el
masculine
/empleˈaðo/
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Translation
employee
Word origin
From emplear ('to employ'), which comes through Old French employer from Latin implicare ('to involve, to fold in'). English 'employee' shares the same source.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- implicare
- English cognates
- employee, employ, imply
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralempleados
Examples
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The new employee starts tomorrow morning.
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The company has more than a hundred employees.
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A kind employee helped us find the exit.
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The employees are asking for better working conditions.
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She is an employee at a bank in the town centre.
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