breadwinner
English
/ˈbɹɛdˌwɪnɚ/
noun
Definitions
- The primary income-earner in a household.
Etymology
Compound from English bread (breadth, braid, broadness) + English winner.
Origin
English
winner
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- French bread English
- ash bread English
- beebread English
- bread English
- breadbasket English
- breadboard English
- breadbox English
- breadcake English
- breadcorn English
- breadcraft English
- breadcrumb English
- breadcrust English
- breadcutter English
- breaden English
- breader English
- breadfruit English
- breadhead English
- breadkind English
- breadless English
- breadlike English
- breadline English
- breadmaker English
- breadmaking English
- breadman English
- breadnut English
- breadroom English
- breadroot English
- breadstick English
- breadstuff English
- breadwinning English
- bready English
- clapbread English
- cowinner English
- crackerbread English
- crispbread English
- flatbread English
- frybread English
- gingerbread English
- gutbread English
- laverbread English
- letterwinner English
- matchwinner English
- nonbread English
- nonwinner English
- oatbread English
- prizewinner English
- quick bread English
- shewbread English
- shortbread English
- showbread English
- soulwinner English
- spoonbread English
- stakeswinner English
- sweetbread English
- swinebread English
- to-bread English
- waybread English
- wheat bread English
- win English
- winner English
- winnerhood English
- winnerless English
- winnership English
- Brot German
- brood Dutch, Flemish
- broodwinner Dutch, Flemish
- broodwinning Dutch, Flemish
- winner Dutch, Flemish
- winning Dutch, Flemish
- bred Middle English
- wynner Middle English
- 溫拿 Chinese
- būreej Marshallese
- bret Tok Pisin
- brede Sranan Tongo
- burẹdi Yoruba
- bred Bislama
- bareed Fiji Hindi
- win
- bread
- bready
- winner
- breaden
- breader
- beebread
- cowinner
- nonbread
- breadnut
- frybread
- waybread
- gutbread
- to-bread
- oatbread
- breadman
- breadbox
- breadcake
- breadhead
- breadlike
- clapbread
- nonwinner
- breadless
- breadkind
- breadroot
- breadroom
- showbread
- flatbread
- ash bread
- shewbread
- breadline
- breadcorn
- winnership
- sweetbread
- laverbread
- winnerhood
- breadstuff
- soulwinner
- breadcrumb
- winnerless
- breadstick
- shortbread
- breadmaker
- swinebread
- breadcrust
- crispbread
- breadfruit
- spoonbread
- breadboard
- breadcraft
- wheat bread
- gingerbread
- prizewinner
- breadmaking
- breadcutter
- breadbasket
- matchwinner
- quick bread
- letterwinner
- breadwinning
- crackerbread
- stakeswinner
- French bread