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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdemissão
Pronunciation / Transliteration: demissão
"A demissão dele pegou todos de surpresa."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The act of ordering or allowing someone to leave; official discharge from employment.
"His unfair dismissal from the company led to a major labor dispute."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb dismiss, originating from Old French desmiser, and ultimately from Latin dimittere, meaning 'to send away' or 'disband'. Over centuries, the legal and employment senses evolved to specifically denote the official termination of an employee's service.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dismissal" is said worldwide
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licenciement
Transliteration: licenciement
"Son licenciement a surpris toute l'équipe."
Entlassung
Transliteration: Entlassung
"Die Entlassung kam für ihn völlig unerwartet."
licenziamento
Transliteration: licenziamento
"Il licenziamento è stato notificato via email."
despido
Transliteration: despido
"El despido injustificado causó mucha polémica."
demissão
Transliteration: demissão
"A demissão dele pegou todos de surpresa."
बरखास्तगी
Transliteration: barkhastagi
"उसकी बर्खास्तगी के कारणों का अभी पता नहीं चला है।"
解雇
Transliteration: jiěgù
"这项决定导致了多名员工的解雇。"
해고
Transliteration: haego
"그는 부당 해고에 대해 소송을 제기했다."
解雇
Transliteration: kaiko
"突然の解雇に彼はショックを受けた。"
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