different between employer vs occupation

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

From Middle English occupacioun, borrowed from Middle French occupation, from Latin occup?tio.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?kj??pe???n/, /?kj??pe???n/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kj??pe???n/, /?kj??pe???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

occupation (countable and uncountable, plural occupations)

1. An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
2. The act, process or state of possessing a place.
3. The control of a country or region by a hostile army.

Synonyms

• (activity with which one occupies oneself) employment, interest, line of work, profession, vocation

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occup?tio, occup?ti?nem. Synchronically analysable as occuper +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.ky.pa.sj??/

Noun

occupation f (plural occupations)

1. occupation (the occupying of a territory; something that one spends one's time on, such as a job or a hobby; act of occupying, of being an occupant)

Related terms

• occuper

Further reading

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