division of labour in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for division of labour in the English»French Dictionary

I.labour Brit, labor Am [Brit ˈleɪbə, Am ˈleɪbər] N

II.labour Brit, labor Am [Brit ˈleɪbə, Am ˈleɪbər] VB intr

III.labour Brit, labor Am [Brit ˈleɪbə, Am ˈleɪbər]

division [Brit dɪˈvɪʒ(ə)n, Am dəˈvɪʒən] N

See also Division

labor → labour

See also labour

I.labour Brit, labor Am [Brit ˈleɪbə, Am ˈleɪbər] N

II.labour Brit, labor Am [Brit ˈleɪbə, Am ˈleɪbər] VB intr

III.labour Brit, labor Am [Brit ˈleɪbə, Am ˈleɪbər]

I.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] N

2. course (route):

cap m
to be on or hold or steer a course AVIAT, NAUT
to change course AVIAT, NAUT
to set (a) course for AVIAT, NAUT

II.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB trans HUNT

III.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB intr

of [Brit ɒv, (ə)v, Am əv] PREP

See also late, old

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

I.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] N The irregular form vieil of the adjective vieux/vieille is used before masculine nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute ‘h’.

III.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

2. old (of a particular age):

I.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] PRON

1. all (everything):

II.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] DET

III.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] ADV

IV.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] N

2. all+ (in the highest degree) → all-consuming

XVI.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl]

it's all go inf here! Brit
it's all up with us inf Brit
all in Brit sl
all in Brit sl

See also worst, thing, place, people, best, bad, all-important, all-embracing, all-consuming

I.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] N

1. worst (most difficult, unpleasant):

le/la pire m/f

II.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADJ superlative of bad

III.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADV

IV.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] VB trans form

I.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ] N

1. thing (object):

truc m inf
à quoi sert ce truc? inf

2. thing (action, task, event):

3. thing (matter, fact):

the thing is, (that) …
ce qu'il y a, c'est que
ce qu'il y a de bien, c'est que

2. things (situation, circumstances, matters):

III.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ]

to make a big thing (out) of it inf

I.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] N

1. place (location, position):

2. place (town, hotel etc):

IV.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] VB trans

I.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N (nation) gens is masculine plural and never countable (you CANNOT say ‘trois gens’). When used with gens, some adjectives such as vieux, bon, mauvais, petit, vilain placed before gens take the feminine form: les vieilles gens.

II.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N npl

1. people:

gens mpl

III.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] VB trans liter

I.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] N

II.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADJ superlative of good

1. best (most excellent or pleasing):

III.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADV

best superlative of well

IV.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] VB trans (defeat, outdo)

II.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADJ

1. bad (poor, inferior, incompetent, unacceptable):

bad attr joke
not bad inf

III.bad [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADV inf esp Am

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

division of labour in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for division of labour in the English»French Dictionary

labor [Am ˈleɪbɚ] N Am, Aus

labor → labour

See also labour

I.labour [ˈleɪbəʳ, Am -bɚ] N

III.labour [ˈleɪbəʳ, Am -bɚ] VB trans

of [əv, stressed: ɒv] PREP

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
In practice, there was little division of labour between slave and free, and most workers were illiterate and without special skills.
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Feminism examines the ways that gender roles affect the division of labour within households.
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There are also advantages in a reduced division of labour where knowledge would otherwise have to be transferred between stages.
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Structures supporting publishers were more and more complex, leading to this division of labour.
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The formation of a reliable surplus product makes possible an initial technical or economic division of labour in which producers exchange their products.
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In addition to trade and economic interdependence, division of labour generally increases both producer and individual worker productivity.
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However, they accommodated and avoided future conflicts by a very strict division of labour.
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Thus, he came to the conclusion that capital accumulation is a necessary precondition to the division of labour.
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The development of agriculture, metallurgy, private property, and the division of labour and resulting dependency on one another, however, led to economic inequality and conflict.
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How far the productive forces of a nation are developed is shown by the degree to which the division of labour has been carried.
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