lobbyist

English

Etymology

From lobby +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.bi.ɪst/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒ.bi.ɪst/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

lobbyist (plural lobbyists)

1. A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.

Translations

person paid to influence politicians

• Catalan: lobbista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 說客／说客 (zh) (shuìkè)

• Czech: lobbista (cs) m
• Danish: lobbyist c
• Dutch: lobbyist (nl) m
• Esperanto: lobiisto
• Finnish: lobbari (fi)
• French: lobbyiste (fr) m or f,
• Georgian: ლობისტი (lobisṭi)
• German: Lobbyist (de) m, Lobbyistin (de) f
• Hebrew: לוביסטי m (lobísti)
• Hungarian: lobbista (hu)
• Irish: brústocaire m
• Italian: lobbista m, portavoce (it) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: лобист m (lobist)
• Polish: lobbista (pl) m, lobbysta (pl) m
• Portuguese: lobista (pt)
• Romanian: lobbyist (ro) m, lobbyistă (ro) f
• Russian: лобби́ст (ru) m (lobbíst), лобби́стка (ru) f (lobbístka)
• Slovene: lobist m, lobistka f
• Spanish: lobista m or f by sense, cabildero m, recabador m
• Swedish: lobbyist (sv) c

Dutch

Etymology

From lobbyen +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: lob‧by‧ist

Noun

lobbyist m (plural lobbyisten, diminutive lobbyistje n)

1. lobbyist

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English lobbyist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo.biˈist/

Noun

lobbyist m (plural lobbyiști, feminine equivalent lobbyistă)

1. lobbyist

Declension

Declension of lobbyist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) lobbyist	lobbyistul	(niște) lobbyiști	lobbyiștii
genitive/dative	(unui) lobbyist	lobbyistului	(unor) lobbyiști	lobbyiștilor
vocative	lobbyistule		lobbyiștilor

Derived terms

• lobbyistică

Related terms

• lobby
• lobbying
• lobbyism

References

• lobbyist in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Swedish

Noun

lobbyist c

1. a lobbyist

Declension

Declension of lobbyist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lobbyist	lobbyisten	lobbyister	lobbyisterna
Genitive	lobbyists	lobbyistens	lobbyisters	lobbyisternas

Related terms

• lobby

References

• lobbyist in Svensk ordbok (SO)