contractor

See also: Contractor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin contractor, from Latin contract-, stem of contractus + -tor. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnˌtɹæk.tə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

contractor (plural contractors)

A person or company that builds or improves buildings.
A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects.
A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc.
A person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee.
- 1994, Scott Adams, Dilbert:
  It looks like you're off to a three-hour staff meeting that doesn't apply to me. I'm glad I'm a highly-paid contractor. I'll be increasing my skills while you fight to get oxygen to your brains.

Derived terms

Translations

A person or company that constructs or improves buildings

Arabic: مُقَاوِل m (muqāwil)
Azerbaijani: podratçı
Bulgarian: предприемач (bg) m (predpriemač)
Cebuano: kontraktor
Dutch: aannemer (nl) m
Finnish: rakennusurakoitsija
French: entrepreneur (fr)
German: Bauunternehmer (de), Bauausführer
Greek: εργολάβος (el) m or f (ergolávos)
Hebrew: קבלן בניין \ קַבְּלַן בִּנְיָן m (kab'lán binyán)
Hungarian: építési vállalkozó, ^{(please verify)} kivitelező (hu), ^{(please verify)} fővállalkozó (hu), generálkivitelező (hu)
Indonesian: anemer (id), pemborong (id)
Italian: appaltatore (it) m
Latin: redemptor m
Macedonian: изведувач m (izveduvač)
Portuguese: pedreiro (pt)
Romanian: antreprenor (ro) m, constructor (ro) m
Russian: подря́дчик (ru) m (podrjádčik), подря́дчица (ru) f (podrjádčica), контра́ктор m (kontráktor)
Spanish: constructor (es) m, contratista (es) f
Tagalog: kontratista
Turkish: müteahhit (tr)
Ukrainian: підрядник (pidrjadnyk)
Yoruba: kọn̄gílá, agbaṣẹ́ṣe

A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects

Azerbaijani: podratçı
Bulgarian: подизпълнител m (podizpǎlnitel)
Cebuano: kontraktor
Czech: subdodavatel m
Dutch: uitvoerder (nl)
Finnish: urakoitsija (fi)
French: sous-traitant (fr) m
German: Auftragnehmer, Firma (de)
Hebrew: קַבְּלָן (he) m (kab'lán), קַבְּלָנִית f (kab'lanít)
Hungarian: alvállalkozó (hu), szállító (hu), ^{(please verify)} kivitelező (hu)
Macedonian: изведувач m (izveduvač)
Turkish: müteahhit (tr), üstlenici (tr)

A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities

Azerbaijani: podratçı
Cebuano: kontraktor
Finnish: huoltofirma
German: Wartungsfirma
Hungarian: karbantartó cég
Russian: подря́дчик (ru) m (podrjádčik), подря́дчица (ru) f (podrjádčica)

A person on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee

Cebuano: kontraktor
French: contractant (fr) m
Hindi: ठेकेदार (hi) m (ṭhekedār)
Hungarian: szerződő fél, megbízott (hu), vállalkozó (hu)
Italian: appaltatore (it), committente (it)
Latin: redemptor m
Portuguese: autônomo (pt), terceirizado m
Romanian: contractant (ro) m, contractantă (ro) f
Russian: подря́дчик (ru) m (podrjádčik)

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Irish: ^{(please verify)} conraitheoir m

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French contracteur.

Adjective

contractor m or n (feminine singular contractoare, masculine plural contractori, feminine and neuter plural contractoare)

contractor

Declension

		masculine	feminine	masculine	neuter
		singular		plural
nominative- accusative	indefinite	contractor	contractoare	contractori	contractoare
nominative- accusative	definite	contractorul	contractoarea	contractorii	contractoarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	contractor	contractoare	contractori	contractoare
genitive- dative	definite	contractorului	contractoarei	contractorilor	contractoarelor