noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/əˈtæʃeɪ/
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General-American:/ˌætæˈʃeɪ/
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rhymes with -eɪ
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noun
Meaning 1
A diplomatic officer, usually one who plays a specific role.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Little did anyone suspect that the military attaché was one of the world's craftiest spies.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French attaché (literally “attached”).
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
atashe
— diplomatic officer
Arabic:
مُلْحَق
(mulḥaq)
— diplomatic officer
Armenian:
կցորդ
(kcʻord)
— diplomatic officer
Azerbaijani:
attaşe
— diplomatic officer
Belarusian:
аташэ́
(atašé)
— diplomatic officer
Bulgarian:
аташе́
(atašé)
— diplomatic officer
Catalan:
agregat
— diplomatic officer
Chinese Mandarin:
隨員 /随员
(suíyuán)
— diplomatic officer
Chinese Mandarin:
參贊 /参赞
(cānzàn)
— diplomatic officer