attorney

English

Etymology

Old French atornee, feminine past participle of atorner (to prepare, to ready), compare attorn

Pronunciation

• X-SAMPA: /@"t3`nI/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ni

Noun

attorney (plural attorneys)

1. (US) A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
2. An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf.

Usage notes

• In the "agent" sense, the word is now used to refer to nonlawyers usually only in fixed phrases such as attorney-in-fact or power of attorney.

Synonyms

• mouthpiece (slang)
• advocate

Derived terms

attorney general attorney-in-fact attorney-at-law

patent attorney power of attorney (POA)

Translations

lawyer

• Arabic: محامٍ (muħāmin) m
• Armenian: փաստաբան (hy) (p’astaban), իրավաբան (hy) (iravaban)
• Catalan: advocat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 律师 (cmn)

• Czech: advokát (cs) m
• Dutch: advocaat (nl) m and f
• Finnish: asianajaja (fi)
• French: avocat (fr) m
• German: Rechtsanwalt (de) m
• Hebrew: פרקליט (praqlyt') m, פרקליטה (praqlit'a) f, עֹרֵךְ דִּין (he) (orekh din) m, עֹרֶכֶת דִּין (he) (orekhet din) f

• Hungarian: ügyész (hu)
• Icelandic: lögfræðingur (is) m
• Italian: avvocato (it)
• Japanese: 弁護士 (bengoshi)
• Portuguese: advogado (pt) m, advogada (pt) f
• Russian: адвокат (ru) (advokat)
• Spanish: abogado (es) m, abogada (es) f, notario (es) m
• Swedish: advokat (sv) c
• Telugu: న్యాయవాది (te) (nyaayavaadi)
• Urdu: وکیل (ur) (vakeel) m and f

agent/representative

• Armenian: հավատարմատար (hy) (havatarmatar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 代理 (cmn)

• Finnish: oikeudenkäyntiasiamies (fi), asiamies (fi)

• Icelandic: fulltrúi (is) m, umboðsmaður (is) m
• Jèrriais: protchuleux m
• Russian: представитель (ru) (predstavitelʹ), поверенный (ru) (poverennyj)