plaintiff

English

Etymology

From Middle English plaintif, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French plaintif (“complaining; as a noun, one who complains, a plaintiff”) from the verb plaindre. Doublet of plaintive.

Noun

plaintiff (plural plaintiffs)

(law) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accusers.

Synonyms

complainant, litigant, claimant (English law), pursuer (Scottish law)

Antonyms

defendant, suspect

Hypernyms

litigant, litigator

Hyponyms

suer, petitioner

Related terms

plaintive

Translations

party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant

Arabic: (indefinite) مُدَّعٍ‎ m (muddaʿin), (definite) اَلْمُدَّعِي‎ (al-muddaʿī)
Armenian: հայցվոր (hy) (haycʿvor)
Bulgarian: тъжител (bg) m (tǎžitel)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 原告 (jyun⁴ gou³)
Mandarin: 原告 (zh) (yuángào)
Czech: žalobce m
Dutch: eiser (nl), aanklager (nl)
Esperanto: plendanto
Finnish: kantaja (fi)
French: demandeur (fr), plaignant (fr) m, plaignante (fr) f
Georgian: მოსარჩელე (mosarčele)
German: Kläger (de) m
Hebrew: המבקש (ha'mevakesh)
Hungarian: felperes (hu)
Icelandic: stefnandi m
Indonesian: penggugat (id)

Interlingua: demandator
Irish: éilitheoir m, gearánach m, gearánaí m
Italian: querelante (it) m, parte civile f, ricorrente (it) m
Japanese: 原告 (ja) (げんこく, genkoku)
Latin: petītor m, petītrix f
Maori: kaiwhakapae
Persian: خواهان‎ (fa) (xâhân)
Polish: powód (pl) m, powódka f
Portuguese: querelante m or f; acusação; promotoria
Russian: исте́ц (ru) m (istéc)
Serbo-Croatian: жалилац m (žalilac)
Slovak: žalobca m
Spanish: demandante (es), querellante
Swedish: åtalad (sv) c, kärande (sv) c, målsägande (sv) c, målsägare (sv) c
Tagalog: nagsasakdal
Thai: โจทก์ (th) (jòot)
Vietnamese: nguyên cáo (vi)