different between attendant vs employee

English

Alternative forms

• attendaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?nd?nt/

Noun

attendant (plural attendants)

1. One who attends; one who works with or watches over something.

2. A servant or valet.
3. (chiefly archaic) A visitor or caller.
4. That which accompanies or follows.
5. (law) One who owes a duty or service to another.

Translations

Adjective

attendant (comparative more attendant, superlative most attendant)

1. Going with; associated; concomitant.
2. (law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to.

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Translations

See also

• part and parcel

French

Pronunciation

Verb

attendant

1. present participle of attendre

Derived terms

• en attendant
• en attendant que

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /at?ten.dant/, [ät??t??n?d?än?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /at?ten.dant/, [?t??t??n?d??n?t?]

Verb

attendant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of attend?

English

Alternative forms

• employe (dated)
• employé (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French employé. Equivalent to employ +? -ee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mpl???i?/, /??m?pl??i?/, /(?)?m-/

• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

employee (plural employees)

1. An individual who provides labor to a company or another person.

   One way to encourage your employees to work harder is by giving them incentives.

Hypernyms

• worker

Holonyms

• business, company

Related terms

• employée
• employer
• employment

Translations

See also

• payroll
• taxes
• work