ombudsman
See also: ombudsmän
English
WOTD – 25 November 2007
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.
Pronunciation
Noun
ombudsman (plural ombudsmen)
- An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments.
- A designated internal mediator in an organization whose duty is to assist members with conflict resolution and other problems and to serve as an independent consultant to recommend changes to policies or procedures to improve organization effectiveness, efficiency, and humaneness.
Usage notes
- This term is derived from Swedish, in which language the suffix -man is not always gender-specific. Nevertheless, the words ombudsperson, ombud, and ombudswoman have been coined to remedy the perceived gender-specificity of ombudsman in English.
Derived terms
Translations
official who investigates complaints
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Cebuano
Czech
Etymology
From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔmbʊtsˌman/
Dutch
Etymology
From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔm.bʏts.mɑn/
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French
Etymology
From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔm.byds.man/, /ɔ̃.byds.mɑ̃/
Noun
ombudsman m or f (plural ombudsmans)
- An appointed official within an organization whose duty is to investigate complaints against that organization by its customers, taxpayers, and sometimes employees, and often to act as a consultant to improve services and processes.
Usage notes
- In Quebec, the office in government services is called protecteur du citoyen. A similar office in France is that of the médiateur, though its precise functions differ.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.
Noun
ombudsman m (plural ombudsmen or ombudsmans or ombudsman)
- ombudsman (official who investigates complaints)
Romanian
Declension
declension of ombudsman
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) ombudsman | ombudsmanul | (niște) ombudsmani | ombudsmanii |
genitive/dative | (unui) ombudsman | ombudsmanului | (unor) ombudsmani | ombudsmanilor |
vocative | ombudsmanule | ombudsmanilor |
declension of ombudsman
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) ombudsman | ombudsmanul | (niște) ombudsmeni | ombudsmenii |
genitive/dative | (unui) ombudsman | ombudsmanului | (unor) ombudsmeni | ombudsmenilor |
vocative | ombudsmanule | ombudsmenilor |
See also
References
- ombudsman in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ombǔdzman/
Spanish
Swedish
Etymology
ombud + man. The origin of the word is found in Old Norse umboðsmaðr and the word “umbuds man”, meaning representative. The first preserved use in Swedish is from 1552.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔm.bʉːdsˌman/
Declension
Declension of ombudsman | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ombudsman | ombudsmannen | ombudsmän | ombudsmännen |
Genitive | ombudsmans | ombudsmannens | ombudsmäns | ombudsmännens |
Related terms
- barnombudsman
- diskrimineringsombudsman
- jämo
- jämställdhetsombudsman
- justitieombudsman
Descendants
Descendants of ombudsman in other languages
- Armenian: օմբուդսմեն (ōmbudsmen)
- Dutch: ombudsman
- English: ombudsman
- Georgian: ომბუდსმენი (ombudsmeni)
- German: Ombudsmann
- Portuguese: ombudsman
- Serbo-Croatian: ombudsman
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /om.buds.mɑn/
Declension
Inflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | ombudsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | ombudsmanı | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | ombudsman | ombudsmanlar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | ombudsmanı | ombudsmanları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | ombudsmana | ombudsmanlara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | ombudsmanda | ombudsmanlarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | ombudsmandan | ombudsmanlardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | ombudsmanın | ombudsmanların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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