Phrase guide

chargé d'affaires

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /ʃɑrˌʒeɪdəˈfɛɹ/

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noun

Meaning 1

A diplomat, ranking below an ambassador, who heads a diplomatic mission when no ambassador is present, either temporarily (in the interim between the departure of one ambassador and the accreditation of another) or for an extended time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: diplomacy, government, politics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French chargé d'affaires (literally “[one] charged with matters”).

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: паве́раны ў спра́вах (pavjérany w správax) — diplomat
  • Belarusian: паве́раная ў спра́вах (pavjéranaja w správax) — diplomat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 代辦 /代办 (dàibàn) — diplomat
  • Czech: chargé d'affaires — diplomat
  • Esperanto: aferŝarĝito — diplomat
  • Finnish: asiainhoitaja — diplomat
  • French: chargé d'affaires — diplomat
  • French: chargée d'affaires — diplomat
  • Georgian: საქმეთა რწმუნებული (sakmeta rc̣munebuli) — diplomat
  • German: Geschäftsträger — diplomat
  • German: Geschäftsträgerin — diplomat
  • Italian: incaricato d'affari — diplomat
  • Japanese: 代理大使 (dairi taishi) — diplomat
  • Japanese: 代理公使 (dairi kōshi) — diplomat
  • Khmer: ភារធារី (phea reak thea ri) — diplomat
  • Korean: 대리대사 (daeridaesa) — diplomat
  • Korean: 대리공사 (daerigongsa) — diplomat
  • Macedonian: о́тправник (ótpravnik) — diplomat
  • Persian: شارژدافر (šâržedâfer) — diplomat
  • Persian: کاردار (kârdâr) — diplomat
  • Polish: chargé d'affaires — diplomat
  • Portuguese: encarregado de negócios — diplomat
  • Romanian: însărcinat cu afaceri — diplomat
  • Russian: пове́ренный в дела́х (povérennyj v deláx) — diplomat
  • Russian: пове́ренная в дела́х (povérennaja v deláx) — diplomat
  • Spanish: encargado de negocios — diplomat
  • Swedish: chargé-d'affaires — diplomat
  • Turkish: maslahatgüzar — diplomat