outsourcing
See also: Outsourcing
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈaʊtˌsɔː.sɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈaʊtˌsɔː(ɹ).sɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -aʊtsɔː(ɹ)sɪŋ
- Hyphenation: out‧sourc‧ing
Verb
outsourcing
- present participle and gerund of outsource
Noun
outsourcing (countable and uncountable, plural outsourcings)
- (business, management) The transfer of a business function to an external service provider.
- Antonym: insourcing
- Coordinate term: offshoring
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Danish: outsourcing
- → German: Outsourcing
- → Italian: outsourcing
- → Polish: outsourcing
- → Portuguese: outsourcing
- → Russian: аутсо́рсинг (autsórsing)
- → Spanish: outsourcing
- → Ukrainian: аутсо́рсинг (autsórsynh)
Translations
transfer of business function to external party
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Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.
Noun
outsourcing
- (uncountable, business, management) outsourcing (transfer of business function to external party)
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | outsourcing | outsourcingen | outsourcinger | outsourcingerne |
| genitive | outsourcings | outsourcingens | outsourcingers | outsourcingernes |
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.
Noun
outsourcing m (uncountable)
- (business, management) outsourcing (transfer of business function to external party)
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /awtˈsɔr.siŋk/
- Rhymes: -ɔrsiŋk
- Syllabification: out‧sour‧cing
Noun
outsourcing m inan
- (business, management) outsourcing (transfer of business function to external party)
Declension
Declension of outsourcing
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | outsourcing |
| genitive | outsourcingu |
| dative | outsourcingowi |
| accusative | outsourcing |
| instrumental | outsourcingiem |
| locative | outsourcingu |
| vocative | outsourcingu |
Derived terms
adjective
- outsourcingowy
Further reading
- outsourcing in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /awˈtsɔɾ.sĩɡ/
Noun
outsourcing m (uncountable)
- (business, management) outsourcing (transfer of business function to external party)
- Synonyms: (Brazil) terceirização, (Portugal) externalização
Further reading
- “outsourcing”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “outsourcing”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English outsourcing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /autˈsoɾθin/ [au̯t̪ˈsoɾ.θĩn] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /autˈsoɾsin/ [au̯t̪ˈsoɾ.sĩn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oɾθin (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -oɾsin (Latin America, Philippines)
Noun
outsourcing m (uncountable)
- (business, management) outsourcing (transfer of business function to external party)
- Synonyms: externalización, tercerización
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.