Meanings
adjectiveself-employed (not comparable)
- not comparableWorking for oneself, rather than for an employer.
Police said Ko Sasaki, of no fixed address and who claims to be self-employed, took two packs of condoms, worth about 2,000 yen, and tried to leave the store without paying for them.
2023, Japan Today, 85-year-old man arrested for stealing condoms from convenience store
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveworking for yourself
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
- Englishemployed
- Englishself-employed
Translations
Ancient Greek αὐτουργός
- αὐτουργός (autourgós)working for oneself
Catalan autònom
- autònomworking for oneself
Chinese Mandarin 自雇的, 自己當老闆的 /自己当老板的
- 自雇的 (zìgù de)working for oneself
- 自己當老闆的 /自己当老板的 (zìjǐ dāng lǎobǎn de)working for oneself
Czech samostatně výdělečně činný
- samostatně výdělečně činnýworking for oneself
Finnish itsensä työllistävä
- itsensä työllistäväworking for oneself
French indépendant, autonome
- indépendantworking for oneself
- autonomeworking for oneself
German selbstständig, selbständig
- selbstständigworking for oneself
- selbständigworking for oneself
- freiberuflichworking for oneself
- freischaffendworking for oneself
Greek αυτοαπασχολούμενος
- αυτοαπασχολούμενος (aftoapascholoúmenos)working for oneself
Hungarian egyéni vállalkozó, magánvállalkozó
- egyéni vállalkozóworking for oneself
- magánvállalkozóworking for oneself
- önfoglalkoztatóworking for oneself
- maszekworking for oneself
Icelandic sjálfstætt starfandi
- sjálfstætt starfandiworking for oneself
Irish féinfhostaithe
- féinfhostaitheworking for oneself
Italian autonomo
- autonomoworking for oneself
Polish samozatrudniony
- samozatrudnionyworking for oneself
Portuguese autónomo, autônomo
- autónomoworking for oneself
- autônomoworking for oneself
Romanian autonom
- autonomworking for oneself
Russian самоза́нятый
- самоза́нятый (samozánjatyj)working for oneself
Slovak samostatne zárobkovo činný
- samostatne zárobkovo činnýworking for oneself
Spanish autónomo, independiente
- autónomoworking for oneself
- independienteworking for oneself
- por cuenta propiaworking for oneself
- por libre (freelance)working for oneself
Cite this entry
APA
self-employed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-employed
MLA
“self-employed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-employed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-employed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-employed.
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