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non-manual

Translations

non-manualnoun

non-manuals

travailleur non manuelPersonne exerçant un travail de bureau, intellectuel ou administratif.

Wage growth has been faster for non-manuals than for manual labourers this year.

La hausse des salaires a été plus rapide chez les travailleurs non manuels que chez les ouvriers cette année.

Additional translations

paramètre non manuelLinguistique : en langue des signes, élément produit sans les mains.

Synonyms

NMS

nonmanual

non-manual signal

nonmanual signal

non-manual marker

nonmanual marker

non-manual feature

nonmanual feature

non-manual cue

nonmanual cue

non-manual behavior

nonmanual behavior

non-manualadjective

more non-manual

Comp.

most non-manual

Super.

non manuelQui ne relève pas du travail manuel ; s’emploie surtout pour le travail intellectuel, administratif ou de bureau.

After years on the assembly line, he was glad to switch to a non-manual office job.

Après des années sur la chaîne de montage, il était heureux de passer à un emploi de bureau non manuel.

Additional translations

non manuelLinguistique : se dit d’un signal en langue des signes produit sans les mains.

Synonyms

non manual

Definitions

non-manualnoun

A person who performs non-manual work; a white-collar worker.

Wage growth has been faster for non-manuals than for manual labourers this year.

Linguistics: A non-manual signal used in a sign language.

Head tilts and eyebrow raises are among the most frequently observed non-manuals in the corpus.

non-manualadjective

Not involving manual labour; pertaining to work that is intellectual, clerical, or administrative rather than physical.

After years on the assembly line, he was glad to switch to a non-manual office job.

Linguistics: Relating to a signal in a sign language that is produced without the hands, such as a facial expression or head movement.

Raised eyebrows are a common non-manual marker used to indicate a yes-no question in American Sign Language.