chargé d'affaires

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French chargé d’affaires (literally [one] charged with matters).

Pronunciation

Noun

chargé d'affaires (plural chargés d'affaires)

  1. (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.
  • chargée d'affaires (if the diplomat is female)

Translations

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaʁ.ʒe d‿a.fɛʁ/

Noun

chargé d’affaires m (plural chargés d’affaires)

  1. chargé d'affaires

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French chargé d’affaires.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʂarˈʐɛ daˈfɛr/
  • Rhymes: -afɛr

Noun

chargé d'affaires m pers (indeclinable)

  1. (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)

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