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• /ˌɛm.plɔɪˈiː/
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From employ + -ee. First attested in the early 19th century, possibly modeled after French employé.

184 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: werknemer — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Albanian: punonjës — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Albanian: punonjëse — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Amharic: ሠራተኛ (śäratäña) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Arabic: مُوَظَّف (muwaẓẓaf) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Arabic: مُوَظَّفَة (muwaẓẓafa) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܵܐ (aḡīrā) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܓ݂ܝܼܪܬܵܐ (aḡīrtā) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Armenian: աշխատող (ašxatoġ) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Armenian: աշխատակից (ašxatakicʻ) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Azerbaijani: əməkdaş — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Belarusian: супрацо́ўнік (supracównik) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Belarusian: супрацо́ўніца (supracównica) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Belarusian: рабо́тнік (rabótnik) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Belarusian: рабо́тніца (rabótnica) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Belarusian: службо́вец (službóvjec) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Belarusian: службо́ўка (službówka) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Belarusian: слу́жачы (slúžačy) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Belarusian: слу́жачая (slúžačaja) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Bulgarian: слу́жещ (slúžešt) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Bulgarian: слу́жеща (slúžešta) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Bulgarian: рабо́тник (rabótnik) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Bulgarian: рабо́тничка (rabótnička) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Burmese: အလုပ်သမား (a.lupsa.ma:) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Catalan: empleat — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Catalan: empleada — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Chechen: белхало (belxalo) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Chinese Mandarin: 僱員 /雇员 (gùyuán) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Chinese Mandarin: 職員 /职员 (zhíyuán) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Czech: zaměstnanec — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Czech: zaměstnankyně — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Danish: ansat — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Danish: arbejdstager — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Dutch: bediende — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Dutch: werknemer — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Dutch: werkneemster — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Dutch: medewerker — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Dutch: medewerkster — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Esperanto: dungito — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Estonian: töötaja — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Finnish: työntekijä — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• French: employé — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• French: employée — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• French: salarié — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• French: salariée — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Galician: empregado — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Galician: empregada — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Georgian: მოსამსახურე (mosamsaxure) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Georgian: დასაქმებული (dasakmebuli) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Georgian: თანამშრომელი (tanamšromeli) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• German: Arbeitnehmer — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• German: Arbeitnehmerin — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• German: Angestellter — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• German: Angestellte — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Greek: υπάλληλος (ypállilos) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Hebrew: שָׂכִיר (sakhír) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Hebrew: מָעֳסָק (mo'osáq) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Hindi: कर्मचारी (karmacārī) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Hindi: कर्मी (karmī) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Hungarian: munkavállaló — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Hungarian: alkalmazott — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Hungarian: dolgozó — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Icelandic: starfsmaður — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Ido: employato — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Indonesian: pegawai — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Indonesian: pekerja — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Indonesian: karyawan — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Indonesian: karyawati — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Irish: fostaí — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Italian: dipendente — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Japanese: 従業員 (jūgyōin) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Japanese: 雇員 (koin) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Japanese: 勤務員 (kinmuin) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Japanese: 使用人 (shiyōin) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Japanese: 職員 (shokuin) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Kabuverdianu: enpregada — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Kazakh: қызметкер (qyzmetker) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Khmer: និយោជិត (niyoocɨt) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Khmer: និយោជិតា (niyoocitaa) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Khmer: បុគ្គលិក (bokkĕəʼlɨk) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Korean: 직원 (jigwon) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Korean: 종업원 (jong'eobwon) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Central Kurdish: ڕاگرتە (ragirte) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Northern Kurdish: karker — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Kyrgyz: кызматкер (kızmatker) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Lao: ລູກຈ້າງ (lūk chāng) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Lao: ພະນັກງານ (pha nak ngān) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Latin: conductus — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Latin: mercēnnārius — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Latvian: darbinieks — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Latvian: darbiniece — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Lithuanian: darbuotojas — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Lithuanian: darbuotoja — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Luxembourgish: Employé — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Macedonian: вработен (vraboten) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Macedonian: работник (rabotnik) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Macedonian: работничка (rabotnička) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Macedonian: службеник (službenik) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Macedonian: службеничка (službenička) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Malagasy: mpiasa — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Malay: pekerja — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Malayalam: ജീവനക്കാരൻ (jīvanakkāraṉ) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Malayalam: തൊഴിലാളി (toḻilāḷi) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Manx: failleydagh — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Manx: obbree — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Marathi: कर्मचारी (karmacārī) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Middle English: servaunt — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Mongolian: ажилтан (ažiltan) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Norwegian Bokmål: arbeidstaker — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Norwegian Bokmål: ansatte (cf. ansatt, ansette) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Norwegian Nynorsk: arbeidstakar — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Old English: wyrhta — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Pashto: کارمند (kārmánd) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Iranian Persian: کارْمَنْد (kârmand) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Iranian Persian: کارْگَر (kârgar) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Polish: pracownik — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Polish: pracownica — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Portuguese: empregado — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Portuguese: empregada — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Romanian: angajat — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Romanian: angajată — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Romansh: emploià — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Romansh: emploiada — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Russian: рабо́тник (rabótnik) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Russian: рабо́тница (rabótnica) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Russian: слу́жащий (slúžaščij) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Russian: слу́жащая (slúžaščaja) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Russian: сотру́дник (sotrúdnik) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Russian: сотру́дница (sotrúdnica) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Scottish Gaelic: cosnaiche — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-obrach — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Serbo-Croatian: запослѐнӣк — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Serbo-Croatian: запослѐница — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Serbo-Croatian: послопри́мац — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̑днӣк — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̑дница — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Serbo-Croatian: zaposlènīk — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Serbo-Croatian: zaposlènica — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Serbo-Croatian: posloprímac — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Serbo-Croatian: rȃdnīk — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Serbo-Croatian: rȃdnica — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Slovak: zamestnanec — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Slovak: zamestnankyňa — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Slovene: nameščenec — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Slovene: nameščenka — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Spanish: empleado — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Spanish: empleada — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Swahili: mwajiriwa — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Swedish: anställd — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Swedish: arbetstagare — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Swedish: medarbetare — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Tagalog: kawani — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Tagalog: empleado — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Tajik: корманд (kormand) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Tajik: хизматчӣ (xizmatči) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Tajik: коргар (korgar) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Tatar: хезмәткәр (xezmätkär) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Thai: ลูกจ้าง (lûuk-jâang) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Thai: พนักงาน (pá-nák-ngaan) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Turkish: çalışan — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Turkish: personel — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Ottoman Turkish: چالیشان (çalışan) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Ottoman Turkish: موظف (muwazzaf) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Ukrainian: робітни́к (robitnýk) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Ukrainian: робітни́ця (robitnýcja) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Ukrainian: працівни́к (pracivnýk) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Ukrainian: працівни́ця (pracivnýcja) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Ukrainian: співробітни́к (spivrobitnýk) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Ukrainian: співробітни́ця (spivrobitnýcja) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Ukrainian: службо́вець (službóvecʹ) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Ukrainian: службо́вка (službóvka) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Unami: alukalkwësit — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Urdu: نَوکَر (naukar) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Urdu: نَوکْرانی (naukrānī) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Urdu: مُلازِم (mulāzim) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Urdu: مُلازِمَہ (mulāzima) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Urdu: خادِم (xādim) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Urdu: خادِمَہ (xādima) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Uyghur: خىزمەتچى (xizmetchi) — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Uzbek: xizmatchi — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Uzbek: xodim — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Vietnamese: nhân viên — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Volapük: vobükäb — person who provides labor to a company or another person
• Walloon: eployî — person who provides labor to a company or another person