chômeur

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French chômeur. Coined by Colette Grinevald

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

chômeur (plural chômeurs)

  1. (linguistics, Relational Grammar) An actant that has been 'demoted' to a less salient syntactic position, such as the agent of a passive clause.

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From chômer +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃo.mœʁ/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

chômeur m (plural chômeurs, feminine chômeuse)

  1. an unemployed person
    Il est chômeurHe is unemployed.

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Romanian: șomer
  • Tamasheq: ⵜⵉⵛⵓⵎⴰⵔⴻⵏ (tišumaren)

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]