, Relational Grammar) An actant that has been 'demoted' to a less salient syntactic position, such as the agent of a passive clause.

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French

Etymology

From chômer +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃo.mœʁ/
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Noun

chômeur m (plural chômeurs, feminine chômeuse)

  1. an unemployed person
    Synonym: sans-emploi
    Il est chômeurHe is unemployed.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Romanian: șomer
  • Tamasheq: ⵜⵉⵛⵓⵎⴰⵔⴻⵏ (tišumaren)

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