chiourme

ʃjuʁm

Definition

Definition of chiourme - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

galère

Rare

équipe de prisonniers qui ramaient enchaînés sur une galère

Rare

La chiourme de cette galère comptait une centaine de forçats.

bagne

Dated

ensemble des forçats enfermés dans une prison de travaux forcés

Dated

La chiourme du bagne était surveillée jour et nuit.

management

Rare

encadrement hiérarchique dans une entreprise avec autorité stricte

Rare

Les ouvriers se plaignent constamment de la chiourme.

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garde-chiourme

gardien qui surveille les détenus dans un bagne ou une prison

Les garde-chiourme du bagne étaient redoutés par tous les prisonniers.

Origin of chiourme

italien, ciurma (équipage de galère)

Examples of chiourme in a sentence

On entendait les chants tristes de la chiourme au loin.
La chiourme chantait pour se donner du courage.
On redoutait la révolte de la chiourme.
La chiourme impose des règles très strictes dans l’atelier.
Sous la chiourme, l’ambiance au bureau est tendue.

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English:galley slaves, chain gang, ...
German:Ruderknechte, Sträflingskollektiv, ...
Italian:ciurma, forzati, ...
Spanish:chiurma, galera, ...
Portuguese:chiurma, conjunto de forçados, ...
Chinese:苦役队, 苦役犯, ...
Japanese:ガレー船の囚人たち, 囚人集団, ...
Arabic:مجذفو السفينة, مجموعة المساجين, ...
Hebrew:צֶוֶת חוֹתְרִים, חֲבוּרַת אֲסִירֵי כְּפִיָּה, ...
Russian:чиурма, каторжники, ...
Ukrainian:чіурма, каторжники, ...
Catalan:chiurma, conjunt de forçats, ...
Danish:galejslaver, straffefanger, ...
Dutch:galeislaven, kettinggang, ...
Greek:κουπί της γαλέρας, φυλακή, ...
Hungarian:gályarabok, kényszermunkások, ...
Khmer:ក្រុមអ្នកទោសជាប់ច្រវាក់ដែលត្រូវចែវនាវាហ្គាលែរ, ក្រុមអ្នកទោសការងារដោយបង្ខំ, ...
Korean:갤리선 죄수팀, 죄수 집단, ...
Polish:załoga na galery, obóz pracy, ...
Portuguese (BR):equipe de remadores, baga, ...
Romanian:chiurmă, deținuți la muncă silnică, ...
Swedish:kedjad grupp av galärfångar, straffångar, ...
Thai:นักโทษพายเรือ, กลุ่มนักโทษแรงงาน, ...
Turkish:kadırga mahkumları, zorla çalıştırılan mahkumlar, ...
Vietnamese:đội tù nhân chèo thuyền, đám tù khổ sai, ...

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Definition of chiourme - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

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Origin of chiourme

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