employer

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplɔɪə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɛmˈplɔɪə/
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• Canada, General-American: ĭm-ploiʹər
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• Canada, General-American: ĕm-ploiʹər
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• Canada, General-American: /ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/
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• Canada, General-American: /ɛmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/
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• Australian: /ɪmˈploɪə/
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• Australian: /emˈploɪə/
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• New-Zealand: /əmˈploɪə/
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• New-Zealand: /emˈploɪə/
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• rhymes with -ɔɪ.ə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: EH0 M P L OY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: IH0 M P L OY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From employ + -er, first attested in the late 16th century. Compare French employeur.

133 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: werkgewer — person or entity which employs others
• Albanian: punëdhënës — person or entity which employs others
• Albanian: punëdhënëse — person or entity which employs others
• Arabic: رَبّ عَمَل (rabb ʕamal) — person or entity which employs others
• Arabic: رَبَّة عَمَل (rabbat ʕamal) — person or entity which employs others
• Arabic: صَاحِب عَمَل (ṣāḥib ʕamal) — person or entity which employs others
• Arabic: صَاحِبَة عَمَل (ṣāḥibat ʕamal) — person or entity which employs others
• Arabic: مُسْتَخْدِم (mustaḵdim) — person or entity which employs others
• Arabic: مُسْتَخْدِمَة (mustaḵdima) — person or entity which employs others
• Armenian: գործատու (gorcatu) — person or entity which employs others
• Azerbaijani: işverən — person or entity which employs others
• Azerbaijani: işəgötürən — person or entity which employs others
• Bashkir: эш биреүсе (eş birewse) — person or entity which employs others
• Belarusian: работада́вец (rabotadávjec) — person or entity which employs others
• Belarusian: работада́ўца (rabotadáwca) — person or entity which employs others
• Belarusian: працанайма́льнік (pracanajmálʹnik) — person or entity which employs others
• Bulgarian: работода́тел (rabotodátel) — person or entity which employs others
• Bulgarian: работода́телка (rabotodátelka) — person or entity which employs others
• Burmese: အလုပ်ရှင် (a.luphrang) — person or entity which employs others
• Chechen: болхлург (bolxlurg) — person or entity which employs others
• Chinese Mandarin: 雇主 (gùzhǔ) — person or entity which employs others
• Chinese Mandarin: 老板 (lǎobǎn) — person or entity which employs others
• Chuvash: ӗҫе илекен (ĕś̬e ilek̬en) — person or entity which employs others
• Czech: zaměstnavatel — person or entity which employs others
• Czech: zaměstnavatelka — person or entity which employs others
• Danish: arbejdsgiver — person or entity which employs others
• Dutch: werkgever — person or entity which employs others
• Esperanto: dunganto — person or entity which employs others
• Esperanto: labordonanto — person or entity which employs others
• Estonian: tööandja — person or entity which employs others
• Finnish: työnantaja — person or entity which employs others
• French: employeur — person or entity which employs others
• French: employeuse — person or entity which employs others
• Georgian: დამქირავებლი (damkiravebli) — person or entity which employs others
• Georgian: სამუშაოს მიმცემი (samušaos mimcemi) — person or entity which employs others
• Georgian: დამსაქმებელი (damsakmebeli) — person or entity which employs others
• German: Arbeitgeber — person or entity which employs others
• German: Arbeitgeberin — person or entity which employs others
• Greek: εργοδότης (ergodótis) — person or entity which employs others
• Greek: εργοδότρια (ergodótria) — person or entity which employs others
• Ancient Greek: ἐργοδότης (ergodótēs) — person or entity which employs others
• Hebrew: מַעֲסִיק (ma'asík) — person or entity which employs others
• Hebrew: מַעֲבִיד (ma'avíd) — person or entity which employs others
• Hindi: नियोक्ता (niyoktā) — person or entity which employs others
• Hindi: मालिक (mālik) — person or entity which employs others
• Hindi: नियोजक (niyojak) — person or entity which employs others
• Hungarian: munkaadó — person or entity which employs others
• Hungarian: munkáltató — person or entity which employs others
• Icelandic: vinnuveitandi — person or entity which employs others
• Icelandic: atvinnuveitandi — person or entity which employs others
• Icelandic: launagreiðandi — person or entity which employs others
• Ido: employanto — person or entity which employs others
• Indonesian: majikan — person or entity which employs others
• Indonesian: pemekerja — person or entity which employs others
• Indonesian: pemberi kerja — person or entity which employs others
• Irish: fostóir — person or entity which employs others
• Italian: datore di lavoro — person or entity which employs others
• Italian: datrice di lavoro — person or entity which employs others
• Japanese: 雇用者 (koyōsha) — person or entity which employs others
• Kazakh: жұмыс беруші (jūmys beruşı) — person or entity which employs others
• Khmer: និយោជក (niyoocŭək) — person or entity which employs others
• Korean: 고용주 (goyongju) — person or entity which employs others
• Northern Kurdish: karsaz — person or entity which employs others
• Northern Kurdish: xwedankar — person or entity which employs others
• Northern Kurdish: karmend — person or entity which employs others
• Kyrgyz: иш берүүчү (iş berüücü) — person or entity which employs others
• Kyrgyz: иштетүүчү (iştetüücü) — person or entity which employs others
• Lao: ນາຍຈ້າງ (nāi chāng) — person or entity which employs others
• Latvian: darba devējs — person or entity which employs others
• Lithuanian: darbdavys — person or entity which employs others
• Lithuanian: darbdavė — person or entity which employs others
• Macedonian: работодавач (rabotodavač) — person or entity which employs others
• Macedonian: работодавачка (rabotodavačka) — person or entity which employs others
• Macedonian: работодавец (rabotodavec) — person or entity which employs others
• Malay: majikan — person or entity which employs others
• Māori: kaiwhakamahi — person or entity which employs others
• Marathi: नियोक्ता (niyoktā) — person or entity which employs others
• Marathi: मालक (mālak) — person or entity which employs others
• Mongolian: ажил олгогч (ažil olgogč) — person or entity which employs others
• Norwegian Bokmål: arbeidsgiver — person or entity which employs others
• Norwegian Nynorsk: arbeidsgjevar — person or entity which employs others
• Norwegian Nynorsk: arbeidsgivar — person or entity which employs others
• Pashto: کارفرما (kārfarmā) — person or entity which employs others
• Iranian Persian: کارْفَرْما (kârfarmâ) — person or entity which employs others
• Iranian Persian: صاحِبکار (sâheb-kâr) — person or entity which employs others
• Plautdietsch: Ieejendeema — person or entity which employs others
• Polish: pracodawca — person or entity which employs others
• Polish: pracodawczyni — person or entity which employs others
• Portuguese: empregador — person or entity which employs others
• Portuguese: empregadora — person or entity which employs others
• Romanian: angajator — person or entity which employs others
• Romanian: angajatoare — person or entity which employs others
• Russian: работода́тель (rabotodátelʹ) — person or entity which employs others
• Russian: работода́тельница (rabotodátelʹnica) — person or entity which employs others
• Russian: нанима́тель (nanimátelʹ) — person or entity which employs others
• Russian: нанима́тельница (nanimátelʹnica) — person or entity which employs others
• Scottish Gaelic: fastaidhear — person or entity which employs others
• Scottish Gaelic: fastaiche — person or entity which employs others
• Serbo-Croatian: послода́вац — person or entity which employs others
• Serbo-Croatian: посло̀да̄вка — person or entity which employs others
• Serbo-Croatian: poslodávac — person or entity which employs others
• Serbo-Croatian: poslòdāvka — person or entity which employs others
• Slovak: zamestnávateľ — person or entity which employs others
• Slovak: zamestnávateľka — person or entity which employs others
• Slovene: delodajalec — person or entity which employs others
• Slovene: delodajalka — person or entity which employs others
• Spanish: empleador — person or entity which employs others
• Spanish: empleadora — person or entity which employs others
• Swahili: mwajiri — person or entity which employs others
• Swedish: arbetsgivare — person or entity which employs others
• Tajik: корфармо (korfarmo) — person or entity which employs others
• Tajik: соҳибкор (sohibkor) — person or entity which employs others
• Tajik: хӯҷаин (xüjayin) — person or entity which employs others
• Tatar: эш бирүче (eş birüçe) — person or entity which employs others
• Thai: นายจ้าง (naai-jâang) — person or entity which employs others
• Turkish: işveren — person or entity which employs others
• Ukrainian: роботода́вець (robotodávecʹ) — person or entity which employs others
• Ukrainian: роботода́виця (robotodávycja) — person or entity which employs others
• Urdu: آجِر (ājir) — person or entity which employs others
• Urdu: مالِک (mālik) — person or entity which employs others
• Uyghur: ياللىغۇچى (yallighuchi) — person or entity which employs others
• Uyghur: خوجايىن (xojayin) — person or entity which employs others
• Uzbek: ish beruvchi — person or entity which employs others
• Uzbek: xoʻjayin — person or entity which employs others
• Uzbek: sohibkor — person or entity which employs others
• Vietnamese: chủ — person or entity which employs others
• Vietnamese: cai thầu — person or entity which employs others
• Vietnamese: chủ lao động — person or entity which employs others
• Volapük: vobükan — person or entity which employs others
• Volapük: hivobükan — person or entity which employs others
• Volapük: jivobükan — person or entity which employs others
• Welsh: cyflogwr — person or entity which employs others
• Yiddish: באַשעפֿטיקער (basheftiker) — person or entity which employs others