-ee
person who receives an action
French · -é (French past participle)
From French -é, it names the person who receives or experiences an action, the opposite of -er: employer hires, employee is hired. It also names some people with a state: absentee, refugee.
Memory trick
-ee is the receiver's smile: the person the action lands on.
Words from this root
- employee (employ + ee) — a person who is hiredकर्मचारी
- trainee (train + ee) — a person being trainedप्रशिक्षु
- payee (pay + ee) — a person who is paidभुगतान पाने वाला
- nominee (nomin + ee) — a person put forward for a postनामांकित व्यक्ति
- refugee (refug + ee) — a person who flees to safetyशरणार्थी
- absentee (absent + ee) — a person who is awayअनुपस्थित व्यक्ति
- addressee (address + ee) — a person a letter is sent toपत्र पाने वाला
- interviewee (interview + ee) — a person who is interviewedसाक्षात्कार देने वाला
- attendee (attend + ee) — a person who is presentउपस्थित व्यक्ति
- devotee (devot + ee) — a person devoted to somethingभक्त
- detainee (detain + ee) — a person held in custodyहिरासत में लिया व्यक्ति
- evacuee (evacu + ee) — a person moved from dangerखाली कराया गया व्यक्ति