foreman

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English

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foreman

Alternative forms

forman (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English foremon, forman; equivalent to fore- +‎ man. Compare West Frisian foarman, Dutch voorman, German Vormann, Danish formand, Swedish förman, Icelandic formaður.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

foreman (plural foremen)

(management) The leader of a work crew.
- 2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe):
  Since we’re getting too friendly, Ephraim Winslow, tell me, what’s a timber man want with being a wickie? Not enough quiet for ye up north? Sawdust itching yer nethers? Foreman found ye too high-tempered for carrying an axe?
(law) The member of a jury who presides over it and speaks on its behalf.
(US, historical) A slave assistant to the white overseer who managed field hands.

Derived terms

foremanship

Related terms

Descendants

→ Gulf Arabic: فورمن (fōrman)

Translations

leader of a work crew

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Apache:
Western Apache: nantʼán
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: бригадир (bg) m (brigadir), майстор (bg) m (majstor)
Catalan: capatàs (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 工头 (zh) (gōngtóu), 領班／领班 (zh) (lǐngbān)
Czech: předák m
Danish: formand c, værkfører c, sjakbajs c
Esperanto: laborestro
Estonian: töödejuhataja
Faroese: formaður m
Finnish: työnjohtaja (fi)
French: chef (fr) m, chef d’équipe m, contremaître (fr) m
Galician: maioral m, capataz m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Vorarbeiter (de) m, Polier (de) m
Greek: εργοδηγός (el) m or f (ergodigós)
Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: művezető (hu)
Ingrian: päämees, päänikka
Irish: maor m
Italian: (at a construction site) caposquadra, capoccia m
Japanese: 工場長 (ja)
Khmer: មេការ (mee kaa)
Macedonian: палир m (palir)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: formann (no) m, arbeidsformann m

Nynorsk: formann m, arbeidsformann m
Persian: سرکارگر (fa) (sarkârgar)
Polish: majster (pl) m, kierownik budowy m
Portuguese: capataz (pt)
Romanian: maistru (ro) m
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
Slovak: predák m
Spanish: capataz (es) m, sobrestante (es) m or f
Swedish: förman (sv) c, lagbas c
Turkish: ustabaşı (tr) sg

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

Danish: juryformand c
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
Persian: سخنگو (fa) (soxangu)
Spanish: presidente del jurado m or f, presidenta del jurado f
Swedish: ordförande (sv) c, juryordförande (sv) c

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