Spokesperson — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/spˈoʊkspɚsən/

🇬🇧British English

/spˈəʊkspəsən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/spˈəʊkspəsən/

4 syllables Say it as /spˈoʊkspɚsən/.

Examples

the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

representative interpreter voice

Parts of Speech

noun	an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose “the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Sprecher

ein Anwalt, der die Politik oder den Zweck einer anderen Person vertritt

🇫🇷French

porte-parole

un défenseur qui représente la politique ou le but de quelqu'un d'autre

🇪🇸Spanish

portavoz

un defensor que representa la política o el propósito de otra persona

🇮🇹Italian

portavoce

un sostenitore che rappresenta la politica o lo scopo di qualcun altro

🇳🇱Dutch

woordvoerder

een advocaat die het beleid of doel van iemand anders vertegenwoordigt

🇵🇹Portuguese

porta-voz

um defensor que representa a política ou propósito de outra pessoa

🇷🇺Russian

представитель

адвокат, который представляет чужую политику или цели

India

🇮🇳Hindi

प्रवक्ता

एक वकील जो किसी और की नीति या उद्देश्य का प्रतिनिधित्व करता है

🇧🇩Bengali

মুখপাত্র

একজন উকিল যিনি অন্য কারো নীতি বা উদ্দেশ্য প্রতিনিধিত্ব করেন

🇮🇳Tamil

செய்தி தொடர்பாளர்

வேறொருவரின் கொள்கை அல்லது நோக்கத்தை பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்தும் வழக்கறிஞர்

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రతినిధి

వేరొకరి విధానం లేదా ఉద్దేశ్యానికి ప్రాతినిధ్యం వహించే న్యాయవాది

🇮🇳Marathi

प्रवक्ता

एक वकील जो दुसऱ्याच्या धोरणाचे किंवा उद्देशाचे प्रतिनिधित्व करतो

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રવક્તા

એક વકીલ કે જે કોઈ અન્યની નીતિ અથવા હેતુનું પ્રતિનિધિત્વ કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಕ್ತಾರರು

ಬೇರೊಬ್ಬರ ನೀತಿ ಅಥವಾ ಉದ್ದೇಶವನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಸುವ ವಕೀಲ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വക്താവ്

മറ്റൊരാളുടെ നയത്തെയോ ഉദ്ദേശ്യത്തെയോ പ്രതിനിധീകരിക്കുന്ന ഒരു അഭിഭാഷകൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੁਲਾਰੇ

ਇੱਕ ਵਕੀਲ ਜੋ ਕਿਸੇ ਹੋਰ ਦੀ ਨੀਤੀ ਜਾਂ ਉਦੇਸ਼ ਦੀ ਨੁਮਾਇੰਦਗੀ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

ترجمان

ایک وکیل جو کسی اور کی پالیسی یا مقصد کی نمائندگی کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

发言人

代表他人政策或目的的倡导者

🇯🇵Japanese

広報担当者

他人の政策や目的を代表する擁護者

🇰🇷Korean

대변인

다른 사람의 정책이나 목적을 대변하는 옹호자

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người phát ngôn

một người ủng hộ đại diện cho chính sách hoặc mục đích của người khác

🇹🇭Thai

โฆษก

ผู้สนับสนุนที่เป็นตัวแทนของนโยบายหรือวัตถุประสงค์ของบุคคลอื่น

🇮🇩Indonesian

juru bicara

seorang advokat yang mewakili kebijakan atau tujuan orang lain

🇵🇭Filipino

tagapagsalita

isang tagapagtaguyod na kumakatawan sa patakaran o layunin ng ibang tao

🇲🇾Malay

jurucakap

peguam bela yang mewakili dasar atau tujuan orang lain

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

المتحدث الرسمي

المدافع الذي يمثل سياسة أو غرض شخص آخر

🇮🇷Persian

سخنگو

مدافعی که سیاست یا هدف شخص دیگری را نمایندگی می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

sözcü

başka birinin politikasını veya amacını temsil eden bir savunucu

🇮🇱Hebrew

דובר

עורך דין המייצג מדיניות או מטרה של מישהו אחר

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