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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieseffectif
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /e.fɛk.tif/
"L'effectif de l'entreprise a augmenté cette année."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The total number of people in a particular group, organization, or company.
"The company's current headcount stands at five hundred employees worldwide." - 2
The act of counting people individually, typically to verify attendance or population size.
"The teacher performed a quick headcount before boarding the bus."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Compound of the Old English word 'heafod' (head) and the Middle English 'counten' (to count, derived from Old French and Latin 'computare'). Originally referring to a literal physical counting of individuals, the term evolved in modern corporate and administrative contexts to denote the total number of employees in an organization.
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effectif
Transliteration: /e.fɛk.tif/
"L'effectif de l'entreprise a augmenté cette année."
Belegschaft
Transliteration: /bəˈlɛkʃaft/
"Die Belegschaft des Unternehmens wächst stetig."
organico
Transliteration: /orˈɡa.ni.ko/
"L'organico dell'azienda è aumentato del dieci percento."
plantilla
Transliteration: /planˈti.ʝa/
"La plantilla de empleados se ha ampliado este trimestre."
quadro de funcionários
Transliteration: /ˈkwad.ɾu dʒi fu.si.oˈna.ɾi.us/
"O quadro de funcionários da empresa cresceu muito."
कर्मचारी संख्या
Transliteration: karmachari sankhya
"कंपनी में कर्मचारियों की संख्या बढ़ रही है।"
员工人数
Transliteration: yuángōng rénshù
"这家公司的员工人数已经超过了一千人。"
총 인원
Transliteration: chong in-won
"올해 우리 회사의 총 인원은 300명입니다."
従業員数
Transliteration: jūgyōin-sū
"現在の従業員数は昨年度より増加しました。"
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