work

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work (pl.: works)

  1. (diritto) (economia) attività, lavoro, mestiere
  2. opera
  3. fortificazione, fortezza, forte
  4. (fisica) (meccanica) lavoro

work (3ª persona sing. presente works, participio presente working, passato semplice e participio passato worked)

  1. lavorare, condurre un lavoro
  2. avere un mestiere
  3. funzionare, per un apparecchio
    • The computer doesn't work, il computer non funziona
  4. foggiare, ricamare
  5. contrarre nervosamente
  6. sfruttare una miniera

deriva dall'antica radice indoeuropea *werg, *worg (lavoro, fatica), confronta il greco classico ϝεργάζομαι (/wergàzomai/), divenuto poi ἑργάζομαι (/hergàzomai/ o /ergàzomai/) con la scomparsa dell'accento. Confronta l'antico anglo-sassone weorc, worc; l'antico sassone, olandese e tedesco werk, l'islandese verk, il danese værk