plaintiff
/ˈpleɪntɪf/
plaintiff noun: a party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.
Noun
plaintiff (plural plaintiffs)
plaintiff meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
plaintiff in Hindi
- party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
- अभियोगी abhiyogī, वादी vādī, याचिकाकर्ता yācikākartā, याचक yācak
plaintiff in Tamil
- வாதி
plaintiff in Marathi
- फिर्यादी
plaintiff in Urdu
- party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
- مُدَّعِی mudda'ī
More languagesFewer languages
- plaintiff in Bengali
- মুদ্দই muddoi
- plaintiff in Telugu
- వాది vādi
- plaintiff in Malayalam
- വാദി vādi
- plaintiff in Kannada
- ವಾದಿ, ಫಿರ್ಯಾದಿ, ಆಪಾದಕ, ದೂರುಗಾರ
- plaintiff in Punjabi
- ਮੁਦਈ
- plaintiff in Gujarati
- વાદી
- plaintiff in Sanskrit
- वादिन् vādín
- plaintiff in Nepali
- वादी
- plaintiff in Pashto
- مدعي moda'i, شاکي šākī, دعوا لرونکی da'wā 'larunkay
- plaintiff in Tagalog
- nagsasakdal
- plaintiff in Arabic
- مُدَّعٍ muddaʕin, الْمُدَّعِي al-muddaʕī
- plaintiff in Malay
- plaintif
- plaintiff in Indonesian
- penggugat
- plaintiff in Persian
- خواهان xâhân, شاکی šâki, دعویٰ گر da'vâ gar, دعویٰ دار da'vâ dâr
- plaintiff in Thai
- โจทก์ jòot
- plaintiff in Vietnamese
- nguyên cáo, nguyên đơn
- plaintiff in Myanmar
- တရားလို ta.ra:lui
Examples of plaintiff in a sentence
- The subpoena required that the company document their communication with the plaintiff.
- The plaintiff recovered in his suit, being awarded declaratory relief and a clearing of his name.
- The merits of the case favored the plaintiffs, but their procedural blunders set them back.
Synonyms of plaintiff
Antonyms
Forms of plaintiff
| plural | plaintiffs |
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Origin of plaintiff
From Middle English plaintif, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French plaintif (“complaining”; as a noun, “one who complains, a plaintiff”) from the verb plaindre. Doublet of plaintive.
Words formed from plaintiff
Questions about plaintiff
- What does plaintiff mean?
- Plaintiff means a party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.
- What is plaintiff in Hindi?
- Plaintiff in Hindi is अभियोगी (abhiyogī), वादी (vādī), याचिकाकर्ता (yācikākartā). See Plaintiff meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is plaintiff?
- Plaintiff is a noun.
- How do you pronounce plaintiff?
- Plaintiff is pronounced /ˈpleɪntɪf/.
- What is the plural of plaintiff?
- The plural of plaintiff is plaintiffs.
Words near plaintiff in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: plaintiff (page history and authors); plaintiff (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plaintiff (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); వాది (Telugu) (page history and authors); plaintiff (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plaintiff (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); plaintiff (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); वादिन् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); plaintiff (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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