"sweatshop" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈswɛtˌʃɒp/ [UK], /ˈswɛtˌʃɑp/ [US] Forms: sweatshops [plural]
Etymology: From sweat (“to extract money, labour, etc.”, verb) + shop. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sweat|shop|gloss1=to extract money, labour, etc.|pos1=v}} sweat (“to extract money, labour, etc.”, verb) + shop Head templates: {{en-noun}} sweatshop (plural sweatshops)
  1. A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal. Synonyms: sweat factory, sweat shop Translations (factory): 血汗工廠 (Chinese Mandarin), 血汗工厂 (xuèhàn gōngchǎng, xuěhàn gōngchǎng, xiěhàn gōngchǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), hikipaja (Finnish), atelier de misère [masculine] (French), atelier d’exploitation [masculine] (French), atelier de pressurage [masculine] (French), Sweatshop [masculine] (German), Ausbeutungsbetrieb [masculine] (German), ブラック企業 (burakku-kigyō) (Japanese), ブラック会社 (burakku-gaisha) (Japanese), utbyttingsbedrift [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fábrica clandestina [feminine] (Portuguese), ateliê da miséria [masculine] (Portuguese), fábrica escravizante [feminine] (Portuguese), потого́нка (potogónka) [feminine, rare] (Russian), потогонное произво́дство (potogonnoje proizvódstvo) (Russian), izrabljivaonica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), taller clandestino [masculine] (Spanish), låglönefabrik [common-gender] (Swedish), sweatshop [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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