occupation

English

Etymology

From Middle English occupacioun, from Middle French occupation, from Latin occupātio, occupātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑkjuːpeɪʃən/

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒkjuːpeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

occupation ‎(plural occupations)

1. An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
2. The act, process or state of possessing a place.
3. The control of a country or region by a hostile army.
   • 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian^[1]:

     The lawyer and twice-divorced mother of three had presented herself as the modern face of her party, trying to strip it of unsavoury overtones after her father's convictions for saying the Nazi occupation of France was not "particularly inhumane".

Synonyms

• (activity with which one occupies oneself) profession, vocation, interest, employment

Translations

activity or task with which one occupies oneself

• Arabic: وَظِيفَة f ‎(waẓīfa)
• Armenian: զբաղմունք (hy) ‎(zbałmunkʿ), (regularly paid) աշխատանք (hy) ‎(ašxatankʿ)
• Catalan: ocupació (ca) f
• Chechen: корматалла ‎(kormatalla)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 職業 (zh), 职业 (zh) ‎(zhíyè)

• Czech: zaměstnání (cs) n
• Danish: arbejde (da) n, beskæftigelse c, erhverv (da) n
• Dutch: bezigheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: okupo
• Finnish: ammatti (fi), työ (fi), ajanviete
• French: occupation (fr) f
• Georgian: საქმიანობა ‎(sakmianoba), ხელობა ‎(xeloba), პროფესია ‎(ṗropesia), თავშესაქცევი ‎(tavšesakcevi)
• German: Beschäftigung (de) f, Beruf (de) m
• Greek: απασχόληση (el) f ‎(apaschólisi)
• Hebrew: תעסוקה ‎(ta'asuka)
• Hungarian: foglalkozás (hu)

• Italian: occupazione (it) f
• Japanese: 仕事 (ja) ‎(しごと, shigoto), 職業 (ja) ‎(しょくぎょう, shokugyō)
• Korean: 직업 (ko) ‎(jigeop) (職業 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: pîşe (ku), meslek (ku), mihne (ku), hokar (ku), kariyer (ku), profesyon (ku)

  Sorani: پیشە ‎(pîşe)

• Latin: negotium
• Macedonian: зани́мање (mk) n ‎(zanímanje), стру́ка f ‎(strúka)
• Maori: whakatāuteute, umanga (profession), mahi (job, employment)
• Norwegian: yrke (no) n
• Polish: zajęcie (pl) n, zawód (pl) m
• Portuguese: ocupação (pt) f, serviço (pt) m, emprego (pt) m, trabalho (pt) m
• Russian: заня́тие (ru) n ‎(zanjátije), профе́ссия (ru) f ‎(proféssija)
• Scottish Gaelic: cosnadh m, obair (gd) f, dreuchd f, gnìomhachd f
• Spanish: ocupación (es) f
• Swahili: shughuli (sw)
• Swedish: sysselsättning (sv) c
• Telugu: వృత్తి (te) ‎(vr̥tti)

act, process or state of possessing a place

• Catalan: ocupació (ca) f
• Danish: besættelse c, okkupation c
• Finnish: omistus (fi)
• Georgian: დაკავება ‎(daḳaveba)
• Greek: κατάληψη (el) f ‎(katálipsi)
• Irish: lonnaíocht f, gabháil m
• Italian: occupazione (it) f
• Macedonian: зазе́мање n ‎(zazémanje)

• Norwegian: okkupasjon m
• Polish: zajmowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: ocupação (pt) f
• Russian: завладе́ние (ru) n ‎(zavladénije), заня́тие (ru) n ‎(zanjátije), занима́ние (ru) n ‎(zanimánije), оккупа́ция (ru) f ‎(okkupácija)
• Spanish: ocupación (es) f
• Telugu: ఆక్రమణం ‎(ākramaṇaṃ)

control of a country or region by a hostile army

• Arabic: اِحْتِلال m ‎(iḥtilāl)
• Armenian: օկուպացիա (hy) ‎(ōkupacʿia)
• Belarusian: акупа́цыя f ‎(akupácyja)
• Bulgarian: окупа́ция (bg) f ‎(okupácija)
• Catalan: ocupació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 占領 (zh), 占领 (zh) ‎(zhànlǐng), 占用 ‎(zhànyòng)

• Crimean Tatar: işğal
• Czech: obsazení n, okupace f
• Danish: besættelse c, okkupation c
• Dutch: bezetting (nl)
• Estonian: okupatsioon (et)
• Finnish: miehitys (fi)
• French: occupation (fr) f
• Georgian: ოკუპაცია (ka) ‎(oḳuṗacia), დაპყრობა ‎(daṗq̇roba)
• German: Besatzung (de) f; Besetzung (de) f; (elevated:) Okkupation (de) f
• Greek: κατοχή (el) f ‎(katochí)
• Hebrew: כיבוש ‎(kibush)
• Irish: gabháil m
• Italian: occupazione (it) f
• Japanese: 占領 (ja) ‎(せんりょう, senryō)

• Kazakh: оккупация ‎(okkwpacïya)
• Korean: 점령 (ko) ‎(jeomnyeong) (占領 (ko))
• Kurdish: dagirî (ku) f, dagirkerî (ku) f, داگیری
• Latvian: okupācija f
• Lithuanian: okupacija (lt) f
• Macedonian: окупа́ција f ‎(okupácija)
• Norman: otchupâtiaon f (Guernsey), otchupâtion f (Jersey)
• Norwegian: okkupasjon m
• Polish: okupacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: ocupação (pt) f, tomada (pt) f
• Russian: оккупа́ция (ru) f ‎(okkupácija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: окупација f

  Roman: okupacija (sh) f

• Slovak: okupácia f
• Slovene: okupacija f
• Spanish: ocupación (es) f
• Swedish: ockupation (sv) c
• Ukrainian: окупа́ція f ‎(okupácija)
• Vietnamese: sự chiếm đóng

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin occupātio, occupātiōnem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

occupation f ‎(plural occupations)

1. occupation (the occupying of a territory; something that one spends one's time on, such as a job or a hobby; act of occupying, of being an occupant)

Related terms

• occuper

External links

• “occupation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).