work experience

English

Noun

work experience (uncountable)

1. Professional experience.

   Synonym: occupational experience

   The applicant had impressive grades, but no relevant work experience.

2. (UK) A short unpaid period of time at a workplace, to gain experience of a working environment.

   Synonym: internship

Translations

professional experience

• Dutch: werkervaring (nl) f
• Finnish: työkokemus (fi)
• French: expérience professionnelle f
• Polish: doświadczenie zawodowe n
• Swedish: arbetslivserfarenhet (sv) c
• Ukrainian: до́свід робо́ти m (dósvid robóty)

short unpaid period of time at a workplace — see also internship

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 實習 / 实习 (zh) (shíxí)

• Danish: praktik c
• Finnish: työharjoittelu (fi)
• French: stage en entreprise m
• German: Praktikum (de) n
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: prácticas laborales
• Swedish: praktik (sv) c
• Ukrainian: до́свід робо́ти m (dósvid robóty)

Further reading

• “work experience”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.