Categories: Common language, Familiar
🇫🇷 (un, le) bricoleur [NM], (une, la) bricoleuse [NF], (un/une, le/la) bricolo [NM][NF][EPI][FAM], (un, le) jobbeur [NM][NEOL.][ENG], (une, la) jobbeuse [NF][NEOL.][ENG]
(un, le) travailleur au noir [NM], (une, la) travailleuse au noir [NM]
Related term(s): amater, diletant, fušati, mazač, naredi sam/sam svoj mojster, pocar, šušmariti
IPA pronunciation: [bʁi.kɔ.lœʁ],[bʁi.kɔ.løz],[tʁa.va.jœʁ o nwaʁ],[tʁa.va.jøz o nwaʁ]
Grammar: [PLUR] des/les bricoleurs [m], des/les bricoleuses [f], des/les travailleurs au noir [m], des/les travailleuses au noir [f]
Example(s) of use: « Jobbing : le business des bricoleurs du dimanche » Le Parisien (03/11/2018)
Expressions, idioms: 1) un bricoleur du dimanche [PEJ], 2) le roi de la bricole [FAM]
Literally meaning: 1) Sunday DIY worker, 2) the king of patch-up working: a bad handyman
Synonyms or related terms: (un, le) mini-job [FAM]
Pivot language: dabbler [🇬🇧], DIYer [🇬🇧], do-it-yourselfer [🇬🇧], gig worker [🇬🇧], handyman/handywoman [🇬🇧], jobber [🇬🇧], amateur [🇬🇧], tinkerer [🇬🇧]
Grammar: [PLUR] des/les bricoleurs [m], des/les bricoleuses [f], des/les travailleurs au noir [m], des/les travailleuses au noir [f]
Example(s) of use: « Jobbing : le business des bricoleurs du dimanche » Le Parisien (03/11/2018)
Expressions, idioms: 1) un bricoleur du dimanche [PEJ], 2) le roi de la bricole [FAM]
Literally meaning: 1) Sunday DIY worker, 2) the king of patch-up working: a bad handyman
Synonyms or related terms: (un, le) mini-job [FAM]
Pivot language: dabbler [🇬🇧], DIYer [🇬🇧], do-it-yourselfer [🇬🇧], gig worker [🇬🇧], handyman/handywoman [🇬🇧], jobber [🇬🇧], amateur [🇬🇧], tinkerer [🇬🇧]