| livelihood Nov 7th 2013, 02:27, by Stephen G. Brown | | | | Line 46: | Line 46: | | | * Dutch: {{t+|nl|levensonderhoud}} | | * Dutch: {{t+|nl|levensonderhoud}} | | | * Finnish: {{t+|fi|toimeentulo}}, {{t+|fi|elinkeino}} | | * Finnish: {{t+|fi|toimeentulo}}, {{t+|fi|elinkeino}} | | − | {{trans-mid}} | | | | * French: {{t+|fr|gagne-pain|m}}, {{t+|fr|subsistance|m}} | | * French: {{t+|fr|gagne-pain|m}}, {{t+|fr|subsistance|m}} | | | + | {{trans-mid}} | | | * German: {{t+|de|Lebensunterhalt|m}} | | * German: {{t+|de|Lebensunterhalt|m}} | | | * Japanese: {{t+|ja|生計|tr=せいけい, seikei|sc=Jpan}} | | * Japanese: {{t+|ja|生計|tr=せいけい, seikei|sc=Jpan}} | | | * Maori: {{t|mi|oranga whakangakau}} | | * Maori: {{t|mi|oranga whakangakau}} | | | + | * Navajo: {{t|nv|bee hinishnáanii }} | | | * Russian: {{t|ru|[[средство|средства]] [[к]] [[существование|существованию]]|tr=srédstva k suščestvovániju|n-p}} | | * Russian: {{t|ru|[[средство|средства]] [[к]] [[существование|существованию]]|tr=srédstva k suščestvovániju|n-p}} | | | * Spanish: {{t+|es|sustento|m}} | | * Spanish: {{t+|es|sustento|m}} |
Latest revision as of 02:27, 7 November 2013 English[edit] Alternative forms[edit] Etymology[edit] From Middle English liflode, from Old English līflād ("course of life, conduct"), from līf ("life") + lād ("course, journey"), later altered under the influence of lively, -hood. Compare life, lode. Pronunciation[edit] livelihood (plural livelihoods) - (obsolete) The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour. [10th-17th c.]
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.3:
- his name is sir Ector, & he is a lord of fair lyuelode in many partyes in Englond & Walys [...].
- A person's means of supporting himself. [from 14th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.4:
- But now, when Philtra saw my lands decay / And former livelod fayle, she left me quight […].
- Addison
- the opportunities of gaining an honest livelihood
- South
- It is their profession and livelihood to get their living by practices for which they deserve to forfeit their lives.
- 2013, Matthew Claughton, The Guardian, (letter), 25 Apr 2013:
- The legal profession believes that client choice is the best way of ensuring standards remain high, because a lawyer's livelihood depends upon their reputation.
- (now rare) Property which brings in an income; an estate. [from 15th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts V:
- Then sayde Peter: Ananias how is it that satan hath fillen thyne hert, thatt thou shuldest lye unto the holy goost, and kepe awaye parte off the pryce off thy lyvelod [...]?
- (obsolete) liveliness; appearance of life
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Synonyms[edit] Translations[edit] means of supporting oneself 
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