employé
French, noun/ɑ̃.plwa.je/
employé is spelled E-M-P-L-O-Y-É (7 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written French, the 2,714th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Employé is a French masculine noun meaning “employee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of employer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui est rétribué pour produire un travail au sein d’une entreprise ou d’une administration”.
What does employé mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineemployee
- 2
masculinenonmanagerial worker
verb
- 1
past participle of employer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est en usage, utilisé.
noun: 1. Celui qui est rétribué pour produire un travail au sein d’une entreprise ou d’une administration. 2. Celui qui, dans une entreprise, ne fait pas partie des cadres et effectue un travail intellectuel.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of employé
- employés plural
- employée feminine
- employées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce employé?
- /ɑ̃.plwa.je/
- \ɑ̃.plwa.je\
- [ɑ̃.plwa.je]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to employé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is employé in French?
employé appears 30 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).