English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French representatif.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˌɹɛpɹɪˈzɛntətɪv/
- Hyphenation: rep‧re‧sen‧ta‧tive
Adjective[edit]
representative (comparative more representative, superlative most representative)
- Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.
- Texas State Senator Carl Parker
- If you took all the fools out of the legislature, it wouldn't be a representative body anymore.
- Representing, showing a likeness.
- Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing?
- the representative faculty of the human imagination
Translations[edit]
representative (plural representatives)
- One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation.
- I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.
- A member of a legislative or governing body who represents a constituency.
- She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention.
- Something regarded as typical of its class.
- (US, politics) A member of the US House of Representatives.
- All representatives face re-election every two years.
- A company agent who visits potential purchasers; a salesman.
- (law) An heir.
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Translations[edit]
one who speaks for another
- Albanian: përfaqësues (sq) m, përfaqësuese (sq) f
- Arabic: مُمَثِّل m (mumaṯṯil), وَكِيل m (wakīl)
- Armenian: ներկայացուցիչ (hy) (nerkayacʿucʿičʿ)
- Azerbaijani: nümayəndə (az), vəkil (az)
- Belarusian: прадстаўні́к m (pradstaŭník), прадстаўні́ца f (pradstaŭníca)
- Bengali: প্রতিনিধি (prôtinidhi)
- Bulgarian: представи́тел (bg) m (predstavítel), представи́телка f (predstavítelka)
- Burmese: ကိုယ်စားလှယ် (my) (kuiyca:hlai)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 代表 (zh) (dàibiǎo)
- Crimean Tatar: vekil
- Czech: zástupce (cs) m, zástupkyně f
- Danish: repræsentant n
- Dutch: vertegenwoordiger (nl) m
- Estonian: esindaja (et)
- Finnish: edustaja (fi)
- French: représentant (fr) m, délégué (fr) m, mandataire (fr) m or f
- Galician: representante m or f
- Georgian: წარმომადგენელი (c̣armomadgeneli)
- German: Repräsentant (de) m, Vertreter (de) m, Sprecher (de) m
- Greek: εκπρόσωπος (el) m (ekprósopos)
- Hebrew: מְיַצֵג m (natsíg), נציגה f (netsigá)
- Hindi: प्रतिनिधि (hi) m (pratinidhi), नुमाइंदा (hi) m (numāindā)
- Hungarian: képviselő (hu)
- Icelandic: fulltrúi m
- Ido: reprezentanto (io)
- Irish: uiríollaí m
- Italian: rappresentante (it) m or f
- Japanese: 代表 (ja) (だいひょう, daihyō)
- Kazakh: өкіл (ökil)
- Khmer: តំណាង (km) (tɑmnaang), ធ្មាយ (thmiəy), តាង (km) (taang), ប្រតិភូ (km) (prɑtephuu), ទូត (km) (tuut)
- Korean: 대표 (ko) (daepyo)
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: mumesil m, nûner (ku), nimînende (ku)
- Sorani: نوێنهر (nwêner)
- Kyrgyz: өкүл (ky) (ökül)
- Lao: ຜູ້ແທນ (phū thǣn), ຜູ້ຕາງຫນ້າ (phū tāng nā)
- Latin: repraesentātīvus m, repraesentātīva f
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- Latvian: pārstāvis m
- Lithuanian: atstõvas m, atstõvė f
- Macedonian: претставник m (pretstavnik), претставничка f (pretstavnička)
- Malay: wakil
- Maltese: rappreżentant m
- Maori: māngai, taraketi, kanohi
- Mongolian: төлөөлөгч (mn) (tölöölögč)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: representant m
- Pashto: نماينده (ps) m (namāyәndá), وکيل m (wakíl)
- Persian: نماینده (fa) (namâyande), ممثل (fa) (momassal), وکیل (fa) (vakil)
- Polish: reprezentant (pl) m, przedstawiciel (pl) m, przedstawicielka (pl) f
- Portuguese: representante (pt) m or f
- Romanian: reprezentant (ro) m, reprezentantă (ro) f
- Russian: представи́тель (ru) m (predstavítelʹ), представи́тельница (ru) f (predstavítelʹnica), делега́т (ru) m (delegát), уполномо́ченный (ru) m (upolnomóčennyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: riochdaire m, neach-ionaid m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пре́дста̄внӣк m
- Roman: prédstāvnīk (sh) m
- Slovak: zástupca m, zástupkyňa f
- Slovene: predstavnik m, predstavnica f
- Spanish: representante (es) m or f
- Swahili: wajumbe (sw)
- Swedish: representant (sv) c, företrädare (sv) c
- Tagalog: kinatawan (tl)
- Tajik: намоянда (namoyanda), вакил (vakil)
- Tatar: вәкил (tt) (wäqil)
- Telugu: ప్రతినిధి (te) (pratinidhi)
- Thai: ตัวแทน (dtuua-tɛɛn)
- Turkish: mümessil (tr), vekil (tr), temsilci (tr)
- Turkmen: wekil
- Ukrainian: представни́к (uk) m (predstavnýk), представни́ця (uk) f (predstavnýcja)
- Urdu: نمائندہ m (numā'inda)
- Uyghur: نامايەندە (namayende), ۋەكىل (wekil)
- Uzbek: namoyanda (uz), vakil (uz)
- Vietnamese: tiêu biểu (vi)
- Welsh: cynrychiolydd (cy) m
- Yiddish: רעפּרעזענטאַנט m (reprezentant), פֿאַרטרעטער m (fartreter)
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representative of a constituency
one that is taken as typical of its class
member of the House of Representatives
Further reading[edit]
- "representative" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 266.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Adjective[edit]
representative
- inflection of representativ:
- definite singular
- plural
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Adjective[edit]
representative
- inflection of representativ:
- definite singular
- plural
