Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 9069 6772102 2009-06-11T18:56:31Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:et:attorney]] ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{SAMPA|/@"t3`nI/}} * {{audio|En-us-attorney.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɜː(r)ni}} ===Noun=== '''attorney''' (''plural'' [[attorneys]]) # {{legal}} In the United States, a [[lawyer]]; one who [[advise]]s or [[represent]]s others in [[legal]] [[matter]]s as a [[profession]]. # An [[agent]] or [[representative]] [[authorize]]d to [[act]] on [[someone else]]'s [[behalf]]. #: Usage note: In this sense, the word is now used to refer to nonlawyers usually only in fixed phrases such as [[attorney-in-fact]] or [[power of attorney]]. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|lawyer}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[محام|محامٍ]]}} {{IPAchar|(muħāmin)}} {{m}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|փաստաբան|tr=p’astaban|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}, {{t|hy|իրավաբան|tr=iravaban|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|advokát|m}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|advocaat|m|f}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|asianajaja}} * French: {{t+|fr|avocat|m}} * German: {{t+|de|Rechtsanwalt|m}} * Hebrew: [[פרקליט]] (praqlyt') {{m}}, [[פרקליטה]] (praqlit'a) {{f}}, {{t+|he|עורך דין|m|alt=עֹרֵךְ דִּין|tr=orekh din|sc=Hebr}}, {{t|he|עורכת דין|f|alt=עֹרֶכֶת דִּין|tr=orekhet din|sc=Hebr}} {{trans-mid}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|ügyész}} * Icelandic: [[lögfræðingur]] {{m}} * Italian: {{t+|it|avvocato}} * Japanese: [[弁護士]] (bengoshi) * Russian: {{t+|ru|адвокат|sc=Cyrl}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|abogado|m}}, {{t-|es|abogada|f}}, {{t-|es|notario|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|advokat|c}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|agent/representative}} * Armenian: {{t|hy|հավատարմատար|tr=havatarmatar|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|oikeudenkäyntiasiamies}}, {{t-|fi|asiamies}} {{trans-mid}} * Icelandic: [[fulltrúi]] {{m}}, [[umboðsmaður]] {{m}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|представитель|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|поверенный|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} ===See also=== * {{slang}}: [[mouthpiece]] * [[advocate]] * [[POA]] [[et:attorney]] [[el:attorney]] [[fr:attorney]] [[io:attorney]] [[ku:attorney]] [[hu:attorney]] [[no:attorney]] [[pl:attorney]] [[pt:attorney]] [[ru:attorney]] [[ta:attorney]] [[te:attorney]] [[tr:attorney]] [[vi:attorney]] [[zh:attorney]]