spokesperson

English

Etymology

From spoke (“past participle of speak”) +‎ -s- +‎ person.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈspəʊkspɜːɹsən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

spokesperson (plural spokespersons or spokespeople)

A person who acts as the voice of another person or a group of people.

Synonyms

spox

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

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