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A person who provides labor to a company or another person.
Synonyms: member of staff; associateCategory:English links with manual fragments#EMPLOYEE (sometimes euphemistically synonymous)

Hypernym: worker

Holonyms: business, company

Coordinate terms: employer; (in some contexts hyponymous) boss, manager

One way to encourage your employees to work harder is by giving them incentives.Category:English terms with usage examples#EMPLOYEE
- 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: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
  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.
  Category:English terms with quotations#EMPLOYEE
- 2011 November 9, Susanne Gargiulo, “Emotional intelligence in the workplace”, in CNN‎:
  The concepts of emotional intelligence (EI), self-worth, authenticity and employee meditation rooms might conjure up thoughts of new age healing centers. […] Now, Nielsen is sending all hotel employees through EI training to help them become more open and confident, understand their own limitations and fears, and to boost their self-worth and comfort in dealing with other people.
  Category:English terms with quotations#EMPLOYEE

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person who provides labor to a company or another person

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Afrikaans: werknemerCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#EMPLOYEE
Albanian: punonjës (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#EMPLOYEE, punonjëse (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#EMPLOYEE
Arabic: مُوَظَّف m (muwaẓẓaf)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#EMPLOYEE, مُوَظَّفَة f (muwaẓẓafa)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#EMPLOYEE
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܵܐ m (aḡīrā)Category:Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with redundant transliterations#EMPLOYEE Category:Terms with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic translations#EMPLOYEE, ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܬܵܐ f (aḡīrtā)Category:Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with redundant transliterations#EMPLOYEE Category:Terms with Assyrian Neo-Aramaic translations#EMPLOYEE
Armenian: աշխատող (hy) (ašxatoġ)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#EMPLOYEE, աշխատակից (hy) (ašxatakicʻ)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#EMPLOYEE
Azerbaijani: əməkdaş (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#EMPLOYEE
Belarusian: супрацо́ўнік m (supracównik)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#EMPLOYEE, супрацо́ўніца f (supracównica)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#EMPLOYEE, рабо́тнік m (rabótnik)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#EMPLOYEE, рабо́тніца f (rabótnica)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#EMPLOYEE, службо́вец m (službóvjec)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#EMPLOYEE, службо́ўка f (službówka)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#EMPLOYEE, слу́жачы m (slúžačy)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#EMPLOYEE, слу́жачая f (slúžačaja)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#EMPLOYEE
Bulgarian: слу́жещ (bg) m (slúžešt)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#EMPLOYEE, слу́жеща (bg) f (slúžešta)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#EMPLOYEE, рабо́тник (bg) m (rabótnik)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#EMPLOYEE, рабо́тничка f (rabótnička)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#EMPLOYEE
Burmese: အလုပ်သမား (my) (a.lupsa.ma:)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#EMPLOYEE
Catalan: empleat mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#EMPLOYEE, empleada fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#EMPLOYEE
Chechen: белхало (belxalo)Category:Terms with Chechen translations#EMPLOYEE
Chinese:
Mandarin: 僱員 / 雇员 (zh) (gùyuán)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#EMPLOYEE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#EMPLOYEE, 職員 / 职员 (zh) (zhíyuán)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#EMPLOYEE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#EMPLOYEE
Czech: zaměstnanec (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#EMPLOYEE, zaměstnankyně (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#EMPLOYEE
Danish: ansat cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#EMPLOYEE, arbejdstager (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#EMPLOYEE
Dutch: bediende (nl) m or fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#EMPLOYEE, werknemer (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#EMPLOYEE, werkneemster (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#EMPLOYEE, medewerker (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#EMPLOYEE, medewerkster (nl) fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#EMPLOYEE,
Esperanto: dungito (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#EMPLOYEE
Estonian: töötaja (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#EMPLOYEE
Finnish: työntekijä (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#EMPLOYEE
French: employé (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#EMPLOYEE, employée (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#EMPLOYEE, salarié (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#EMPLOYEE, salariée (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#EMPLOYEE
Galician: empregado (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#EMPLOYEE, empregada fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#EMPLOYEE
Georgian: მოსამსახურე (mosamsaxure)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#EMPLOYEE, დასაქმებული (dasakmebuli)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#EMPLOYEE, თანამშრომელი (tanamšromeli)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#EMPLOYEE
German: Arbeitnehmer (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#EMPLOYEE, Arbeitnehmerin (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#EMPLOYEE, Angestellter (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#EMPLOYEE, Angestellte (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#EMPLOYEE
Greek: υπάλληλος (el) m or f (ypállilos)Category:Terms with Greek translations#EMPLOYEE
Hebrew: שָׂכִיר (he) m (sakhír)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#EMPLOYEE, מָעֳסָק m (mo'osáq)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#EMPLOYEE
Hindi: कर्मचारी (hi) m (karmacārī)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#EMPLOYEE, कर्मी (hi) m (karmī)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#EMPLOYEE
Hungarian: munkavállaló (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#EMPLOYEE, alkalmazott (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#EMPLOYEE, dolgozó (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#EMPLOYEE
Icelandic: starfsmaður (is) mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#EMPLOYEE
Ido: employato (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#EMPLOYEE
Indonesian: pegawai (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#EMPLOYEE, pekerja (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#EMPLOYEE, karyawan (id) mCategory:Terms with Indonesian translations#EMPLOYEE, karyawati (id) fCategory:Terms with Indonesian translations#EMPLOYEE
Irish: fostaí mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#EMPLOYEE
Italian: dipendente (it) m or f by senseCategory:Terms with Italian translations#EMPLOYEE
Japanese: 従業員 (ja) (じゅうぎょういん, jūgyōin)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#EMPLOYEE, 雇員 (ja) (こいん, koin)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#EMPLOYEE, 勤務員 (ja) (きんむいん, kinmuin)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#EMPLOYEE, 使用人 (ja) (しようにん, shiyōin)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#EMPLOYEE, 職員 (ja) (しょくいん, shokuin)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#EMPLOYEE
Kabuverdianu: enpregadaCategory:Terms with Kabuverdianu translations#EMPLOYEE
Kazakh: қызметкер (qyzmetker)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#EMPLOYEE
Khmer: និយោជិត (km) (niyoocɨt)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#EMPLOYEE, និយោជិតា (niyoocitaa)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#EMPLOYEE (female), បុគ្គលិក (km) (bokkĕəʼlɨk)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#EMPLOYEE
Korean: 직원(職員) (ko) (jigwon)Category:Terms with Korean translations#EMPLOYEE, 종업원(從業員) (ko) (jong'eobwon)Category:Terms with Korean translations#EMPLOYEE
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕاگرتە (ragirte)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#EMPLOYEE

Northern Kurdish: karker (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#EMPLOYEE
Kyrgyz: кызматкер (ky) (kızmatker)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#EMPLOYEE
Lao: ລູກຈ້າງ (lūk chāng)Category:Terms with Lao translations#EMPLOYEE, ພະນັກງານ (pha nak ngān)Category:Terms with Lao translations#EMPLOYEE
Latin: conductus mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#EMPLOYEE, mercēnnārius mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#EMPLOYEE
Latvian: darbinieks mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#EMPLOYEE, darbiniece fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#EMPLOYEE
Lithuanian: darbuotojas (lt) mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#EMPLOYEE, darbuotoja fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#EMPLOYEE
Luxembourgish: Employé mCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#EMPLOYEE
Macedonian: вработен m (vraboten)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#EMPLOYEE, работник (mk) m (rabotnik)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#EMPLOYEE, работничка f (rabotnička)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#EMPLOYEE, службеник m (službenik)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#EMPLOYEE, службеничка f (službenička)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#EMPLOYEE
Malagasy: mpiasa (mg)Category:Terms with Malagasy translations#EMPLOYEE
Malay: pekerja (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#EMPLOYEE
Malayalam: ജീവനക്കാരൻ (ml) (jīvanakkāraṉ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#EMPLOYEE, തൊഴിലാളി (ml) (toḻilāḷi)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#EMPLOYEE
Manx: failleydagh mCategory:Terms with Manx translations#EMPLOYEE, obbree mCategory:Terms with Manx translations#EMPLOYEE
Marathi: कर्मचारी m (karmacārī)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#EMPLOYEE
Middle English: servauntCategory:Terms with Middle English translations#EMPLOYEE
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: ажилтан (mn) (ažiltan)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#EMPLOYEE
Norwegian:
Bokmål: arbeidstaker mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#EMPLOYEE, ansatte plCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#EMPLOYEE (cf. ansatt, ansette)

Nynorsk: arbeidstakar mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#EMPLOYEE
Old English: wyrhta mCategory:Terms with Old English translations#EMPLOYEE
Pashto: کارمند m (kārmánd)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#EMPLOYEE (neologism)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: کارْمَنْد (kârmand)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#EMPLOYEE Category:Terms with Persian translations#EMPLOYEE, کارْگَر (kârgar)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#EMPLOYEE Category:Terms with Persian translations#EMPLOYEE
Polish: pracownik (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#EMPLOYEE, pracownica (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#EMPLOYEE
Portuguese: empregado (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#EMPLOYEE, empregada (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#EMPLOYEE
Romanian: angajat (ro) mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#EMPLOYEE, angajată (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#EMPLOYEE
Romansh: emploià mCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#EMPLOYEE, emploiada fCategory:Terms with Romansh translations#EMPLOYEE
Russian: рабо́тник (ru) m (rabótnik)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EMPLOYEE, рабо́тница (ru) f (rabótnica)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EMPLOYEE, слу́жащий (ru) m (slúžaščij)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EMPLOYEE, слу́жащая (ru) f (slúžaščaja)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EMPLOYEE, сотру́дник (ru) m (sotrúdnik)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EMPLOYEE, сотру́дница (ru) f (sotrúdnica)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EMPLOYEE
Scottish Gaelic: cosnaiche mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#EMPLOYEE, neach-obrach mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#EMPLOYEE
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: запослѐнӣк mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#EMPLOYEE, запослѐница fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#EMPLOYEE, послопри́мац mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#EMPLOYEE, ра̑днӣк mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#EMPLOYEE, ра̑дница fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#EMPLOYEE

Latin: zaposlènīk (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#EMPLOYEE, zaposlènica (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#EMPLOYEE, posloprímac (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#EMPLOYEE, rȃdnīk (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#EMPLOYEE, rȃdnica (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#EMPLOYEE
Slovak: zamestnanec mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#EMPLOYEE, zamestnankyňa fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#EMPLOYEE
Slovene: nameščenec mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#EMPLOYEE, nameščenka fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#EMPLOYEE
Spanish: empleado (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#EMPLOYEE, empleada (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#EMPLOYEE
Swahili: mwajiriwa (sw)Category:Terms with Swahili translations#EMPLOYEE
Swedish: anställd (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#EMPLOYEE, arbetstagare (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#EMPLOYEE, medarbetare (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#EMPLOYEE
Tagalog: kawaniCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#EMPLOYEE, empleadoCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#EMPLOYEE
Tajik: корманд (tg) (kormand)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#EMPLOYEE, хизматчӣ (xizmatči)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#EMPLOYEE, коргар (tg) (korgar)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#EMPLOYEE
Tatar: хезмәткәр (tt) (xezmätkär)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#EMPLOYEE
Thai: ลูกจ้าง (th) (lûuk-jâang)Category:Terms with Thai translations#EMPLOYEE, พนักงาน (th) (pá-nák-ngaan)Category:Terms with Thai translations#EMPLOYEE
Turkish: çalışan (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#EMPLOYEE, personel (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#EMPLOYEE
Ottoman Turkish: چالیشان (çalışan)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#EMPLOYEE, موظف (muwazzaf)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#EMPLOYEE
Ukrainian: робітни́к (uk) m (robitnýk)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#EMPLOYEE, робітни́ця f (robitnýcja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#EMPLOYEE, працівни́к (uk) m (pracivnýk)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#EMPLOYEE, працівни́ця (uk) f (pracivnýcja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#EMPLOYEE, співробітни́к m (spivrobitnýk)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#EMPLOYEE, співробітни́ця f (spivrobitnýcja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#EMPLOYEE, службо́вець (uk) m (službóvecʹ)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#EMPLOYEE, службо́вка (uk) f (službóvka)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#EMPLOYEE
Unami: alukalkwësitCategory:Terms with Unami translations#EMPLOYEE
Urdu: نَوکَر m (naukar)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#EMPLOYEE, نَوکْرانی f (naukrānī)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#EMPLOYEE, مُلازِم m (mulāzim)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#EMPLOYEE, مُلازِمَہ f (mulāzima)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#EMPLOYEE, خادِم m (xādim)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#EMPLOYEE, خادِمَہ f (xādima)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#EMPLOYEE
Uyghur: خىزمەتچى (xizmetchi)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#EMPLOYEE
Uzbek: xizmatchi (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#EMPLOYEE, xodim (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#EMPLOYEE
Vietnamese: nhân viên (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#EMPLOYEE (人員Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#EMPLOYEE)
Volapük: vobükäbCategory:Terms with Volapük translations#EMPLOYEE
Walloon: eployî (wa) mCategory:Terms with Walloon translations#EMPLOYEE

References

1 2 “employee”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “employee”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
↑ “employee, n.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Category:en:People#EMPLOYEE Category:en:Employment#EMPLOYEE

[MWO-1] 1 2 “employee”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

[2] Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “employee”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

[3] “employee, n.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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