See jack of all trades on Wiktionary
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "with a tone of adventurousness",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hans Dampf in allen Gassen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tausendsassa"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"word": "ezermester"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "þúsundþjalasmiður"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tuttofare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "器用貧乏 (kiyō binbō, literally “skill-poor”) (emphasis on the \"master of none\" negative sense)",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "何でも屋 (nandemoya, literally “an 'anything'-er”) (emphasis on the positive sense of being able to do just about anything)",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "万屋 (yorozuya, literally “an 'everything'-er”) (emphasis on the positive sense of being able to do just about everything)",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "manmulbaksa",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"word": "만물박사"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "palbangmiin",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"word": "팔방미인"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"word": "homo omnis Minervae"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"word": "meistars visās lietās"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "yl-cheirdagh"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "homme à tout faithe"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"word": "tusenkunstner"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"word": "alt-mulig-mann"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"humorous",
"literary"
],
"word": "omnibus"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"word": "pau pra toda obra"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "homem dos sete ofícios"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "faz-tudo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "máster na vse rúki",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ма́стер на все ру́ки"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "avtofotovelomototeleradiomontjór",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"humorous",
"masculine"
],
"word": "автофотовеломототелерадиомонтёр"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "i švec, i žnec, i na dudé igréc",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"word": "и швец, и жнец, и на дуде́ игре́ц"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comodín"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hombre orquesta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"Spain",
"colloquial",
"masculine"
],
"word": "manitas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hombre renacentista"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hombre del renacimiento"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "todólogo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "todóloga"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "generalista"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "factótum"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"word": "tusenkonstnär"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"word": "mångsysslare"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one competent in many endeavors",
"word": "elinden her iş gelir"
}
],
"word": "jack of all trades"
}
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