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ouvrier

/u.vʁi.je/

noun, masculine/u.vʁi.je/plural: ouvriers

worker, labourer (manual worker); workman; operator; carpenter

Synonyms: travailleur, opérateur, menuisier, charpentier

Inherited from Old French ovrier, inherited from Latin operārius. Cf. also the doublet opéraire, a very rare and jargony term borrowed from the same Latin term.

adjective/u.vʁi.je/

workers', working class

“classe ouvrière” — working class

Inherited from Old French ovrier, inherited from Latin operārius. Cf. also the doublet opéraire, a very rare and jargony term borrowed from the same Latin term.