chargé d'affaires
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See also: charge d'affaires
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French chargé d’affaires (literally “[one] charged with matters”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ʃɑrˈʒeɪ dəˈfɛɹ/
Noun
chargé d'affaires (plural chargés d'affaires)
- (diplomacy) A diplomat, ranking below an ambassador, who heads a diplomatic mission when no ambassador is present, either temporarily (in the interim between the departure of one ambassador and the accreditation of another) or for an extended time.
Related terms
- chargée d'affaires (if the diplomat is female)
Translations
diplomat
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
chargé d’affaires m (plural chargés d’affaires)
Indonesian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French chargé d’affaires (literally “[one] charged with matters”).
Noun
chargé d'affaires (plural chargé-chargé d'affaires)
- (diplomacy) chargé d'affaires: a diplomat, ranking below an ambassador, who heads a diplomatic mission when no ambassador is present, either temporarily (in the interim between the departure of one ambassador and the accreditation of another) or for an extended time.
- Synonym: kuasa usaha
Further reading
- “chargé d'affaires” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
chargé d'affaires m pers (indeclinable)
- (diplomacy, politics) chargé d'affaires (diplomat, ranking below an ambassador, who heads a diplomatic mission when no ambassador is present, either temporarily (in the interim between the departure of one ambassador and the accreditation of another) or for an extended time)
Further reading
- chargé d’affaires in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- chargé d’affaires in PWN's encyclopedia
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