employable

English

Etymology

employ +‎ -able

Adjective

employable (comparative more employable, superlative most employable)

(especially of a person) Able to be employed.
- 2023, Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls, 4th Estate, page 166:
  ‘We can give you the skills you’re missing to make you highly employable,’ Julian smiled.

Antonyms

unemployable

Derived terms

employability

Translations

able to be employed

French: employable (fr)
German: erwerbsfähig (de), arbeitsfähig (de)
Irish: infhostaithe
Italian: assumibile (it)
Manx: yn-ymmydey, yn-failley
Swedish: anställningsbar (sv)

Noun

employable (plural employables)

A person who is fit for employment.

Translations

person who is fit for employment

German: Erwerbsfähiger m, Erwerbsfähige f

French

Adjective

employable (plural employables)

usable
employable

Related terms

employer

Further reading

“employable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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