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Borrowed from French emploi (“job, employment”), the deverbal from employer (“to put to use, to employ”), first attested in the late 17th century.

From late Middle English emploien, imploien, emplien (“to apply to a specific purpose”), from Anglo-Norman emploier, Old French emploiier (“to entangle, fabricate, to make use of”), ultimately from Latin implicāre (“to infold, entangle, involve, engage”), from in- (“in”) + plicāre (“to fold”). Doublet of imply and implicate.

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: emploi — the state of being employed
• Italian: impiego — the state of being employed
• Portuguese: emprego — the state of being employed
• Spanish: empleo — the state of being employed
• Arabic: وَظَّفَ (waẓẓafa) — to give someone work
• Asturian: emplegar — to give someone work
• Bulgarian: наемам (naemam) — to give someone work
• Bulgarian: давам работа (davam rabota) — to give someone work
• Chinese Mandarin: 雇傭 (gùyōng) — to give someone work
• Chinese Mandarin: 雇 (gù) — to give someone work
• Czech: zaměstnat — to give someone work
• Danish: ansætte — to give someone work
• Dutch: tewerkstellen — to give someone work
• Esperanto: dungi — to give someone work
• Finnish: palkata — to give someone work
• Finnish: työllistää — to give someone work
• Finnish: ottaa töihin — to give someone work
• French: employer — to give someone work
• French: embaucher — to give someone work
• French: recruter — to give someone work
• Galician: empregar — to give someone work
• Galician: alugar — to give someone work
• German: einstellen — to give someone work
• German: anstellen — to give someone work
• German: anwerben — to give someone work
• Greek: απασχολώ (apascholó) — to give someone work
• Hindi: नियुक्त करना (niyukt karnā) — to give someone work
• Hindi: इस्तेमाल करना (istemāl karnā) — to give someone work
• Hungarian: alkalmaz — to give someone work
• Icelandic: ráða — to give someone work
• Ido: employar — to give someone work
• Indonesian: mempekerjakan — to give someone work
• Ingrian: palkata — to give someone work
• Irish: fostaigh — to give someone work
• Italian: impiegare — to give someone work
• Italian: ingaggiare — to give someone work
• Japanese: 雇う (yatou) — to give someone work
• Japanese: 雇用する (koyō-suru) — to give someone work
• Khmer: ជួល — to give someone work
• Korean: 고용하다 (goyonghada) — to give someone work
• Māori: whakamahi — to give someone work
• Norwegian: ansette — to give someone work
• Polish: zatrudniać — to give someone work
• Polish: zatrudnić — to give someone work
• Portuguese: contratar — to give someone work
• Romanian: angaja — to give someone work
• Russian: нанима́ть (nanimátʹ) — to give someone work
• Russian: наня́ть (nanjátʹ) — to give someone work
• Russian: трудоустра́ивать (trudoustráivatʹ) — to give someone work
• Russian: трудоустро́ить (trudoustróitʹ) — to give someone work
• Scottish Gaelic: fastaidh — to give someone work
• Slovene: zaposliti — to give someone work
• Spanish: emplear — to give someone work
• Swahili: -ajiri — to give someone work
• Swedish: anställa — to give someone work
• Thai: จ้าง (jâang) — to give someone work
• Ukrainian: наймати на роботу (najmaty na robotu) — to give someone work
• Ukrainian: найняти на роботу (najnjaty na robotu) — to give someone work
• Ukrainian: працевлаштовувати (pracevlaštovuvaty) — to give someone work
• Ukrainian: працевлаштувати (pracevlaštuvaty) — to give someone work
• Vietnamese: dùng — to give someone work
• Vietnamese: mướn — to give someone work
• Volapük: (nonprofessionally) vobükön — to give someone work
• Volapük: (professionally)) cälön — to give someone work
• Welsh: cyflogi — to give someone work
• Bulgarian: употребявам (upotrebjavam) — to put into use
• Czech: využít — to put into use
• Finnish: käyttää — to put into use
• French: employer — to put into use
• French: utiliser — to put into use
• German: einsetzen — to put into use
• German: benutzen — to put into use
• German: verwenden — to put into use
• Greek: χρησιμοποιώ (chrisimopoió) — to put into use
• Ido: uzar — to put into use
• Indonesian: memakai — to put into use
• Indonesian: menggunakan — to put into use
• Irish: bain úsáid as — to put into use
• Italian: impiegare — to put into use
• Japanese: 使う (tsukau) — to put into use
• Japanese: 使用する (siyō-suru) — to put into use
• Latin: utor — to put into use
• Māori: whakamahi — to put into use
• Old English: brūcan — to put into use
• Portuguese: empregar — to put into use
• Romanian: angaja — to put into use
• Russian: испо́льзовать (ispólʹzovatʹ) — to put into use
• Russian: употребля́ть (upotrebljátʹ) — to put into use
• Scottish Gaelic: iomair — to put into use
• Spanish: emplear — to put into use
• Swedish: använda — to put into use
• Swedish: begagna — to put into use
• Tocharian B: yaukk- — to put into use
• Ukrainian: використо́вувати (vykorystóvuvaty) — to put into use
• Ukrainian: вжива́ти (vžyváty) — to put into use
• Vietnamese: dùng — to put into use