English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English plaintif Anglo-Norman Old French plaintif ( “ complaining”; as a noun, “one who complains, a plaintiff ” ) from the verb plaindre Doublet of plaintive
Pronunciation [ edit ] plaintiff (plural plaintiffs
( law , UK historical , otherwise current) party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant ; accuser .
Synonyms: actor ( English and Singapore law ) claimant complainant litigant ( Scots law ) pursuer Antonym: defendant Hypernyms: litigant litigator Hyponyms: petitioner suer Usage notes [ edit ] Plaintiff is used in civil law, and should not be confused with complainant
Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
Albanian: paditës (sq) m paditëse f
Arabic: ( indefinite ) مُدَّعٍ m ( muddaʕin ) , ( definite ) الْمُدَّعِي ( al-muddaʕī )
Armenian: հայցվոր (hy) ( haycʻvor )
Azerbaijani: iddiaçı (az)
Belarusian: ісце́ц m ( iscjéc ) , iсьце́ц m ( isʹcjéc )
Bengali: মুদ্দই (bn) ( muddoi )
Bulgarian: тъжи́тел (bg) m ( tǎžítel ) , тъжи́телка f ( tǎžítelka ) , ище́ц (bg) m ( ištéc ) , ищца́ f ( ištcá )
Burmese: တရားလို (my) ( ta.ra:lui )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 原告 ( jyun4 gou3 )
Mandarin: 原告 (zh) ( yuángào )
Czech: žalobce m žalobkyně f
Danish: sagsøger c
Dutch: eiser (nl) m aanklager (nl) m
Esperanto: plendanto
Estonian: hageja (et)
Faroese: stevnandi m
Finnish: kantaja (fi)
French: demandeur (fr) , demandeuse (fr) f plaignant (fr) m plaignante (fr) f
Georgian: მოსარჩელე ( mosarčele )
German: Kläger (de) m Klägerin (de) f
Hebrew: תּוֹבֵעַ m ( tovéa ) , (please verify ) מְבַקֵּשׁ m ( mevakesh )
Hindi: अभियोगी (hi) m ( abhiyogī ) , मुद्दई (hi) m ( muddaī ) , मुद्दालेह (hi) m ( muddāleh )
Hungarian: felperes (hu)
Icelandic: stefnandi m
Indonesian: penggugat (id)
Interlingua: demandator
Irish: éilitheoir m gearánaí m
Italian: querelante (it) m parte civile f ricorrente (it) m attore (it) m
Japanese: 原告 (ja) ( げんこく, genkoku )
Kazakh: қуынушы ( quynuşy ) , талапкер ( talapker ) , даулаушы ( daulauşy )
Khmer: ដើមចោទ (km) ( daəmcaot ) , ចោទកៈ (km) ( caotĕəʼkaʼ )
Korean: 원고(原告) (ko) ( won'go )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: daweker (ku) , dewedar (ku) , dozker (ku) , dozdar (ku)
Kyrgyz: доочу (ky) ( doocu )
Lao: ໂຈດ ( chōt ) , ສະກະວາທີ ( sa ka wā thī )
Latin: petītor m petītrix f
Latvian: prasītājs m prasītāja f
Lithuanian: ieškovas m ieškovė f
Macedonian: тужител m ( tužitel ) , тужителка f ( tužitelka ) , жалител m ( žalitel ) , жалителка f ( žalitelka )
Malay: plaintif
Malayalam: വാദി (ml) ( vādi )
Manchu: ᡥᠠᠪᡧᠠᡥᠠ ( habšaha niyalma )
Maori: kaiwhakapae
Middle English: actour
Mongolian:
Classical Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠯᠳᠤᠭᠰᠠᠨ ( ǰaɣalduɣsan kümün )
Cyrillic: заалдагч (mn) ( zaaldagč )
Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠭ᠋ᠠᠯᠳ᠋ᠤᠭᠴᠢ ( ǰaɣalduɣči )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: saksøker m
Nynorsk: saksøkjar m
Pashto: مدعي m ( moda'i ) , شاکي m ( šākī ) , دعوا لرونکی m ( da'wā 'larunkay )
Persian: خواهان (fa) ( xâhân ) , شاکی (fa) ( šâki ) , دعویٰ گر ( da'vâ gar ) , دعویٰ دار ( da'vâ dâr ) , مدعی (fa) ( modda'i )
Polish: powód (pl) m powódka f
Portuguese: querelante (pt) m or f acusação (pt) f promotoria (pt)
Romanian: reclamant (ro) m reclamantă (ro) f
Russian: исте́ц (ru) m ( istéc )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: жа̀лилац m
Roman: žàlilac (sh) m
Slovak: žalobca m žalobkyňa f
Slovene: tožnik m tožnica f
Spanish: demandante (es) , querellante (es)
Swedish: kärande (sv) c
Tagalog: nagsasakdal
Tajik: даъвогар ( daʾvogar ) , муддаӣ ( muddayī )
Tatar: дәгъвачы (tt) ( däğwaçı )
Thai: โจทก์ (th) ( jòot )
Turkish: davacı (tr) , iddiacı (tr)
Ukrainian: позива́ч m ( pozyváč ) , пози́вач m ( pozývač ) , позива́чка f ( pozyváčka ) , пози́вачка f ( pozývačka )
Urdu: مُدَّعِی m ( mudda'ī )
Uzbek: daʻvogar
Vietnamese: nguyên cáo (vi) , nguyên đơn (vi)
Welsh: achwynydd m achwynwr m
Yakut: үҥээччи ( üñeecci )
Further reading [ edit ] “plaintiff ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC “plaintiff ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC 