missing person

English

Noun

missing person (plural missing persons or missing people)

A person whose whereabouts are unknown and who is being sought.

Usage notes

The usual plural is missing persons.

Translations

person whose whereabouts are unknown

Chinese:
Mandarin: 失蹤人員, 失踪人员 (shīzōng rényuán)
Czech: pohřešovaný (cs)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kadonnut (fi)
French: disparu (fr) m, personne disparue
German: Vermisster (de) m

Irish: duine ar iarraidh m
Italian: persone scomparse f
Japanese: 行方不明者 (ゆくえふめいしゃ, yukue fumeisha)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: desaparecido (pt) m, pessoa desaparecida
Russian: пропа́вший бе́з вести (ru) m (propávšij béz vesti)
Spanish: persona desaparecida

Further reading

missing person on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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