Meanings
nounchild labour (uncountable)
alternative US child labor
- CanadaUKuncountableWork performed by a minor that is prohibited by statute law, or under terms and conditions considered inhumane (for example, long hours, age-inappropriate, physically demanding).
Translations
Afrikaans kinderarbeid
- kinderarbeidwork performed by children
Arabic عمالة الأطفال
- عمالة الأطفالwork performed by children
Basque haurren esplotazio
- haurren esplotaziowork performed by children
Bengali শিশুশ্রম
- শিশুশ্রম (śiśusrom)work performed by children
Chinese Mandarin 童工
- 童工 (tónggōng)work performed by children
Czech dětská práce
- dětská prácework performed by children
Danish børnearbejde
- børnearbejdework performed by children
Dutch kinderarbeid
- kinderarbeidwork performed by children
Esperanto infanlaboro
- infanlaborowork performed by children
Estonian lapstööjõud
- lapstööjõudwork performed by children
Finnish lapsityö
- lapsityöwork performed by children
French travail des enfants
- travail des enfantswork performed by children
German Kinderarbeit
- Kinderarbeitwork performed by children
Greek παιδική εργασία
- παιδική εργασία (paidikí ergasía)work performed by children
Hebrew העסקת ילדים
- העסקת ילדיםwork performed by children
Hindi बाल-श्रम
- बाल-श्रम (bāl-śram)work performed by children
Icelandic barnaþrælkun
- barnaþrælkunwork performed by children
Indonesian buruh anak, pekerja anak
- buruh anakwork performed by children
- pekerja anakwork performed by children
Italian lavoro infantile
- lavoro infantilework performed by children
Japanese 児童労働
- 児童労働work performed by children
Korean 아동 노동
- 아동 노동 (adong nodong)work performed by children
Norwegian Bokmål barnearbeid
- barnearbeidwork performed by children
Persian کودکان کار
- کودکان کار (kudakân-e kâr)work performed by children
Polish praca dzieci
- praca dzieciwork performed by children
Portuguese trabalho infantil
- trabalho infantilwork performed by children
Punjabi ਬਾਲ ਮਜ਼ਦੂਰੀ
- ਬਾਲ ਮਜ਼ਦੂਰੀ (bāl mazdūrī)work performed by children
Russian де́тский труд
- де́тский труд (détskij trud)work performed by children
Slovak detská práca
- detská prácawork performed by children
Spanish explotación infantil, trabajo infantil
- explotación infantilwork performed by children
- trabajo infantilwork performed by children
Swedish barnarbete
- barnarbetework performed by children
Tamil குழந்தைத் தொழிலாளர்
- குழந்தைத் தொழிலாளர் (kuḻantait toḻilāḷar)work performed by children
Thai แรงงานเด็ก
- แรงงานเด็กwork performed by children
Turkish çocuk işçiliği
- çocuk işçiliğiwork performed by children
Ukrainian дитяча праця
- дитяча праця (dytjača pracja)work performed by children
Vietnamese lao động trẻ em
- lao động trẻ emwork performed by children
Cite this entry
APA
child labour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20labour
MLA
“child labour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20labour. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “child labour,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20labour.
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