subcontractor

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ contractor.

Noun

subcontractor (plural subcontractors)

1. A contractor hired by a general contractor employed by the contractor rather than directly hired by the customer.

Translations

contractor hired by contractor

• Dutch: onderaannemer (nl) m
• Finnish: alihankkija (fi), aliurakoitsija
• French: sous-traitant (fr) m
• German: Subunternehmer m
• Greek: υπεργολάβος (el) m (ypergolávos)
• Hungarian: alvállalkozó (hu)
• Irish: fochonraitheoir m
• Macedonian: подизве́дувач m (podizvéduvač)

• Polish: podwykonawca (pl) m
• Portuguese: subempreiteiro m
• Russian: субподря́дчик (ru) m (subpodrjádčik), заво́д-подря́дчик (ru) m (zavód-podrjádčik), сме́жник (ru) m (sméžnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: fo-chunnradair m
• Swedish: underleverantör (sv) c
• Turkish: taşeron (tr)
• Welsh: isgontractiwr m