🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

recrutement

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ruh-kru-tuh-mahn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Recruitment/rɪˈkruːt.mənt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le recrutement de nouveaux employés prend plusieurs semaines."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action or process of finding new people to join an organization or support a cause.

    "The company launched an aggressive recruitment campaign to attract top engineering talent."
  2. 2

    The enlisting of new personnel for the armed forces.

    "Recruitment for the navy has increased steadily over the past fiscal year."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the French word 'recrutement', originating in the late 16th century from the Middle French 'recrouter', meaning 'to grow fresh again' or 'to replace'. Originally used in a military context to describe the gathering of fresh troops, it evolved over centuries to encompass the broader corporate and institutional process of hiring new personnel.

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