different between employer vs manager

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

manage +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæn.?.d??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæn.?.d??/
• Hyphenation: man?a?ger

Noun

manager (plural managers)

1. (management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.
   • 2013, Phil McNulty, "[1]", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:

     And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.

2. (baseball) The head coach.
3. (music) An administrator, for a singer or group. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. (computer software) A window or application whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the system.

   a file manager; a task manager; Program Manager

Synonyms

• (person who manages): administrator, boss, chief, controller, comptroller, foreman, head, head man, overseer, organizer, superintendent, supervisor

Derived terms

• line manager
• middle manager
• package manager
• player-manager

Descendants

Related terms

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English manager.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.n?.d??r/
• Hyphenation: ma?na?ger

Noun

manager m (plural managers, diminutive managertje n)

1. A manager, someone in management.

Derived terms

• interim-manager

French

Etymology

From English manager

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.na.d???/, /ma.na.d?œ?/

Noun

manager m (plural managers)

1. (sports, Europe) manager

Synonyms

• (Quebec) gérant

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• magnera, mangera

Italian

Etymology

From English manager.

Noun

manager m (plural managers)

1. (sports, business) manager

Anagrams

• magnare
• magnerà
• mangerà

Further reading

• manager in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??n?.d???r/

Noun

manager m pers (feminine managerka)

1. (management) Alternative spelling of mened?er.
2. (music) Alternative spelling of mened?er.

Declension

Derived terms

• (verb) managerowa?
• (noun) managerstwo
• (adjective) managerski

Related terms

• (adverb) managersko

Further reading

• manager in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• manager in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

manager m (plural managers)

1. Alternative form of mánager