spokesman

spokesman

English

Etymology

From spoke, past participle of speak + man

Noun

spokesman (plural spokesmen)

1. One who speaks as the voice of a group of people.
   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     President Moon Jae-in proposed the plan this week during a meeting with government officials, his spokesman said.

Hypernyms

• spokesperson
• spox

Coordinate terms

• spokeswoman

Translations

one who speaks as the voice of a group of people

Chinese: Mandarin: 發言人 (zh), 发言人 (zh) (fāyánrén) Czech: mluvčí (cs) m Danish: talsmand c, talskvinde c, talsperson c Dutch: woordvoerder (nl) m, woordvoerster (nl) f, zegsman (nl) m, zegsvrouw (nl) f Estonian: pressiesindaja Finnish: edustaja (fi), tiedottaja (fi), äänitorvi French: porte-parole (fr) m or f German: Sprecher (de) m, Sprecherin (de) f, Wortführer (de) m, Wortführerin (de) f Hungarian: szóvivő (hu) Igbo: asogwa Italian: portavoce (it) m or f Norwegian: Bokmål: talsmann m, talskvinne m or f, talsperson m Nynorsk: talsmann m, talskvinne f, talsperson m

Polish: rzecznik (pl) m, rzeczniczka (pl) f Portuguese: porta-voz (pt) m or f Russian: представи́тель (ru) m (predstavítelʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: портпарол m, гласноговорник m Latin: portparol (sh) m, glasnogovornik (sh) m Spanish: portavoz (es) m or f, vocero m, vocera (es) f Swahili: msemi (sw) Swedish: talesman (sv) c, taleskvinna c, talesperson (sv) c Turkish: sözcü (tr)