"breadwinner" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹɛdˌwɪnɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-breadwinner.wav Forms: breadwinners [plural]
Etymology: From bread + winner, where to win = to earn. Compare West Frisian breawinning (“livelihood”, literally “bread-winning”), Dutch broodwinning (“livelihood”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bread|winner}} bread + winner, {{cog|fy|breawinning||livelihood|lit=bread-winning}} West Frisian breawinning (“livelihood”, literally “bread-winning”), {{cog|nl|broodwinning||livelihood}} Dutch broodwinning (“livelihood”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} breadwinner (plural breadwinners)
  1. The primary income-earner in a household. Wikipedia link: breadwinner Categories (topical): People Related terms: breadwinning, daily bread, put bread on the table Translations (primary income-earner in a household): broodwinner (Afrikaans), مَعِيل (maʕīl) [masculine] (Arabic), عائل (ʕaʔel) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), çörəkağacı [singular] (Azerbaijani), çörək tapan [singular] (Azerbaijani), 養家活口的人 (Chinese Mandarin), 养家活口的人 (yǎngjiā huókǒu de rén) (Chinese Mandarin), 養家的人 (Chinese Mandarin), 养家的人 (yǎngjiā de rén) (Chinese Mandarin), familieforsørger [common-gender] (Danish), forsørger [common-gender] (Danish), kostwinner [masculine] (Dutch), broodwinner [masculine] (Dutch), panakiranto (Esperanto), perheen elättäjä (Finnish), gagne-pain [masculine] (French), pain [masculine] (French), soutien de famille [masculine] (French), მარჩენალი (marčenali) (Georgian), დამპურებელი (damṗurebeli) (Georgian), მკვებავი (mḳvebavi) (Georgian), Broterwerber [masculine] (German), Broterwerberin [feminine] (German), Geldverdiener [masculine] (German), Geldverdienerin [feminine] (German), családfenntartó (Hungarian), kenyérkereső (Hungarian), penghasil (Indonesian), elättäjä (Ingrian), saothraí [masculine] (Irish), 扶養者 (fuyōsha) (alt: ふようしゃ) (Japanese), 大黒柱 (daikokubashira) (Japanese), 稼ぎ手 (kasegite) (Japanese), 생업 (saeng'eop) (Korean), periuk nasi (Malay), gângne-pain [masculine] (Norman), familieforsørger [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forsørger [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), نانآور (nân-âvar) (Persian), żywiciel rodziny [masculine] (Polish), ganha-pão [masculine] (Portuguese), câștigător de pâine [masculine] (Romanian), salariat (Romanian), корми́лец (kormílec) [masculine] (Russian), корми́лица (kormílica) [feminine] (Russian), добы́тчик (dobýtčik) [masculine] (Russian), cothaiche [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), fear-cosnaidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), neach-cothachaidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), mohlokomedi wa lelapa (Sotho), cabeza de familia [feminine] (Spanish), familjeförsörjare [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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    }
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      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "breadwinning"
    },
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      "word": "daily bread"
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    }
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        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Ingrian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Sotho translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
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          "ref": "1865, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Wives and Daughters, Chapter I:",
          "text": "At one side lay the little town of Hollingford, into a street of which Mr. Gibson's front door opened; and delicate columns, and little puffs of smoke were already beginning to rise from many a cottage chimney where some housewife was already up, and preparing breakfast for the bread-winner of the family.",
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        "breadwinner"
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "broodwinner"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَعِيل"
    },
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      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "çörəkağacı"
    },
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "çörək tapan"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "養家活口的人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǎngjiā huókǒu de rén",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "养家活口的人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "養家的人"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǎngjiā de rén",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "养家的人"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "familieforsørger"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "forsørger"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kostwinner"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "broodwinner"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "panakiranto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "perheen elättäjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gagne-pain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "soutien de famille"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "marčenali",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "მარჩენალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "damṗurebeli",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "დამპურებელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mḳvebavi",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "მკვებავი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Broterwerber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Broterwerberin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Geldverdiener"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Geldverdienerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "családfenntartó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "kenyérkereső"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "penghasil"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "elättäjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saothraí"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふようしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fuyōsha",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "扶養者"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "daikokubashira",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "大黒柱"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kasegite",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "稼ぎ手"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "saeng'eop",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "생업"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "periuk nasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gângne-pain"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "familieforsørger"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forsørger"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nân-âvar",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "نانآور"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "żywiciel rodziny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ganha-pão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "câștigător de pâine"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "salariat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kormílec",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "корми́лец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kormílica",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "корми́лица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dobýtčik",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "добы́тчик"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cothaiche"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fear-cosnaidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neach-cothachaidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "st",
      "lang": "Sotho",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "word": "mohlokomedi wa lelapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cabeza de familia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "primary income-earner in a household",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "familjeförsörjare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "breadwinner"
}

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