how to say “white collar” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/צווארון-לבן-#.m4a” /]צַוָּוארוֹן לָבָן

The collar on your shirt, in Hebrew, is called צווארון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/צווארון-לבן-#.m4a” /] (the one around the neck of a dog is קולר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/צווארון-לבן-#.m4a” /]). צווארון comes from the word צוואר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/צווארון-לבן-#.m4a” /] meaning neck.

Thus a blue collar is צווארון כחול[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/צווארון-לבן-#.m4a” /], while a white collar is צווארון לבן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/צווארון-לבן-#.m4a” /] – each with the same significance as the English.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/צווארון-לבן-#.m4a” /]בכלא הזה יושבים עברייני צווארון לבן.

In this prison sit white-collar criminals.

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