attaché

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(ăt'ə-shā', ă-tă-) pronunciation
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.

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

    pronunciation The ambassador sent his attache to Paris.

    Tutor's tip: It helps to have a good "attachΘ" (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.

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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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