different between employer vs superintendent

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 Ecclesiastical Latin superintendens, a calque of Ancient Greek ????????? (epískopos); thence being distantly related to English bishop.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?sju?p???n?t?nd?nt/, /?su?p???n?t?nd?nt/

Noun

superintendent (plural superintendents)

1. A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something.
2. (Commonwealth of Nations) A police rank used in Commonwealth countries, ranking above chief inspector, and below chief superintendent.
3. The manager of a building, usually a communal residence, who is responsible for keeping the facilities functional and often collecting rent or similar payments, either as also the building's landlord or on behalf of same. Often abbreviated "super".
4. The head of a Sunday school.
5. In some Protestant churches, a clergyman having the oversight of the clergy of a district.
6. (chiefly US) A janitor.

Synonyms

• manager
• foreman
• chief, head, head man
• controller, comptroller
• overseer
• supervisor

Derived terms

• supt. (abbreviation)
• SP (abbreviation)
• chief superintendent
• detective superintendent (DSupt)
• detective chief superintendent (DCS)
• superintendential

Related terms

• superintend
• superintendency

Translations

See also

• (policing) police constable (PC), woman police constable (WPC), detective constable (DC), detective sergeant (DS), detective inspector (DI), detective chief inspector (DCI)

Adjective

superintendent (not comparable)

1. Overseeing; superintending.

Romanian

Etymology

From German Superintendent

Noun

superintendent m (plural superintenden?i)

1. superintendent

Declension