ombudsman

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman (equivalent to ombud (“representative, proxy”) + man), from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒmbədzmən/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɑmbədzmən/
• (Philippine, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ɒmˈbʊdzmən/

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ombudsman (plural ombudsmen)

1. An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments.
2. A designated internal mediator in an organization whose duty is to assist members with conflict resolution and other problems and to serve as an independent consultant to recommend changes to policies or procedures to improve organization effectiveness, efficiency, and humaneness.

• Derived from Swedish, where the suffix -man is not always gender specific. Nevertheless, the words ombud, ombuds, ombudsperson, and ombudswoman have been coined to remedy the perceived gender-specificity of ombudsman in English.

• ombud
• ombuds
• ombudsperson
• ombudswoman

From English ombudsman, borrowed from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

ombudsman

1. an ombudsman

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• IPA^(key): [ˈombut͡sman]

ombudsman m anim

1. ombudsman

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔm.bʏts.mɑn/

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ombudsman m (plural ombudsmannen, diminutive ombudsmannetje n)

1. ombudsman

• ombudsvrouw
• ombudspersoon, ombudsmens (jocular)

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• IPA^(key): /ɔm.byds.man/, /ɔ̃.byds.mɑ̃/

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ombudsman m or f by sense (plural ombudsmans)

1. an appointed official within an organization whose duty is to investigate complaints against that organization by its customers, taxpayers, and sometimes employees, and often to act as a consultant to improve services and processes

• In Quebec, the office in government services is called protecteur du citoyen. A similar office in France is that of the médiateur, though its precise functions differ.

From English ombudsman, from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

ombudsman (first-person possessive ombudsmanku, second-person possessive ombudsmanmu, third-person possessive ombudsmannya)

1. ombudsman

• “ombudsman” 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.

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman.

• IPA^(key): /ɔmˈbut.sman/

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• Rhymes: -utsman
• Syllabification: om‧bud‧sman

ombudsman m pers

1. ombudsman

• ombudsman in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ombudsman in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• Hyphenation: om‧buds‧man

ombudsman m (plural ombudsmen or ombudsmans or ombudsman)

1. ombudsman (official who investigates complaints)

Borrowed from English ombudsman, from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

ombudsman m (plural ombudsmani or ombudsmeni)

1. ombudsman

• reprezentant

• ombudsman in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• IPA^(key): /ombǔdzman/

ombùdsman m (Cyrillic spelling омбу̀дсман)

1. ombudsman

   Synonym: pučki pravobranitelj

ombudsman m or f by sense (plural ombúdsmanes)

1. ombudsman

From Old Swedish umbuds man or ombud (“representative, proxy”) +‎ man. The origin of the word is found in Old Norse umboðsmaðr and the word “umbuds man”, meaning representative. The first preserved use in Swedish is from 1552.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔm.bʉːdsˌman/

ombudsman c

1. ombudsman

• barnombudsman
• diskrimineringsombudsman
• jämo
• jämställdhetsombudsman
• justitieombudsman

• ombudsman in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ombudsman in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ombudsman in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From English ombudsman, from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

• IPA^(key): /om.buds.mɑn/

ombudsman (definite accusative ombudsmanı, plural ombudsmanlar)

1. ombudsman