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)

(dated) A female employee.
Hypernyms: employé, employee

References

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908).

French

Pronunciation

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Participle

employée f sg

feminine singular of employé

Further reading

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

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