working

working
working [{{t}}'wɜ:kɪŋ]
1 adjective
(a) (mother) qui travaille; (population) actif;
ordinary working people les travailleurs ordinaires;
the party of the working man le parti des travailleurs
(b) (day, hours) de travail;
working day (gen) journée f de travail; {{}}Administration{{}} jour m ouvrable;
during a normal working day pendant la journée de travail;
Sunday is not a working day le dimanche est chômé, on ne travaille pas le dimanche;
a working week of forty hours une semaine de quarante heures;
he spent his entire working life with the firm il a travaillé toute sa vie dans l'entreprise;
to be of working age être en âge de travailler;
a working breakfast/lunch un petit déjeuner/un déjeuner d'affaires
(c) (clothes, conditions) de travail;
a relaxed working environment un milieu professionnel détendu;
we have a close working relationship nous travaillons bien ensemble
(d) (functioning → farm, factory) qui marche;
in (good) working order en (bon) état de marche;
(e) (theory, definition) de travail; (majority) suffisant; (agreement) de circonstance; (knowledge) adéquat, suffisant;
working agreement modus vivendi m;
to have a working knowledge of French/the law posséder une connaissance suffisante du français/du droit
2 noun
(a) (work) travail m
(b) (operation → of machine) fonctionnement m
(c) (of mine) exploitation f; (of clay, leather) travail m
3 workings plural noun
(a) (mechanism) mécanisme m; {{}}figurative{{}} (of government, system) rouages mpl;
it's difficult to understand the workings of his mind il est difficile de savoir ce qu'il a dans la tête ou ce qui se passe dans sa tête
(b) {{}}Mining{{}} chantier m d'exploitation;
old mine workings anciennes mines fpl
►► {{}}Finance{{}} working account compte m d'exploitation;
{{}}Accountancy{{}} working assets actif m circulant;
{{}}Finance{{}} working capital (UNCOUNT) fonds mpl de roulement, capital m de roulement;
{{}}Finance{{}} working capital cycle cycle m du besoin en fonds de roulement;
{{}}Finance{{}} working capital fund compte m d'avances;
the working class, the working classes la classe ouvrière, le prolétariat;
working copy (of document, text) copie f de travail;
working drawing épure f;
working expenses frais mpl généraux, frais mpl d'exploitation;
{{}}Computing{{}} working file fichier m de travail;
working girl (prostitute) professionnelle f;
working group (committee → for study) groupe m de travail; (→ for enquiry) commission f d'enquête;
working hypothesis hypothèse f de travail;
working interest participation f d'exploitation;
working lunch déjeuner m d'affaires ou de travail;
working majority majorité f suffisante;
{{}}British{{}} working man ouvrier m;
working men's club = club d'ouvriers, comportant un bar et une scène où sont présentés des spectacles;
working model modèle m qui fonctionne;
{{}}Mathematics{{}} working out (of problem) résolution f;
show all working out (in exam paper) montrez les étapes de votre raisonnement;
working party (committee → for study) groupe m de travail; (→ for enquiry) commission f d'enquête; (group → of prisoners, soldiers) groupe m de travail;
working speed vitesse f de régime;
{{}}British{{}} {{}}Law{{}} working time directive loi f sur le temps de travail;
working title titre m provisoire;
working woman (worker) ouvrière f, employée f; (woman with job) femme f qui travaille

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