dossier
See also: Dossier
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French dossier.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɔs.jeɪ/, /ˈdɑs.jeɪ/, /ˈdɔ.si.eɪ/, /ˈdɑ.si.eɪ/, /-si.ɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɒs.i.eɪ/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
dossier (plural dossiers)
- A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.
- 2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, in The Scotsman:
- For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year.
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Translations
collection of papers and/or other sources
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Anagrams
- Dosreis
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French dossier.
Pronunciation
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /dɔˈʃeː/
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /dɔˈsiːr/
dossier (file) - Hyphenation: dos‧sier
Noun
dossier n (plural dossiers, diminutive dossiertje n)
- dossier
- file, physical collection of documentation
Derived terms
- dossierbeheerder
- dossierkennis
- dossiervreter
- strafdossier
- medisch dossier
Descendants
- → Indonesian: dosir
French
Etymology
From Middle French dossier, equivalent to dos (“back(side)”) + -ier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do.sje/
audio (file)
Noun
dossier m (plural dossiers)
- back of furniture, to rest the sitter's back on
- dossier
- (computing) folder
- an organizer to keep papers in, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet, see folder
- (figuratively) case, notably legal
Derived terms
- dosseret m
- doss m
Descendants
Descendants
- → English: dossier
- → Dutch: dossier
- → Indonesian: dosir
- → German: Dossier
- → Hijazi Arabic: دوسيه (dōsē)
- → Italian: dossier
- → Luxembourgish: Dossier
- → Portuguese: dossiê, dossier
- → Romanian: dosar
- → Spanish: dossier, dosier
- → Ottoman Turkish: دوسیه (dosya)
- Turkish: dosya
Gallery
- Dossiers de chaises.
- Boîte destinée à contenir des documents formant un dossier.
- Symbole associé à un dossier informatique.
Further reading
- “dossier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French dossier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dosˈsje/**
- Rhymes: -e
Noun
dossier m (invariable)
- dossier (collection of papers, especially legal)
Anagrams
- dissero, ordisse, rodessi
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French dossier, from Middle French dossier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔˈsjɛ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔsjɛ
- Syllabification: do‧ssier
Noun
dossier n (indeclinable)
- dossier (collection of documents related to a person or situation)
- Synonyms: akta, dokumentacja
Further reading
- dossier in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- dossier in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French dossier.
Noun
dossier m (plural dossiers)
- Alternative spelling of dossiê
Spanish
Alternative forms
- dosier
Noun
dossier m (plural dossieres)
- dossier
Further reading
- “dossier”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014