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attaché

/əˈtæʃeɪ//ˌætæˈʃeɪ/

attaché noun: a diplomatic officer, usually one who plays a specific role.

Noun

attaché (plural attachés)

  1. A diplomatic officer, usually one who plays a specific role.
    • Little did anyone suspect that the military attaché was one of the world's craftiest spies.
    • One of the commercial attachés of the Department of Commerce in South America transmits the name and address of an engineer who desires to receive full information relative to an automotor for an interurban railway.1915, Commerce Reports, volume 2, number 115, page 784

attaché meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Arabic and Malay

attaché in Hindi

diplomatic officer
अताशे atāśe, अटैची aṭaicī

attaché in Urdu

diplomatic officer
اَٹَیچی aṭaicī, ٹَیچی ṭaicī, اَٹَاچی aṭācī

attaché in Arabic

diplomatic officer
مُلْحَق mulḥaq

attaché in Malay

diplomatic officer
atase
More languagesFewer languages
attaché in Indonesian
atase
attaché in Vietnamese
tuỳ viên

Forms of attaché

pluralattachés
alternative formattache

Origin of attaché

Unadapted borrowing from French attaché (literally “attached”).

Words formed from attaché

Phrases with attaché

Words that rhyme with attaché

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about attaché

What does attaché mean?
Attaché means a diplomatic officer, usually one who plays a specific role.
What is attaché in Hindi?
Attaché in Hindi is अताशे (atāśe), अटैची (aṭaicī). See Attaché meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is attaché?
Attaché is a noun.
How do you pronounce attaché?
Attaché is pronounced /əˈtæʃeɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of attaché?
The plural of attaché is attachés.

Words near attaché in the dictionary

  1. attachment therapies
  2. attachment therapy
  3. attachments
  4. attachments of earnings
  5. attacht
  6. attaché
  7. attaché case
  8. attaché cases
  9. attachés
  10. attachéship
  11. attachéships

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