n.

1. A person officially assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission to serve in a particular capacity: a cultural attaché; a military attaché.
2. An attaché case.

[French, from past participle of attacher, to attach, from Old French attachier. See attach.]

(a-ta-shay, at-uh-shay)

A diplomatic officer attached to an embassy or consulate. Most attachés have specialties, such as military attachés, cultural attachés, economic attachés, and so forth.

Some nations disguise spies as attachés.

IN BRIEF: A special assistant to a diplomat or ambassador.

The ambassador sent his attaché to Paris.

Tutor's tip: It helps to have a good "attaché" (specialist attached to an embassy) if an allied country is "attacked" (set upon forcefully), especially if there's a way to "attach" (bind together) words with action.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission

Meaning #2: a shallow and rectangular briefcase
  Synonym: attache case

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - attache

idioms:

• attaché case    dokumentmappe, attachemappe

Nederlands (Dutch)
attaché

Français (French)
n. - attaché

idioms:

• attaché case    attaché-case

Deutsch (German)
n. - Attaché

idioms:

• attaché case    Diplomatenkoffer, Aktentasche

Italiano (Italian)
addetto

idioms:

• attaché case    borsa diplomatica

Português (Portuguese)
n. - adido (m), diplomata (m) (f)

idioms:

• attaché case    valise (f) de diplomata
• press attaché    adido de imprensa

Español (Spanish)
n. - agregado

idioms:

• attaché case    maleta diplomática

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - attaché

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ملحق في سفارة‏

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