different between employer vs embezzler

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French employeur; equivalent to employ +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: ?m-ploi??r, ?m-ploi??r, IPA^(key): /?m?pl???/, /?m?pl???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?pl???/, /?m?pl???/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?m?pl???/, /?m?pl???/, /?mpl????/
• Rhymes: -??.?(?)
• Hyphenation: em?ploy?er

Noun

employer (plural employers)

1. A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.

Related terms

• employ
• employee
• employment

Translations

See also

• jobseeker

Anagrams

• polyreme, re-employ, reemploy, reëmploy

French

Etymology

From Middle French employer, from Old French emploier, emploiier, inherited from Latin implic?re, present active infinitive of implic?. Doublet of impliquer, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.plwa.je/

Verb

employer

1. to employ

Conjugation

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the ‘y’ with an ‘i’ before a silent ‘e’.

Derived terms

• employer les grands moyens

Related terms

• emploi
• employable
• employé
• employeur

Further reading

• “employer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• polymère

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French emploier, emploiier.

Verb

employer

1. to employ; to use; to make use of

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

• French: employer

English

Etymology

embezzle +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?b?zl??/

Noun

embezzler (plural embezzlers)

1. one who steals money they have been trusted with, especially from one's employer; one who embezzles
   • 1667, Samuel Pepys, Diary

     It appears that Hogg is the eeriest rogue, the most observable embezzler, that ever was known.

   • 2003, Will and Grace (TV, episode 5.23)

     At the time, I was deeply involved with the handsome embezzler who led a major telecom company into bankruptcy.

Synonyms

• peculator

Translations