spokesperson

English

Etymology

From spoke, past participle of speak + person

Noun

spokesperson (plural spokespersons or spokespeople)

A person who acts as the voice of a group of people.

Synonyms

spokesman, spox

Coordinate terms

spokeswoman

Translations

person who acts as the voice of a group of people

Armenian: խոսնակ (hy) (xosnak)
Catalan: portaveu m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 發言人 (zh), 发言人 (zh) (fāyánrén)
Czech: mluvčí (cs) m
Danish: talsperson c
Dutch: woordvoerder (nl) m, woordvoerster (nl) f, zegsman (nl) m, zegsvrouw (nl) f
Esperanto: proparolanto
Finnish: edustaja (fi), tiedottaja (fi)
French: porte-parole (fr) m or f
German: Sprecher (de) m, Sprecherin (de) f, Wortführer (de) m, Wortführerin (de) f
Hungarian: szóvivő (hu)

Ido: viceparolanto (io)
Irish: urlabhraí (ga) m
Italian: portavoce (it) m or f
Malay: jurucakap m or f
Maori: reo kōrero, waha kōrero
Portuguese: porta-voz (pt) m or f
Russian: представи́тель (ru) m (predstavítelʹ), представи́тельница (ru) f (predstavítelʹnica)
Spanish: portavoz (es) m or f
Swedish: talesperson (sv) c
Thai: กระบอกเสียง (th) (grà-bɔ̀ɔk-sǐiang)
Turkish: sözcü (tr)

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