briefcase

briefcase

English

A letter briefcase.

A black briefcase.

Etymology

brief +‎ case

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹiːfˌkeɪs/

Noun

briefcase (plural briefcases)

1. A case used for carrying documents, especially for business.
2. (computing) In Microsoft Windows, a folder that supports file synchronization between itself and another folder.
   • 2004, Craig Forrest Mathews, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Tablet PCs, page 202:

     You create a briefcase called Files where you store all your important documents. The briefcase is stored on your Tablet PC's C: drive, and the source files reside on your server.

Synonyms

• attaché case

Derived terms

• briefcase computer
• Third World briefcase

 

Translations

case used for carrying documents

Afrikaans: aktetas (af) Albanian: çantë (sq) f, valixhe (sq) f Arabic: حَقِيبَة‎ (ar) f (ḥaqība), مِحْفَظَة‎ f (miḥfaẓa), شَنْطَة‎ (ar) f (šanṭa) Azerbaijani: portfel Basque: maleta Belarusian: партфэ́ль m (partfélʹ), дыплама́т m (dyplamát), кейс m (kjejs), па́пка (be) f (pápka), тэ́чка f (téčka) Bulgarian: ку́фарче n (kúfarče), ча́нта (bg) f (čánta) Catalan: cartera (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 公文包 (zh) (gōngwénbāo), 皮包 (zh) (píbāo) Czech: kufřík (cs) f, aktovka (cs) f, diplomatka f Danish: portefølje c Dutch: aktetas (nl) Esperanto: aktujo, teko (eo) Estonian: portfell Faroese: skjalamappa f Finnish: salkku (fi), asiakirjasalkku French: portefeuille (fr) m, serviette (fr) f, porte-documents (fr) m Galician: carteira f, maletín m German: (general) Aktentasche (de) f; (attaché case also) Aktenkoffer (de) f Hindi: ब्रीफ़केस m (brīfkes), अटैची f (aṭaicī), अटेची f (aṭecī) Hungarian: aktatáska (hu) Icelandic: skjalataska f Italian: valigetta f Japanese: 鞄 (ja) (かばん, kaban), ブリーフケース (burīfukēsu) Kazakh: портфель (portfel) Korean: 서류 가방 (seoryu gabang), 가방 (ko) (gabang) Kyrgyz: портфель (ky) (portfelʹ) Latin: scrīnium n Latvian: portfelis m Lithuanian: portfelis (lt) m Luxembourgish: Mapp f Macedonian: актовка f (aktovka), чанта f (čanta), ташна f (tašna) Manx: kishtey laue m Maori: kopamārō Norwegian: Bokmål: dokumentmappe m or f Nynorsk: dokumentmappe f Polish: teczka (pl) f, aktówka (pl) f Portuguese: pasta (pt) f, maleta (pt) f Romanian: geantă (ro) f, servietă (ro) f Russian: портфе́ль (ru) m (portfélʹ), диплома́т (ru) m (diplomát), кейс (ru) m (kejs), па́пка (ru) f (pápka) Scottish Gaelic: màileid f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: а̏кто̄вка f Roman: ȁktōvka (sh) f Slovak: kufrík m, aktovka f, diplomatka f Slovene: aktovka f Spanish: maletín (es) m Swedish: portfölj (sv) c Tajik: портфель (portfel'), киф (kif) Tibetan: ལག་འབེག (lag 'beg) Turkish: evrak çantası Turkmen: portfel Ukrainian: портфе́ль m (portfélʹ), диплома́т m (dyplomát), кейс m (kejs), па́пка f (pápka), те́чка f (téčka) Urdu: بریفکیس‎ m (brīfkes), اٹیچی‎ (ur) f (aṭaicī) Uzbek: portfel (uz)

Further reading

• briefcase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Briefcase (Microsoft Windows) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia