Practice FrenchB2verb
licencier
to lay off, to dismiss (an employee)
Shown here in the infinitive — the form you look up.
« L’entreprise a licencié une trentaine de salariés. »
“The company laid off about thirty employees.”
In other languages
- Spanish despedir (a un empleado)
- Portuguese demitir (um funcionário)
- Arabic يَفصِل من العمل، يُسرِّح
- German entlassen (Mitarbeiter)
- Italian licenziare (un dipendente)
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