different between employer vs workman

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 werkman, from Old English weorcmann (“workman”), equivalent to work +? -man. Compare Dutch werkman (“workman”), German Werkmann (“labourer, workman”), Icelandic verkamaður (“workman”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?km?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w??km?n/
• Hyphenation: work?man

Noun

workman (plural workmen)

1. A man who labours for wages.
2. An artisan or craftsman.

Derived terms

• a bad workman always blames his tools

Related terms

• worker
• workwoman

Translations