proxy

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒk.si/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑk.si/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɒksi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English procusie, contraction of procuracie, from Anglo-Norman procuracie, from Medieval Latin procuratia, from Latin prōcūrātiō, from Latin prōcūrō (“I manage, administer”) (English procure). Compare proctor.

Adjective

proxy (not comparable)

Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
a proxy indicator
a proxy measurement

Translations

used as, or acting as, a proxy

Bulgarian: заместващ (bg) (zamestvašt)
French: par procuration (fr)

Noun

proxy (plural proxies)

An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
- 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, OCLC 65350522:
  Every peer […] may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence.
The authority to act for another, especially when written.
- 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], OCLC 946162345:
  I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself.
The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts[1]
(sciences) A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another
(software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.

Synonyms

deputy
substitute
representative
See also Thesaurus:deputy

Hyponyms

(software An interface for a service)

caching proxy
closed proxy
complexity-hiding proxy
copy-on-write proxy
dynamic proxy
firewall proxy
forward proxy
network proxy
open proxy
protection proxy
remote proxy
reverse proxy
smart-reference proxy
surrogate proxy
synchronisation proxy
virtual proxy

Derived terms

Terms derived from proxy (noun)

proxy battle
proxy bullying
proxy card
proxy fight
proxy marriage
proxy murder
proxy pattern
proxy server
proxy voting
proxy war

Translations

agent or substitute authorized to act for another person

Belarusian: прадстаўні́к m (pradstaŭník), прадстаўні́ца f (pradstaŭníca)
Bulgarian: представи́тел (bg) m (predstavítel), представи́телка f (predstavítelka), пълномо́щник (bg) m (pǎlnomóštnik), пълномо́щница f (pǎlnomóštnica)
Catalan: apoderat (ca) m, apoderada (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 代理 (zh) (dàilǐ)
Czech: zástupce (cs) m, zástupkyně f, prostředník (cs) m, zmocněnec m, zmocněnkyně (cs) f, mandatář m, mandatářka f
Danish: fuldmægtig c, stedfortræder (da) c
Dutch: procuratiehouder (nl) m, gevolmachtigde (nl) m
Esperanto: anstataŭulo
Finnish: asiamies (fi), valtuutettu (fi), edustaja (fi)
French: fondé de pouvoir (fr) m
Galician: procurador (gl) m, apoderado m
German: Prokurist (de) m, Stellvertreter (de) m
Greek: πληρεξούσιος (el) m (plirexoúsios), διαμεσολαβητής (el) m (diamesolavitís)
Hebrew: שָׁלִיחַ‎ (he) m (shalíakh)
Hungarian: helyettes (hu), megbízott (hu)
Icelandic: staðgengill (is) m
Italian: mandatario (it) m
Japanese: 代理 (ja) (だいり, dairi)
Korean: 대리(代理) (ko) (daeri)
Latin: vicārius m, vicāria f
Macedonian: претставник m (pretstavnik), претставничка f (pretstavnička), полномошник m (polnomošnik), полномошничка f (polnomošnička), ополномоштеник m (opolnomoštenik), ополномоштеничка f (opolnomoštenička)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stedfortreder m, fullmektig
Nynorsk: avløysar m, varamann m, vikar m, fullmektig
Occitan: mandatari (oc) m, mandatària (oc) f
Portuguese: procurador (pt) m, procuradora f, testa-de-ferro m or f, laranja (pt) m or f
Russian: представи́тель (ru) m (predstavítelʹ), представи́тельница (ru) f (predstavítelʹnica), уполномо́ченный (ru) m (upolnomóčennyj), уполномо́ченная (ru) f (upolnomóčennaja), пове́ренный (ru) m (povérennyj), пове́ренная (ru) f (povérennaja), дове́ренное лицо́ n (dovérennoje licó), про́кси (ru) m (próksi) (neologism)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пре́дста̄внӣк m, пре́дста̄вница f
Roman: prédstāvnīk (sh) m, prédstāvnica (sh) f
Slovak: zástupca m, zástupkyňa f
Slovene: predstavnik m, predstavnica f
Spanish: apoderado (es) m
Swedish: ställföreträdare (sv)
Thai: ตัวแทน (th) (dtuua-tɛɛn)
Turkish: ihda (tr), vekil (tr)
Ukrainian: представни́к (uk) m (predstavnýk), представни́ця (uk) f (predstavnýcja), уповнова́жений m (upovnováženyj), уповнова́жена f (upovnovážena), про́ксі m (próksi) (neologism)

authority to act for another, especially when written

Arabic: إِنَابَة‎ (ar) f (ʔināba), اِسْتِنَابَة‎ f (istināba), تَفْوِيض‎ m (tafwīḍ), تَوْكِيل‎ (ar) m (tawkīl)
Belarusian: паўнамо́цтва n (paŭnamóctva)
Bulgarian: пълномо́щно (bg) n (pǎlnomóštno), пълномо́щие (bg) n (pǎlnomóštie)
Catalan: mandat (ca) m
Czech: plná moc (cs) f, zplnomocnění n, mandát m, zmocnění n
Dutch: procuratie (nl) f
Finnish: valtakirja (fi), valtuutus (fi)
French: procuration (fr) f
Galician: procuración (gl) m, poder (gl) m, mandato m
German: Prokura (de) f
Greek: πληρεξούσιος (el) m (plirexoúsios)
Italian: delega (it) f
Latvian: uzdevums m
Macedonian: полномоштво n (polnomoštvo)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fullmakt (no) c
Nynorsk: fullmakt f
Occitan: mandat (oc) m, procuracion (oc) f
Polish: pełnomocnictwo (pl) n
Portuguese: procuração (pt) f
Russian: полномо́чие (ru) n (polnomóčije)
Spanish: mandato (es) m, poder (es) m
Swedish: fullmakt (sv) c
Turkish: yetkili temsilci (tr)
Ukrainian: повнова́ження n (povnovážennja)

(science) measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another

Czech: nepřímé měření n
Dutch: maatstaf (nl)
French: mesure indirecte (fr) f
Italian: misura indiretta m
Occitan: mesura indirecta

(software) an interface for a service

Chinese:
Mandarin: 代理服務器／代理服务器 (dàilǐ fúwùqì), 代理 (zh) (dàilǐ)
Dutch: proxy (nl), interface (nl)
Finnish: välityspalvelin (fi), proxy (fi)
French: proxy (fr) m
German: Proxyserver m
Greek: διαμεσολαβητής (el) m (diamesolavitís)
Italian: proxy (it) m
Japanese: プロキシ (ja) m (purokishi), プロクシ (ja) m (purokushi)
Korean: 프록시 (peuroksi), 프록시 서버 (peuroksi seobeo)
Macedonian: застапник (zastapnik)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mellomtjener m, proxy m, proxytjener m
Nynorsk: mellomtenar m, proxy m
Occitan: proxy m, proxi m
Polish: pośrednik (pl) m
Portuguese: proxy m
Russian: про́кси-се́рвер (ru) m (próksi-sérver), про́кси (ru) m (próksi)
Tigrinya: ወኪል (wäkil)
Turkish: proxy, vekil sunucu

Verb

proxy (third-person singular simple present proxies, present participle proxying, simple past and past participle proxied)

To serve as a proxy for.
- 1983, Alfred Blumstein, National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Sentencing Research, Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform, page 143
  In many of the studies we reviewed, it is common practice to use an observed variable to proxy for a relevant variable that could not be observed.
(networking) To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service.

Etymology 2

proximity + -y.

Noun

proxy (plural proxies)

(video game slang) A proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance.
- 2001, "TripleRaid", Perfect Dark: Glitch FAQ
  (Make sure you don't move!! Might trigger a proxy..!)
- 2001, "CyricZ", Perfect Dark: FAQ/Walkthrough
  the only means the Protectors have of delaying is by laying mines and Sentry Guns, and the Runners can only use the Magnums to blow up Proxies and Sentries.
- 2002, "yc", Super Smash Bros.: Kirby
  Usually, the only reason I play in Yoshi's Island is to have fun with the clouds - put proxies on them, taunt from them, whatever.
- 2006, "eatyourmumshead", Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory: Online Mode FAQ
  You can also walk with your gun out, as this will limit your speed, allowing you do [sic] evade the proxies.

Synonyms

proxy mine

References

1859, Alexander Mansfield, Law Dictionary

proxy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English proxy.

Noun

proxy m (invariable)

(computing) proxy (interface program)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English proxy.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔk.si/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔ.ksi/

Noun

proxy m (plural proxies)

(software) proxy (software serving as an interface for a service)
Clipping of servidor proxy.

Turkish

Noun

proxy (definite accusative proxyi, plural proxyler)

(computing) The proxy.

Declension

Declension of proxy

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	proxy	proxyler
definite accusative (belirtme)	proxyi	proxyleri
dative (yönelme)	proxye	proxylere
locative (bulunma)	proxyde	proxylerde
ablative (ayrılma)	proxyden	proxylerden
genitive (tamlayan)	proxynin	proxylerin

Synonyms

vekil sunucu
yetkili sunucu

[1] 1859, Alexander Mansfield, Law Dictionary