"employable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more employable [comparative], most employable [superlative]
Etymology: employ + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|employ|able}} employ + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} employable (comparative more employable, superlative most employable)
  1. (especially of a person) Able to be employed. Tags: especially Derived forms: employability Translations (able to be employed): employable (French), erwerbsfähig (German), arbeitsfähig (German), infhostaithe (Irish), assumibile (Italian), yn-ymmydey (Manx), yn-failley (Manx), anställningsbar (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-employable-en-adj-esbT77zb Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 76 24

Noun [English]

Forms: employables [plural]
Etymology: employ + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|employ|able}} employ + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} employable (plural employables)
  1. A person who is fit for employment. Translations (person who is fit for employment): Erwerbsfähiger [masculine] (German), Erwerbsfähige [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-employable-en-noun--k5TCv2J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57

Adjective [French]

Forms: employables [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-adj}} employable (plural employables)
  1. usable
    Sense id: en-employable-fr-adj-RHzmeSD~ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
  2. employable
    Sense id: en-employable-fr-adj-SZNw-k9z Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: employer

Inflected forms

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