"handyman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhændimæn/ Audio: En-us-handyman.ogg Forms: handymen [plural]
Etymology: From handy + -man. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|handy|man}} handy + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|handymen}} handyman (plural handymen)
  1. (informal) A person who does small tasks and odd jobs Tags: informal Synonyms: jack of all trades, odd-job man Derived forms: handyman special Translations (man who does odd tasks): момче за всичко (momče za vsičko) [neuter] (Bulgarian), údržbář [masculine] (Czech), altmuligmand [common-gender] (Danish), manusje-van-alles (Dutch), meistrimees (Estonian), yleismies (Finnish), nikkari (Finnish), homme à tout faire [masculine] (French), bricoleur [masculine] (French), Mädchen für alles (note: closest match, but very informal and possibly rude) [neuter] (German), Heimwerker (english: one repairing things in their own house) [masculine] (German), Hausmeister (english: one repairing things as a job) [masculine] (German), Handwerker [masculine] (German), Reparateur [masculine] (German), Handlanger (english: one doing small, unskilled jobs for others) [masculine] (German), תיקונצ'יק [masculine] (Hebrew), tuttofare [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 便利屋 (benriya) (alt: べんりや) (Japanese), buldonhe (Kabuverdianu), altmuligmann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), altmogelegmann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), totòbra [masculine] (Occitan), złota rączka [masculine] (Polish), majster-klepka (Polish), faz-tudo [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), умелец (umelec) [masculine] (Russian), мастер на все руки (master na vse ruki) [masculine] (Russian), разнорабочий (raznorabočij) [masculine] (Russian), manitas [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), todólogo [masculine] (Spanish), hacelotodo [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), mentolato [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), milusos (Mesoamerica) [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), hantlangare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-handyman-en-noun-hszetI48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kabuverdianu translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Kabuverdianu translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 87 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: handiman [dated]

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈhændimæn/ Audio: En-us-handyman.ogg Forms: handymans [present, singular, third-person], handymanning [participle, present], handymanned [participle, past], handymanned [past]
Etymology: From handy + -man. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|handy|man}} handy + -man Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} handyman (third-person singular simple present handymans, present participle handymanning, simple past and past participle handymanned)
  1. To work as a handyman; to do odd jobs.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: handiman [dated]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "odd-job man"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "handiman"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "momče za vsičko",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "момче за всичко"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "údržbář"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "altmuligmand"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "word": "manusje-van-alles"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "word": "meistrimees"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "word": "yleismies"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "word": "nikkari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "homme à tout faire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bricoleur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "closest match, but very informal and possibly rude",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mädchen für alles"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "one repairing things in their own house",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Heimwerker"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "one repairing things as a job",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hausmeister"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Handwerker"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Reparateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "one doing small, unskilled jobs for others",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Handlanger"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "תיקונצ'יק"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuttofare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "べんりや",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "benriya",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "word": "便利屋"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "word": "buldonhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "altmuligmann"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "altmogelegmann"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "totòbra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "złota rączka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "word": "majster-klepka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "faz-tudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umelec",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "умелец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "master na vse ruki",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мастер на все руки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raznorabočij",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "разнорабочий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "manitas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "todólogo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hacelotodo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mentolato"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "milusos (Mesoamerica)"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "man who does odd tasks",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hantlangare"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "handyman"
  ],
  "word": "handyman"
}

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    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kabuverdianu translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Occitan translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From handy + -man.",
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    {
      "form": "handymans",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "handymanning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "handymanned",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
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      ]
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Peter Wells, Boy Overboard:",
          "text": "Instead I walk, uncertainly across the concrete backyard my father and his friends handymanned into existence so proudly, so that none of us would ever have to play in dirt, in muck, in mud again.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, page 5:",
          "text": "My daddy worked too hard at Buck's Sporting Goods by day plus handymanning in the evenings, and my mother spent too many hours fixing trays at the meat-and-three for me to act like we had neither pot nor window. Let the record show that we had both.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped:",
          "text": "They handymanned all week. And every night Grandad would come in with rosy cheeks and a huge appetite and compliment my mom on what a great cook she was.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To work as a handyman; to do odd jobs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "odd job",
          "odd job"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈhændimæn/"
    },
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    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "handiman"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "handyman"
  ],
  "word": "handyman"
}

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