workflow

English

Etymology

From work +‎ flow.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːkfləʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɝkfloʊ/

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

workflow (plural workflows)

1. The flowrate at which a flow of work takes place.
2. (especially business) A process or procedure by which tasks are completed. It may be defined by a flowchart with actors, actions, results, decisions, and action paths.

   Coordinate term: workstream

Derived terms

• tapeless workflow

Translations

The rate at which a flow of work takes place

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工作流 (zh) (gōngzuòliú)

• French: workflow (fr) m
• German: Arbeitsablauf (de) m
• Japanese: ワークフロー (wākufurō)
• Korean: 워크플로 (wokeupeullo)
• Macedonian: работен тек m (raboten tek)
• Russian: пото́к рабо́т m (potók rabót)
• Serbo-Croatian: radni tok (радни ток)

A process or procedure by which tasks are completed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工作流程 (zh) (gōngzuò liúchéng)

• Finnish: työnkulku
• French: flux de travaux (fr) m, workflow (fr) m, flux de travail m
• German: Arbeitsablauf (de) m
• Hindi: कार्यप्रणाली f (kāryapraṇālī), कार्यपद्धति (hi) f (kāryapaddhati)
• Italian: flusso di lavoro, procedura (it) f
• Japanese: ワークフロー (wākufurō)
• Macedonian: работен тек m (raboten tek)
• Persian: گردش کار (gardeš-e kâr)
• Russian: технологи́ческий проце́сс m (texnologíčeskij procéss), рабо́чий проце́сс m (rabóčij procéss)
• Serbo-Croatian: проток рада m (prótok ráda), tehnološki proces m (технолошки процес)
• Turkish: iş akışı

References

• workflow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia