Phrase guide

customs officer

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An officer enforcing customs laws.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: duaner — officer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海關職員 /海关职员 (hǎiguān zhíyuán) — officer
  • Czech: celník — officer
  • Dutch: douaneambtenaar — officer
  • Dutch: douanebeambte — officer
  • Finnish: tullivirkailija — officer
  • French: douanier — officer
  • French: douanière — officer
  • German: Zöllner — officer
  • German: Zöllnerin — officer
  • German: Zollbeamter — officer
  • German: Zollbeamtin — officer
  • Greek: τελωνειακός (teloneiakós) — officer
  • Hungarian: vámos — officer
  • Hungarian: vámtiszt — officer
  • Ingrian: tamožnikka — officer
  • Italian: doganiere — officer
  • Japanese: 税関吏 (zeikanri) — officer
  • Kashmiri: درَٛنٛگہٕ روچھ (drangụ rōch) — officer
  • Kazakh: бажшы (bajşy) — officer
  • Kazakh: кеденші (kedenşı) — officer
  • Korean: 세관원 (segwanwon) — officer
  • Ladino: komerchero — officer
  • Lithuanian: muitininkas — officer
  • Norman: douannyi — officer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: toller — officer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tollbetjent — officer
  • Polish: celnik — officer
  • Polish: celniczka — officer
  • Portuguese: alfandegário — officer
  • Portuguese: aduaneiro — officer
  • Romanian: vameș — officer
  • Russian: тамо́женник (tamóžennik) — officer
  • Russian: тамо́женный чино́вник (tamóžennyj činóvnik) — officer
  • Russian: тамо́женница (tamóžennica) — officer
  • Serbo-Croatian: ца̏ринӣк — officer
  • Serbo-Croatian: cȁrinīk — officer
  • Slovak: colník — officer
  • Spanish: oficial de aduana — officer
  • Spanish: aduanero — officer
  • Swedish: tullare — officer
  • Swedish: tulltjänsteman — officer
  • Ukrainian: ми́тник (mýtnyk) — officer