🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

emploi

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɑ̃.plwa

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Job/dʒɒb/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Elle a trouvé un emploi dans une entreprise technologique."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A paid position of regular employment.

    "She found a job as a software developer at a tech company."
  2. 2

    A task or piece of work, especially one that is paid.

    "He completed the job ahead of schedule."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'job' originates from the Middle English term 'gobbe', meaning a lump or piece, which evolved in the 19th century to refer to a specific task or piece of work. Its usage expanded to denote employment or a position of work.

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