employée

See also: employee

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French employée.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒmˈplɔɪeɪ/, /ˌɒmplɔɪˈeɪ/, /(ˌ)ɒ̃-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɑmˈplɔɪeɪ/, /ˌɑmplɔɪˈeɪ/
• Homophone: employé

Noun

employée (plural employées)

1. (dated) A female employee.

   Hypernyms: employé, employee

References

• Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908).

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

employée f (plural employées, masculine employé)

1. employee

   Coordinate term: employeuse

Participle

employée f sg

1. feminine singular of employé

Further reading

• “employée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.