employee
Syllables: em·ploy·ee/ˌɛm.plɔɪˈiː/
employee noun: a person who provides labor to a company or another person.
Noun
employee (plural employees)
- A person who provides labor to a company or another person.
- One way to encourage your employees to work harder is by giving them incentives.
- No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Hocussing of Cigarette”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London...
- Synonyms:
- member of staff, associate
employee meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
employee in Hindi
- person who provides labor to a company or another person
- कर्मचारी karmacārī, कर्मी karmī
employee in Tamil
- ஊழியர்
employee in Marathi
- person who provides labor to a company or another person
- कर्मचारी karmacārī
employee in Urdu
- person who provides labor to a company or another person
- نَوکَر naukar, نَوکْرانی naukrānī, مُلازِم mulāzim, مُلازِمَہ mulāzima, خادِم xādim, خادِمَہ xādima
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- employee in Bengali
- চাকরীজীবী cakrijibi, কর্মচারী kormocari
- employee in Telugu
- ఉద్యోగి
- employee in Malayalam
- ജീവനക്കാരൻ jīvanakkāraṉ, തൊഴിലാളി toḻilāḷi
- employee in Kannada
- ಕೆಲಸಗಾರ kelasagāra
- employee in Punjabi
- نوکر naukar, ਨੌਕਰ naukar
- employee in Gujarati
- કર્મચારી, કર્મચારીઃ
- employee in Odia
- କର୍ମଚାରୀ
- employee in Assamese
- চাকৰিয়াল sakorial
- employee in Nepali
- कर्मचारी
- employee in Pashto
- کارمند kārmánd
- employee in Tagalog
- kawani, empleado
- employee in Arabic
- مُوَظَّف muwaẓẓaf, مُوَظَّفَة muwaẓẓafa
- employee in Malay
- pekerja
- employee in Indonesian
- pegawai, pekerja, karyawan, karyawati
- employee in Thai
- ลูกจ้าง lûuk-jâang, พนักงาน pá-nák-ngaan
- employee in Vietnamese
- nhân viên
- employee in Myanmar
- အလုပ်သမား a.lupsa.ma:
Examples of employee in a sentence
- The bathroom was for employees only, so civilians weren't allowed to use it.
- Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays.
- For the year-end party, we're asking each employee to kick in twenty dollars.
Synonyms of employee
Forms of employee
| plural | employees |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | employe |
| alternative form (dated) | employé |
Origin of employee
From employ + -ee. First attested in the early 19th century, possibly modeled after French employé.
Words formed from employee
Phrases with employee
Words that rhyme with employee
Questions about employee
- What does employee mean?
- Employee means a person who provides labor to a company or another person.
- What is employee in Hindi?
- Employee in Hindi is कर्मचारी (karmacārī), कर्मी (karmī). See Employee meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is employee?
- Employee is a noun.
- How do you pronounce employee?
- Employee is pronounced /ˌɛm.plɔɪˈiː/.
- What is the plural of employee?
- The plural of employee is employees.
Words near employee in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: employee (page history and authors); employee (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); কর্মচারী (Bengali) (page history and authors); employee (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ಕೆಲಸಗಾರ (Kannada) (page history and authors); نوکر (Punjabi) (page history and authors); employee (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); employee (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); চাকৰিয়াল (Assamese) (page history and authors); employee (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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