spokesperson

spokesperson

English

Etymology

From spoke, past participle of speak + person

Noun

spokesperson (plural spokespersons or spokespeople)

1. A person who acts as the voice of a group of people.

Synonyms

• spokesman, spox

Coordinate terms

• spokeswoman

Translations

person who acts as the voice of a group of people

Armenian: խոսնակ (hy) (xosnak) Catalan: portaveu m Chinese: Mandarin: 發言人 (zh), 发言人 (zh) (fāyánrén) Czech: mluvčí (cs) m Danish: talsperson c Dutch: woordvoerder (nl) m, woordvoerster (nl) f, zegsman (nl) m, zegsvrouw (nl) f Esperanto: proparolanto Finnish: edustaja (fi), tiedottaja (fi) French: porte-parole (fr) m or f German: Sprecher (de) m, Sprecherin (de) f, Wortführer (de) m, Wortführerin (de) f Hungarian: szóvivő (hu)

Ido: viceparolanto (io) Irish: urlabhraí (ga) m Italian: portavoce (it) m or f Malay: jurucakap m or f Maori: reo kōrero, waha kōrero Portuguese: porta-voz (pt) m or f Russian: представи́тель (ru) m (predstavítelʹ), представи́тельница (ru) f (predstavítelʹnica) Spanish: portavoz (es) m or f Swedish: talesperson (sv) c Thai: กระบอกเสียง (th) (grà-bɔ̀ɔk-sǐiang) Turkish: sözcü (tr)