employable
/emˈplɔɪəbəl/em-PLOY-uh-buhl
/ɛmˈplɔɪəbəl/em-PLOY-uh-buhl
Meaningable to be employed
Common meaning: able to be employed (inferred)
- emin
- ployto foldLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1387 · scan
- ableable to be
‘in’ + ‘to fold’ → employable
Journey through time
- Latinplicō, plicāvī‘to fold’
- Old Frenchemployersource
- Englishemploy‘to give work to’
- Englishformed in English from employemployable‘able to be employed (inferred)’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: able to be employed. It can be inferred from any of: employ.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from employ + -able (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- plicō, plicāvī Latin “to fold”
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