workplace

Language

English

Etymology

From work +‎ placeCategory:English compound terms#WORKPLACE.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/Category:English 2-syllable words#WORKPLACE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#WORKPLACE
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#WORKPLACE

Noun

workplace (plural workplaces)Category:English lemmas#WORKPLACE Category:English nouns#WORKPLACE Category:English countable nouns#WORKPLACE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#WORKPLACE Category:Pages with entries#WORKPLACE Category:Pages with 1 entry#WORKPLACE

The place where someone works.
Synonym: workstead (uncommon in some dialects)

Hypernyms: placeCategory:English links with manual fragments#WORKPLACE, location, siteCategory:English links with manual fragments#WORKPLACE

Hyponyms: workroom, workshop

Meronyms: workspace, workstation

Coordinate terms: homeCategory:English links with manual fragments#WORKPLACE, schoolCategory:English links with manual fragments#WORKPLACE

in the workplaceCategory:English terms with collocations#WORKPLACE; professionalism in the workplaceCategory:English terms with collocations#WORKPLACE
- 2022 January 26, John Crosse, “When the tide turned to a safer railway...”, in RAIL, number 949, page 53:
  The catalyst was the introduction of the Health & Safety at Work Act in 1974. While it applied to all workplaces, it gradually brought about a sea change in the attitude towards death and injury. Accidents were no longer accepted as 'inevitable'.
  Category:English terms with quotations#WORKPLACE
- 2022 December 28, Philip Haigh, “Building the case for West Midlands rail improvements”, in RAIL, number 973, page 24:
  It [the West Midlands Rail Executive] also notes that some people are choosing to live further from their workplace and commute less often.
  Category:English terms with quotations#WORKPLACE
- 2025 August 17, Sarah Avi, “Meet the “Otrovert,” A New Personality Type That May Describe You Better Than Anything”, in Free Jupiter‎:
  In a workplace where everyone wears company-branded jackets and attends the monthly team happy hour, the otrovert might go occasionally, but their sense of self is untouched by whether they participate or not.
  Category:English terms with quotations#WORKPLACE

Derived terms

Translations

place where someone works

Category:Entries with translation boxes#WORKPLACE

Albanian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Albanian#WORKPLACE
Altai:
Southern Altai: иштенер јер (ištener ǰer)Category:Terms with Southern Altai translations#WORKPLACE
Arabic: مَكَان عَمَل m (makān ʕamal)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#WORKPLACE
Armenian: աշխատավայր (hy) (ašxatavayr)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#WORKPLACE
Azerbaijani: iş yeri (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#WORKPLACE
Basque: lantegiCategory:Terms with Basque translations#WORKPLACE
Belarusian: працо́ўнае ме́сца n (pracównaje mjésca)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#WORKPLACE
Bengali: কর্মক্ষেত্র (bn) (kormokkhetro)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#WORKPLACE
Bulgarian: рабо́тно мя́сто n (rabótno mjásto)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#WORKPLACE
Burmese: အလုပ်ခွင် (my) (a.luphkwang)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#WORKPLACE
Chinese:
Mandarin: 工作場所 / 工作场所 (gōngzuò chǎngsuǒ)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#WORKPLACE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#WORKPLACE, 職場 / 职场 (zh) (zhíchǎng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#WORKPLACE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#WORKPLACE
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: haziCategory:Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations#WORKPLACE
Czech: pracoviště (cs) nCategory:Terms with Czech translations#WORKPLACE
Danish: arbejdsplads (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#WORKPLACE
Dutch: werkplek (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#WORKPLACE, arbeidsplaats (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#WORKPLACE
Esperanto: laborejoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#WORKPLACE
Estonian: töökoht (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#WORKPLACE
Finnish: työpaikka (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#WORKPLACE
French: lieu de travail (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#WORKPLACE, travail (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#WORKPLACE
Georgian: სამუშაო ადგილი (samušao adgili)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#WORKPLACE
German: Arbeitsplatz (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#WORKPLACE, Arbeitsstelle (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#WORKPLACE, Arbeitsstätte (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#WORKPLACE
Greek: χώρος εργασίας m (chóros ergasías)Category:Terms with Greek translations#WORKPLACE
Greenlandic: suliffikCategory:Terms with Greenlandic translations#WORKPLACE, sullivikCategory:Terms with Greenlandic translations#WORKPLACE
Hebrew: מקום עבודה m (mekóm avodá)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#WORKPLACE
Hindi: कार्यशाला f (kāryaśālā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#WORKPLACE, कार्यालय (hi) m (kāryālay)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#WORKPLACE
Hungarian: munkahely (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#WORKPLACE, munkavégzés helye/helyszíneCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#WORKPLACE
Icelandic: vinnustaður (is) mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#WORKPLACE
Indonesian: tempat kerjaCategory:Terms with Indonesian translations#WORKPLACE
Italian: luogo di lavoro mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#WORKPLACE
Japanese: 職場 (ja) (しょくば, shokuba)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#WORKPLACE, 仕事場 (ja) (しごとば, shigotoba)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#WORKPLACE
Javanese: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Javanese#WORKPLACE
Kapampangan: pipagobranCategory:Terms with Kapampangan translations#WORKPLACE
Kazakh: жұмыс орны (jūmys orny)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#WORKPLACE
Khmer: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Khmer#WORKPLACE
Korean: 직장(職場) (ko) (jikjang)Category:Terms with Korean translations#WORKPLACE, 일터 (ilteo)Category:Terms with Korean translations#WORKPLACE
Kyrgyz: жумуш орду (jumuş ordu)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#WORKPLACE
Latvian: darbavieta fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#WORKPLACE
Lithuanian: darbovietė fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#WORKPLACE
Macedonian: работно место n (rabotno mesto)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#WORKPLACE
Malay: tempat kerjaCategory:Terms with Malay translations#WORKPLACE
Māori: wāhi mahiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#WORKPLACE
Niuean: fale gahuaCategory:Terms with Niuean translations#WORKPLACE
Norwegian:
Bokmål: arbeidsplass mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#WORKPLACE

Nynorsk: arbeidsplass mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#WORKPLACE
Persian:
Iranian Persian: مَحَلِّ کار (mahall-e kâr)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#WORKPLACE Category:Terms with Persian translations#WORKPLACE
Polish: miejsce pracy nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#WORKPLACE, stanowisko pracy nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#WORKPLACE
Portuguese: local de trabalho mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#WORKPLACE
Romanian: loc de muncă (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#WORKPLACE
Russian: рабо́чее ме́сто (ru) n (rabóčeje mésto)Category:Terms with Russian translations#WORKPLACE, ме́сто рабо́ты n (mésto rabóty)Category:Terms with Russian translations#WORKPLACE
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: радно место nCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#WORKPLACE, радно мјесто nCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#WORKPLACE

Latin: radno mesto nCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#WORKPLACE, radno mjesto nCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#WORKPLACE
Slovak: pracovisko nCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#WORKPLACE
Slovene: delovno mesto nCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#WORKPLACE
Spanish: lugar de trabajo mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#WORKPLACE, curro (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#WORKPLACE (Spain, colloquial), tajo (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#WORKPLACE (Spain, colloquial)
Sranan Tongo: wrokopeCategory:Terms with Sranan Tongo translations#WORKPLACE
Swedish: arbetsplats (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#WORKPLACE
Tajik: маҳали кор (mahal-i kor)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#WORKPLACE, ҷои кор (jo-yi kor)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#WORKPLACE
Thai: ที่ทำงาน (th) (tîi-tam-ngaan)Category:Terms with Thai translations#WORKPLACE
Turkish: iş yeri (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#WORKPLACE
Turkmen: iş ýeriCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#WORKPLACE
Ukrainian: робо́че мі́сце (uk) n (robóče mísce)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#WORKPLACE
Urdu: کام کی جَگَہْ f (kām kī jagah)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#WORKPLACE, کام کی جَگَہ f (kām kī jaga)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#WORKPLACE
Uyghur: ئىش ئورنى (ish orni)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#WORKPLACE
Uzbek: ish oʻrniCategory:Terms with Uzbek translations#WORKPLACE
Vietnamese: sở (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#WORKPLACE, sở làmCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#WORKPLACE
Volapük: voböp (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#WORKPLACE
Yoruba: ibi-iṣẹ́Category:Terms with Yoruba translations#WORKPLACE

References

workplace on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Category:English 2-syllable words#WORKPLACE Category:English endocentric compounds#WORKPLACE Category:en:Places#WORKPLACE

Category:English 2-syllable words Category:English compound terms Category:English countable nouns Category:English endocentric compounds Category:English lemmas Category:English links with manual fragments Category:English nouns Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:English terms with audio pronunciation Category:English terms with collocations Category:English terms with quotations Category:Entries with translation boxes Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Category:Pages with 1 entry Category:Pages with entries Category:Requests for translations into Albanian Category:Requests for translations into Javanese Category:Requests for translations into Khmer Category:Terms with Arabic translations Category:Terms with Armenian translations Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations Category:Terms with Basque translations Category:Terms with Belarusian translations Category:Terms with Bengali translations Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations Category:Terms with Burmese translations Category:Terms with Czech translations Category:Terms with Danish translations Category:Terms with Dutch translations Category:Terms with Esperanto translations Category:Terms with Estonian translations Category:Terms with Finnish translations Category:Terms with French translations Category:Terms with Georgian translations Category:Terms with German translations Category:Terms with Greek translations Category:Terms with Greenlandic translations Category:Terms with Hebrew translations Category:Terms with Hindi translations Category:Terms with Hungarian translations Category:Terms with Icelandic translations Category:Terms with Indonesian translations Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations Category:Terms with Italian translations Category:Terms with Japanese translations Category:Terms with Kapampangan translations Category:Terms with Kazakh translations Category:Terms with Korean translations Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations Category:Terms with Latvian translations Category:Terms with Lithuanian translations Category:Terms with Macedonian translations Category:Terms with Malay translations Category:Terms with Mandarin translations Category:Terms with Māori translations Category:Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations Category:Terms with Niuean translations Category:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations Category:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations Category:Terms with Persian translations Category:Terms with Polish translations Category:Terms with Portuguese translations Category:Terms with Romanian translations Category:Terms with Russian translations Category:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Category:Terms with Slovak translations Category:Terms with Slovene translations Category:Terms with Southern Altai translations Category:Terms with Spanish translations Category:Terms with Sranan Tongo translations Category:Terms with Swedish translations Category:Terms with Tajik translations Category:Terms with Thai translations Category:Terms with Turkish translations Category:Terms with Turkmen translations Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations Category:Terms with Urdu translations Category:Terms with Uyghur translations Category:Terms with Uzbek translations Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations Category:Terms with Volapük translations Category:Terms with Yoruba translations Category:en:Places