"drudgery" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɹʌd͡ʒəɹi/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-drudgery.wav [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: drudgeries [plural]
Etymology: From drudge (“person who works in a low servile job”) + -ery (suffix meaning ‘the art, craft, or practice of’ forming nouns). Etymology templates: {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{suffix|en|drudge|ery|pos2=suffix meaning ‘the art, craft, or practice of’ forming nouns|t1=person who works in a low servile job}} drudge (“person who works in a low servile job”) + -ery (suffix meaning ‘the art, craft, or practice of’ forming nouns) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} drudgery (countable and uncountable, plural drudgeries)
  1. Exhausting, menial, and tedious work. Tags: countable, uncountable Hypernyms: exertion, tedium, work Hyponyms: corvee [historical], faggery [UK, historical] Derived forms: drudgerous [rare], drudgery-ridden Related terms: drudge, wearisome Translations (exhausting, menial, and tedious work): angari [feminine] (Albanian), 苦差事 (kǔchāishi) (Chinese Mandarin), dřina [feminine] (Czech), lopota [feminine] (Czech), otročina [feminine] (Czech), hard labeur [neuter] (Dutch), raadanta (Finnish), raataminen (Finnish), corvée [feminine] (French), Plackerei [feminine] (German), αγγαρεία (angareía) [feminine] (Greek), crácamas [masculine] (Irish), sclábhaíocht [feminine] (Irish), 苦役 (kueki) (alt: くえき) (Japanese), 고역 (goyeok) (Korean), harówka [feminine] (Polish), babranina [feminine] (Polish), papranina [feminine] (Polish), labuta [feminine] (Portuguese), lida [feminine] (Portuguese), тяжёлая рабо́та (tjažólaja rabóta) (english: hard work) [feminine] (Russian), ну́дная рабо́та (núdnaja rabóta) (english: tedious work) [feminine] (Russian), tràillealachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), ку̀лук [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), тла̏ка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kùluk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tlȁka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), slavgöra [neuter] (Swedish), slafdod [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-drudgery-en-noun-GqEUHCjl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ery Synonyms: chore, dogsbody work, fatigue [military, war, government, politics], swink [archaic], toil, drudgery, drudgerie [obsolete], chores, drudgery, drudgework, fatigue [military, war, government, politics], razzmatazz [rare], scut, scutwork, swink [archaic], toil

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        {
          "word": "chore"
        },
        {
          "word": "dogsbody work"
        },
        {
          "topics": [
            "military",
            "war",
            "government",
            "politics"
          ],
          "word": "fatigue"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "swink"
        },
        {
          "word": "toil"
        },
        {
          "word": "drudgery"
        }
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɹʌd͡ʒəɹi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (RP)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "drudgerie"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:drudgery",
      "word": "chores"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:drudgery",
      "word": "drudgery"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:drudgery",
      "word": "drudgework"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:drudgery",
      "topics": [
        "military",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
      "word": "fatigue"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:drudgery",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "razzmatazz"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:drudgery",
      "word": "scut"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:drudgery",
      "word": "scutwork"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:drudgery",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "swink"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:drudgery",
      "word": "toil"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "angari"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kǔchāishi",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "word": "苦差事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dřina"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lopota"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "otročina"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hard labeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "word": "raadanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "word": "raataminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corvée"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Plackerei"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "angareía",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αγγαρεία"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crácamas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sclábhaíocht"
    },
    {
      "alt": "くえき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kueki",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "word": "苦役"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "goyeok",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "word": "고역"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "harówka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "babranina"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "papranina"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "labuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "hard work",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjažólaja rabóta",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тяжёлая рабо́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "tedious work",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "núdnaja rabóta",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ну́дная рабо́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tràillealachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ку̀лук"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тла̏ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kùluk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tlȁka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slavgöra"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "exhausting, menial, and tedious work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "slafdod"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drudgery"
}

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