Meanings
nounshiftwork (uncountable)
alternative shift work
- uncountableScheduled work outside of customary daylight working hours.
- uncountableA mode of employment in which sets of workers are rotated to maintain a continuous 24/7 operation, usually, with a system of three eight-hour shifts: first shift, second shift, and third shift.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 輪班工作 /轮班工作
- 輪班工作 /轮班工作 (lúnbān gōngzuò)rotating mode of work
Danish turnus
- turnusrotating mode of work
Finnish iltatyö, yötyö
- iltatyöwork outside customary working hours
- yötyöwork outside customary working hours
- viikonlopputyöwork outside customary working hours
- vuorotyörotating mode of work
- kolmivuorotyörotating mode of work
French travail posté, travail par équipes
- travail postérotating mode of work
- travail par équipesrotating mode of work
- travail par quartsrotating mode of work
German Schichtarbeit
- Schichtarbeitrotating mode of work
Indonesian sif
- sifrotating mode of work
Japanese シフト勤務, 交代勤務
- シフト勤務 (shifuto kinmu)rotating mode of work
- 交代勤務 (kōtai kinmu)rotating mode of work
Māori mahi tīpako
- mahi tīpakorotating mode of work
Russian сме́нная рабо́та, рабо́та по сме́нам
- сме́нная рабо́та (sménnaja rabóta)rotating mode of work
- рабо́та по сме́нам (rabóta po sménam)rotating mode of work
Turkish vardiyalı çalışma
- vardiyalı çalışmarotating mode of work
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Cite this entry
APA
shiftwork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiftwork
MLA
“shiftwork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiftwork. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shiftwork,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiftwork.
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