French Conversation · Level 37
74 words
French word
employé
Pronunciation
IPA/ɑ̃plwaje/
Meaning
- masculine nounemployee
Example
Elle est employée dans cette entreprise.
She is an employee at this company.
More examples
Nous cherchons un employé de bureau pour le service administratif.
We are looking for an office employee for the administrative department.
Core concept
An employee is a person on an organization's payroll who works under a contract.
Common phrases
employé de bureau
office employee
employé à temps plein
full-time employee
Similar words
employeur: A person or organization that hires people and pays their wages.
salarié: A person who works under an employment contract for a salary.
collègue: A person who works in the same workplace or team.
travailleur: A person who performs physical or mental work.
Definition in French
Personne liée à une organisation par un contrat de travail et rémunérée pour son travail.
Word origin
Employé is the substantivized past participle of employer, which is historically related to emploi and comes through French from Latin implicare.
Usage tips
- Employé means the person hired, whereas employeur means the person or organization that hires and pays that person.