chargé d'affaires
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
- IPA(key): /ʃaʁ.ʒe d‿a.fɛʁ/
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French chargé d’affaires.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʂarˈʐɛ daˈfɛr/
- Rhymes: -afɛr
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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