"absentee" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌæb.sn̩ˈti/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-absentee.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: absent + -ee Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|absent|ee}} absent + -ee Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} absentee (not comparable)
  1. (attributive) Pertaining to one that is absent. Tags: attributive, not-comparable Translations (pertaining to one who is absent): poissaoleva (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-absentee-en-adj-jYCv5T7f

Noun

IPA: /ˌæb.sn̩ˈti/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-absentee.wav [Southern-England] Forms: absentees [plural]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: absent + -ee Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|absent|ee}} absent + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} absentee (plural absentees)
  1. A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc. Translations (person who is absent): ausente (Campidanese Sardinian), stesiau (Campidanese Sardinian), afwezige (Dutch), poissaoleva (Finnish), absent [masculine] (French), assenti (Gallurese), Abwesender [masculine] (German), Abwesende [feminine] (German), απών (apón) [masculine] (Greek), assente (Italian), kaitakē (Maori), ausente [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), отсу́тствующий (otsútstvujuščij) [masculine] (Russian), ausente (Sardinian), assenti (Sassarese), ausente [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-absentee-en-noun-eeEJHr5Q Disambiguation of 'person who is absent': 67 16 8 9
  2. (chiefly British, historical) A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated. Tags: British, historical Categories (topical): People Translations (landholder who doesn't live where his estate is): absentista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-absentee-en-noun-XchFWoLz Disambiguation of People: 0 40 56 0 4 Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of "landholder who doesn't live where his estate is": 18 53 5 24
  3. One that is nonexistent or lacking. Translations (one that is nonexistent or lacking): poissaoleva (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-absentee-en-noun-Gc9ICwwx Disambiguation of 'one that is nonexistent or lacking': 2 4 92 2
  4. A voter that is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter.
    Sense id: en-absentee-en-noun-eayzswsv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ee Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 28 12 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 5 33 10 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ee: 5 5 29 10 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: absentee ballot, absenteeist, absentee ownership, absenteeship, absentee vote, absentee voting, presentee Related terms: absenteeism

Inflected forms

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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Rhymes:English/iː",
    "Rhymes:English/iː/3 syllables",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "absent",
        "3": "ee"
      },
      "expansion": "absent + -ee",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "absent + -ee",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "absentee (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to one that is absent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "absent",
          "absent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(attributive) Pertaining to one that is absent."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌæb.sn̩ˈti/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iː"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-absentee.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-absentee.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-absentee.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-absentee.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-absentee.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pertaining to one who is absent",
      "word": "poissaoleva"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "absentee"
  ],
  "word": "absentee"
}

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