La main-d'œuvre
Example: La main-d'œuvre qualifiée est essentielle pour cette entreprise.
Definition
"La main-d'œuvre" refers to the workforce or labor force, encompassing all the workers available or employed in a particular industry or company. For example, "la main-d'œuvre qualifiée" means the skilled labor necessary for a business to operate effectively.
Etymology
The term "la main-d'œuvre" literally translates to 'the hand of work' in French. It combines "main" (hand) and "œuvre" (work or labor), historically emphasizing manual labor done by hand. Over time, it came to represent the collective human labor or workforce.
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"La main-d'œuvre" appears in the Vocaplus list "French - HR - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 182 commonly used words.
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