English
Etymology
From spoke ( “ past participle of speak ” ) + -s- + person .
Pronunciation
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Noun
spokesperson (plural spokespersons or spokespeople )
A person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
Translations
person who acts as the voice of a group of people
Arabic: نَاطِق رَسْمِيّ m ( nāṭiq rasmiyy ) , مُتَحَدِّث رَسْمِيّ m ( mutaḥaddiṯ rasmiyy )
Armenian: խոսնակ (hy) ( xosnak )
Azerbaijani: mətbuat katibi
Bashkir: вәкил ( vəkil )
Belarusian: прадстаўні́к m ( pradstaŭník ) , прадстаўні́ца f ( pradstaŭníca ) , спі́кер m ( spíkjer ) , спі́керка f ( spíkjerka )
Bulgarian: представи́тел (bg) m ( predstavítel ) , представи́телка f ( predstavítelka ) , говори́тел (bg) m ( govorítel ) , говори́телка f ( govorítelka )
Catalan: portaveu m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 發言人 / 发言人 (zh) ( fāyánrén )
Czech: mluvčí (cs) m , zástupce (cs) m , zástupkyně f
Danish: talsperson c
Dutch: woordvoerder (nl) m , woordvoerster (nl) f , zegsman (nl) m , zegsvrouw (nl) f
Esperanto: proparolanto (eo)
Finnish: edustaja (fi) , tiedottaja (fi) ; puhemies (fi) , puhetorvi (fi)
French: porte-parole (fr) m or f
German: Sprecher (de) m , Sprecherin (de) f , Wortführer (de) m , Wortführerin (de) f
Hebrew: דּוֹבֵר (he) m ( dovér )
Hungarian: szóvivő (hu)
Ido: viceparolanto (io)
Indonesian: juru bicara (id) , penyambung lidah (id)
Irish: urlabhraí (ga) m
Italian: portavoce (it) m or f
Japanese: 代弁者 ( だいべんしゃ, daibensha )
Korean: 대변자(代辯者) ( daebyeonja )
Macedonian: претставник m ( pretstavnik ) , претставничка f ( pretstavnička ) , говорник m ( govornik ) , говорничка f ( govornička ) , гласноговорник m ( glasnogovornik ) , гласноговорничка f ( glasnogovornička )
Malay: jurucakap (ms)
Malayalam: വക്താവ് (ml) ( vaktāvŭ )
Maori: reo kōrero , waha kōrero
Norwegian:
Bokmål: talsperson m , talsmann m , talskvinne f
Persian:
Iranian Persian: سُخَنْگو (fa) ( soxangu )
Polish: rzecznik (pl) m , rzeczniczka (pl) f
Portuguese: porta-voz (pt) m or f
Romanian: purtător de cuvânt (ro) m , purtătoare de cuvânt f
Russian: представи́тель (ru) m ( predstavítelʹ ) , представи́тельница (ru) f ( predstavítelʹnica ) , спи́кер (ru) m ( spíker )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: портпарол m , портпаролка f , гласногово̀рнӣк m , гласногово̀рница f
Roman: portparol (sh) m , portparolka f , glasnogovòrnīk (sh) m , glasnogovòrnica (sh) f
Slovak: hovorca m , hovorkyňa f , zástupca m , zástupkyňa f
Slovene: predstavnik m , predstavnica f
Spanish: portavoz (es) m or f
Swedish: talesperson (sv) c
Tajik: сухангӯ ( suxangü )
Thai: โฆษก (th) ( koo-sòk )
Turkish: sözcü (tr)
Ukrainian: представни́к (uk) m ( predstavnýk ) , представни́ця (uk) f ( predstavnýcja ) , ре́чник m ( réčnyk ) , ре́чниця f ( réčnycja ) , спі́кер m ( spíker ) , спі́керка (uk) f ( spíkerka )
Urdu: تَرْجُمان m ( tarjumān )
Vietnamese: người phát ngôn