noun

le emploi

job

Activité payée que l’on fait pour une entreprise ou une personne, souvent chaque jour, pour gagner de l’argent.

Definition & meaning

The word emploi in French has two primary meanings depending on the context:

Job or Employment: It refers to a professional position, a trade, or a specific role within a company or organization for which a person receives a salary. It represents the state of being employed or the position itself.
Use or Usage: It refers to the action of using something, applying a method, or utilizing a resource (such as time, a tool, or a word) for a specific purpose. For example, "mode d'emploi" translates to "instructions for use."

Grammar & Word origin

Grammar:

It is a masculine noun (un emploi, l'emploi).
The plural form is emplois.
It is derived from the verb employer .

Word origin: The word comes from the Old French emploi, which is the substantive form of the verb employer. This verb originates from the Latin implicare, meaning "to involve," "to entangle," or "to enfold." Over time, the meaning shifted from involving someone in a task to the modern sense of utilizing someone's services or using an object.