🇫🇷 French

employé

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masculine

l' employé

employee

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employé
/lɑ̃plwaje/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say employé in French?

IPA
/lɑ̃plwaje/

How do you pronounce employé in French?

employé is pronounced /lɑ̃plwaje/ in French.

Example sentences

L'employé nouveau a été embauché hier et il est très motivé.

The new male employee was hired yesterday and he is very motivated.

L'employé compétent que nous avons rencontré nous a impressionnés par son professionnalisme.

The competent male employee that we met impressed us with his professionalism.

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Why is it masculine?

Employé is masculine because it is derived from the past participle of the French verb "employer." In French, when past participles ending in -é are used as nouns to denote people in a profession or occupation, they typically adopt the masculine form by default. The word can be feminized to "employée" when referring to a female employee. The masculine form "employé" is the standard base form used in dictionaries and general contexts.

What is the French word for employee?

The French word for employee is l' employé — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇮🇹 Italianimpiegatol'masculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesefuncionárioomasculine

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