child labour

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Work 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).

Canada, UK, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolexplotación infantil trabajo infantil

Françaistravail des enfants

DeutschKinderarbeit

12 more languages

العربيةعمالة الأطفال

Danskbørnearbejde

Íslenskabarnaþrælkun

Italianolavoro infantile

日本語児童労働

한국어아동 노동

Македонскидетски труд

Nederlandskinderarbeid

Portuguêstrabalho infantil

Русскийде́тский труд

Svenskabarnarbete

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

child language child lifter child lock child marriage child molestation child molester

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