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English
Etymology
From French recruter (as a verb).
Pronunciation
Noun
recruit (plural recruits)
- A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
- A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
- A hired worker
These new recruits were hired after passing the interviews
- (biology, ecology) A new adult or breeding-age member of a certain population.
Derived terms
Translations
supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement
newly enlisted soldier
- Albanian: rekrut (sq) m
- Armenian: զորակոչիկ (hy) (zorakočʻik)
- Belarusian: прызыўні́к m (pryzyŭník), навабра́нец m (navabránjec), рэ́крут m (rékrut)
- Bulgarian: на́борник m (nábornik), новобра́нец m (novobránec)
- Catalan: recluta (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 新兵 (zh) (xīnbīng)
- Czech: branec (cs) m, rekrut m
- Dutch: rekruut (nl) m
- Esperanto: rekruto
- Estonian: noorsõdur (et)
- Finnish: alokas (fi)
- French: recrue (fr) f
- Galician: recruta (gl) m
- Georgian: ახალწვეული (axalc̣veuli), წვევამდელი (c̣vevamdeli), რეკრუტი (reḳruṭi), გაწვეული (gac̣veuli)
- German: Rekrut (de) m
- Hungarian: újonc (hu), regruta (hu)
- Icelandic: nýliði m
- Indonesian: rekrut (id)
- Irish: earcach m
- Italian: recluta (it) f, arruolato (it) m
- Japanese: 新兵 (ja) (しんぺいt, shinpei), 徴集兵 (ちょうしゅうへい, chōshūhei)
- Korean: 신병(新兵) (ko) (sinbyeong), 징집병(徵集兵) (jingjipbyeong)
- Latin: tiro (la) m
- Latvian: iesācējs m
- Lithuanian: naujokas m
- Macedonian: регрут m (regrut)
- Maori: ika tauhou
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: rekrutt (no) m
- Nynorsk: rekrutt m
- Polish: rekrut (pl) m, rekrutka (pl) f
- Portuguese: recruta (pt) m or f
- Romanian: recrut (ro) m
- Russian: призывни́к (ru) (prizyvník), новобра́нец (ru) m (novobránec), ре́крут (ru) m (rékrut)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: рѐгрӯт m
- Roman: règrūt (sh) m
- Slovak: branec (sk) m, rekrut m
- Slovene: nabornik m
- Spanish: recluta (es) m or f
- Swedish: rekryt (sv) c
- Tagalog: sungko
- Turkish: acemi er (tr)
- Ukrainian: призо́вник (uk) m (pryzóvnyk), призовни́к (uk) m (pryzovnýk), новобра́нець m (novobránecʹ), ре́крут m (rékrut)
- Vietnamese: lính mới
- Welsh: recríwt m, adfilwr m
- Yiddish: רעקרוט m (rekrut), פּריזיווניק m (prizivnik)
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biology: new member of population
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Verb
recruit (third-person singular simple present recruits, present participle recruiting, simple past and past participle recruited)
- To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.
- We need to recruit more admin staff to deal with the massive surge in popularity of our products
- To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster
the army was recruited for a campaign
they were looking to recruit two thousand troops for battle
- (archaic) To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy a lack or deficiency in.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:“You have surprized my poor niece so, that she can hardly, I see, support herself.——Go, my dear, retire, and endeavour to recruit your spirits; for I see you have occasion.” At which words Sophia, who never received a more welcome command, hastily withdrew.
1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter IV, in The Last Man. , volume I, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 148:[…] I, abstemious naturally, and rendered so by the fever that preyed on me, was forced to recruit myself with food.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 181:My husband stayed for some days with the magistrate at Cardwell, recruiting his health and recovering from his fatigues, for the passage between Cape York and Cardwell had proved the most tedious and anxious part of the voyage.
- (biology, intransitive) To become an adult or breeding-age member of a population.
- (biochemistry) To prompt a protein, leucocyte. etc. to intervene in a given region of the body.
- (dated, intransitive) To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.
Lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
Go to the country to recruit.
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. , volume II, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 44:Here it was certain she rapidly recovered her lost strength, and recruited her wasted form; and here she received the letters of her beloved family, relating many circumstances well known to our readers, but new to the travellers, the tidings having far to go.
Derived terms
Translations
to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees
- Belarusian: вербава́ць impf (vjerbavácʹ), завербава́ць pf (zavjerbavácʹ), найма́ць impf (najmácʹ), наня́ць pf (nanjácʹ), набіра́ць impf (nabirácʹ), набра́ць pf (nabrácʹ), гадзі́ць impf (hadzícʹ), згадзі́ць pf (zhadzícʹ)
- Bulgarian: вербу́вам (bg) impf (verbúvam), завербу́вам (bg) pf (zaverbúvam), наби́рам (bg) impf (nabíram), набера́ pf (naberá)
- Catalan: reclutar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 招聘 (zh) (zhāopìn), 徵兵/征兵 (zh) (zhēngbīng) (military), 招募 (zh) (zhāomù)
- Czech: verbovat (cs) impf, naverbovat pf
- Danish: hverve, rekruttere
- Dutch: rekruteren (nl), aanwerven (nl), werven (nl)
- Esperanto: adeptigi
- Finnish: rekrytoida (fi), palkata (fi), värvätä (fi)
- French: recruter (fr), enrôler (fr)
- Galician: recrutar (gl)
- Georgian: მიიღებს (miiɣebs), მიღება (miɣeba), ახალი წევრის მიღება (axali c̣evris miɣeba)
- German: rekrutieren (de), anwerben (de), werben (de)
- Hungarian: toboroz (hu), verbuvál (hu)
- Irish: earcaigh
- Italian: arruolare (it), reclutare (it)
- Japanese: 募集する (ja) (ぼしゅうする, boshū suru) (military)
- Korean: 모집하다 (ko) (mojiphada) (military)
- Macedonian: вр́бува impf (vŕbuva), на́јмува impf (nájmuva), на́јми pf (nájmi)
- Maori: taritari
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: rekruttere, verve
- Nynorsk: rekruttera, rekruttere
- Polish: rekrutować (pl) impf, zrekrutować pf, werbować (pl) impf, zwerbować (pl) pf
- Portuguese: recrutar (pt)
- Russian: вербова́ть (ru) impf (verbovátʹ), завербова́ть (ru) pf (zaverbovátʹ), нанима́ть (ru) impf (nanimátʹ), наня́ть (ru) pf (nanjátʹ), рекрути́ровать (ru) impf or pf (rekrutírovatʹ), набира́ть (ru) impf (nabirátʹ), набра́ть (ru) pf (nabrátʹ)
- Slovak: verbovať impf, naverbovať pf
- Spanish: reclutar (es)
- Swahili: sajili (sw)
- Swedish: rekrytera (sv), värva (sv)
- Ukrainian: вербува́ти impf (verbuváty), завербо́вувати impf (zaverbóvuvaty) (rare), завербува́ти pf (zaverbuváty), рекрутува́ти impf or pf (rekrutuváty) (dated), найма́ти impf (najmáty), найня́ти pf (najnjáty), годи́ти impf (hodýty), згоди́ти pf (zhodýty), набира́ти (uk) impf (nabyráty), набра́ти pf (nabráty)
- Vietnamese: tuyển dụng (vi)
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to supply with new men, as an army
to replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies
to recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like
To prompt to intervene in a body region
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