freelance

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English

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Etymology

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From free +‎ lance. Coined by Walter Scott (1771–1832) in Ivanhoe (1820) to describe a medieval mercenary warrior or "free-lance" (indicating that the lance is not sworn to any lord's services). It changed to a figurative noun around the 1860s and was recognized as a verb in 1903 by authorities such as the Oxford English Dictionary. In modern times the term has morphed into an adjective, a verb, and an adverb, as well as the derivative noun freelancer.

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Noun

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

freelance (plural freelances)

  1. Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.
    • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
      The objector, one Millworthy, a free-lance of journalism, was not to be so easily silenced.
    • 2014, Brian Mossop, Revising and Editing for Translators, page 192:
      The person you are revising (the revisee) is a colleague at your own rank, or another freelance.
  2. (historical) A medieval mercenary.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mercenary

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Adjective

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freelance (comparative more freelance, superlative most freelance)

  1. Of, or relating to a freelance; without employment contract.
    He was a freelance writer for several magazines.

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Verb

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freelance (third-person singular simple present freelances, present participle freelancing, simple past and past participle freelanced)

  1. (intransitive) To work as a freelance.
  2. (transitive) To produce or sell services as a freelance.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English freelance.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfriːlɑns/, [ˈfriːlɑ̝ns̠]

Noun

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freelance

  1. (as modifier) freelance
    freelancetoimittajafreelance journalist
  2. (rare) Synonym of freelancer (freelancer)

Declension

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Inflection of freelance (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative freelance freelancet
genitive freelancen freelancejen
partitive freelancea freelanceja
illative freelanceen freelanceihin
singular plural
nominative freelance freelancet
accusative nom. freelance freelancet
gen. freelancen
genitive freelancen freelancejen
freelancein rare
partitive freelancea freelanceja
inessive freelancessa freelanceissa
elative freelancesta freelanceista
illative freelanceen freelanceihin
adessive freelancella freelanceilla
ablative freelancelta freelanceilta
allative freelancelle freelanceille
essive freelancena freelanceina
translative freelanceksi freelanceiksi
abessive freelancetta freelanceitta
instructive freelancein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of freelance (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative freelanceni freelanceni
accusative nom. freelanceni freelanceni
gen. freelanceni
genitive freelanceni freelancejeni
freelanceini rare
partitive freelanceani freelancejani
inessive freelancessani freelanceissani
elative freelancestani freelanceistani
illative freelanceeni freelanceihini
adessive freelancellani freelanceillani
ablative freelanceltani freelanceiltani
allative freelancelleni freelanceilleni
essive freelancenani freelanceinani
translative freelancekseni freelanceikseni
abessive freelancettani freelanceittani
instructive
comitative freelanceineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative freelancesi freelancesi
accusative nom. freelancesi freelancesi
gen. freelancesi
genitive freelancesi freelancejesi
freelanceisi rare
partitive freelanceasi freelancejasi
inessive freelancessasi freelanceissasi
elative freelancestasi freelanceistasi
illative freelanceesi freelanceihisi
adessive freelancellasi freelanceillasi
ablative freelanceltasi freelanceiltasi
allative freelancellesi freelanceillesi
essive freelancenasi freelanceinasi
translative freelanceksesi freelanceiksesi
abessive freelancettasi freelanceittasi
instructive
comitative freelanceinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative freelancemme freelancemme
accusative nom. freelancemme freelancemme
gen. freelancemme
genitive freelancemme freelancejemme
freelanceimme rare
partitive freelanceamme freelancejamme
inessive freelancessamme freelanceissamme
elative freelancestamme freelanceistamme
illative freelanceemme freelanceihimme
adessive freelancellamme freelanceillamme
ablative freelanceltamme freelanceiltamme
allative freelancellemme freelanceillemme
essive freelancenamme freelanceinamme
translative freelanceksemme freelanceiksemme
abessive freelancettamme freelanceittamme
instructive
comitative freelanceinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative freelancenne freelancenne
accusative nom. freelancenne freelancenne
gen. freelancenne
genitive freelancenne freelancejenne
freelanceinne rare
partitive freelanceanne freelancejanne
inessive freelancessanne freelanceissanne
elative freelancestanne freelanceistanne
illative freelanceenne freelanceihinne
adessive freelancellanne freelanceillanne
ablative freelanceltanne freelanceiltanne
allative freelancellenne freelanceillenne
essive freelancenanne freelanceinanne
translative freelanceksenne freelanceiksenne
abessive freelancettanne freelanceittanne
instructive
comitative freelanceinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative freelancensa freelancensa
accusative nom. freelancensa freelancensa
gen. freelancensa
genitive freelancensa freelancejensa
freelanceinsa rare
partitive freelanceaan
freelanceansa
freelancejaan
freelancejansa
inessive freelancessaan
freelancessansa
freelanceissaan
freelanceissansa
elative freelancestaan
freelancestansa
freelanceistaan
freelanceistansa
illative freelanceensa freelanceihinsa
adessive freelancellaan
freelancellansa
freelanceillaan
freelanceillansa
ablative freelanceltaan
freelanceltansa
freelanceiltaan
freelanceiltansa
allative freelancelleen
freelancellensa
freelanceilleen
freelanceillensa
essive freelancenaan
freelancenansa
freelanceinaan
freelanceinansa
translative freelancekseen
freelanceksensa
freelanceikseen
freelanceiksensa
abessive freelancettaan
freelancettansa
freelanceittaan
freelanceittansa
instructive
comitative freelanceineen
freelanceinensa

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Adjective

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freelance (plural freelances)

  1. freelance

Noun

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freelance m or f by sense (plural freelances)

  1. freelancer (someone who freelances)

Portuguese

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freelance (invariable)

  1. freelance

Spanish

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Adjective

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freelance (invariable)

  1. freelance

Noun

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freelance m (plural freelances)

  1. freelancer (someone who freelances)