chômeur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chômeur. Coined by Colette Grinevald.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʃəʊˈmɜː/

Noun

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

• moucher

French

Etymology

From chômer +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃo.mœʁ/

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Noun

chômeur m (plural chômeurs, feminine chômeuse)

1. an unemployed person

   Il est chômeur ― He is unemployed.

Derived terms

• pouding chômeur

Related terms

• chômage
• chômer

Descendants

• → Romanian: șomer
• → Tamasheq: ⵜⵉⵛⵓⵎⴰⵔⴻⵏ (tišumaren)

Further reading

• “chômeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• moucher