delegate

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• Received-Pronunciation: dĕlʹĭ-gət
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɛlɪɡət/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈdɛlɪɡət/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈdɛləɡət/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈdeləɡət/
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• Received-Pronunciation: dĕlʹĭ-gāt'
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈdɛləˌɡeɪt/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈdeləˌɡæɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: D EH1 L AH0 G EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: D EH1 L AH0 G AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English delegat(e) (“delegated”, used as a past participle and adjective), used as the past participle of delegate up until Early Modern English, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

From Middle English delegat, from Old French delegat, from Latin dēlēgātus substantivized from the nominative masculine singular of dēlēgātus, the perfect passive participle of dēlēgō (“to send, assign, delegate”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix). See also legate.

From the above noun by metanalysis or directly borrowed from Latin dēlēgātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

183 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: përfaqsues — deputy, envoy, representative
• Albanian: delegat — deputy, envoy, representative
• Albanian: delegate — deputy, envoy, representative
• Arabic: مُوفَد (mūfad) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Arabic: وَكِيل (wakīl) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Armenian: պատգամավոր (patgamavor) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Armenian: պատվիրակ (patvirak) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Armenian: դելեգատ (delegat) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Azerbaijani: nümayəndə — deputy, envoy, representative
• Bashkir: вәкил (vəkil) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Belarusian: дэлега́т (deljehát) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Belarusian: дэлега́тка (deljehátka) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Belarusian: прадстаўні́к (pradstawník) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Belarusian: прадстаўні́ца (pradstawníca) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Bengali: প্রতিনিধি (protinidhi) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Bulgarian: делега́т (delegát) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Bulgarian: делега́тка (delegátka) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Bulgarian: представи́тел (predstavítel) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Bulgarian: представи́телка (predstavítelka) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Burmese: ကိုယ်စားလှယ် (kuiyca:hlai) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Catalan: delegat — deputy, envoy, representative
• Catalan: delegada — deputy, envoy, representative
• Chinese Mandarin: 代表 (dàibiǎo) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Chinese Mandarin: 使節 /使节 (shǐjié) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Czech: delegát — deputy, envoy, representative
• Czech: delegátka — deputy, envoy, representative
• Danish: delegeret — deputy, envoy, representative
• Danish: repræsentant — deputy, envoy, representative
• Danish: befuldmægtiget — deputy, envoy, representative
• Dutch: afgevaardigde — deputy, envoy, representative
• Dutch: gedelegeerde — deputy, envoy, representative
• Estonian: delegaat — deputy, envoy, representative
• Estonian: esindaja — deputy, envoy, representative
• Finnish: edustaja — deputy, envoy, representative
• French: délégué — deputy, envoy, representative
• French: déléguée — deputy, envoy, representative
• Georgian: დელეგატი (delegaṭi) — deputy, envoy, representative
• German: Delegierter — deputy, envoy, representative
• German: Delegierte — deputy, envoy, representative
• German: Abgeordneter — deputy, envoy, representative
• German: Abgeordnete — deputy, envoy, representative
• German: Vertreter — deputy, envoy, representative
• German: Vertreterin — deputy, envoy, representative
• Greek: απεσταλμένος (apestalménos) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Greek: απεσταλμένη (apestalméni) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Hebrew: בא־כוח (bá-kóakh) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Hebrew: נָצִיג (natsíg) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Hindi: प्रतिनिधि (pratinidhi) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Hindi: डेलीगेट (ḍelīgeṭ) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Hindi: नुमाइंदा (numāindā) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Hungarian: küldött — deputy, envoy, representative
• Hungarian: delegátus — deputy, envoy, representative
• Icelandic: fulltrúi — deputy, envoy, representative
• Indonesian: wakil — deputy, envoy, representative
• Interlingua: delegato — deputy, envoy, representative
• Interlingua: delegata — deputy, envoy, representative
• Italian: delegato — deputy, envoy, representative
• Italian: delegata — deputy, envoy, representative
• Japanese: 代表 (daihyō) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Japanese: 使節 (shisetsu) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Japanese: 代理人 (dairinin) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Kazakh: делегат (delegat) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Kazakh: өкіл (ökıl) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Khmer: បេសកជន (peesaʼkaʼcŭən) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Khmer: ប្រតិភូ (prɑtephuu) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Korean: 대표 (daepyo) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Korean: 사절 (sajeol) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Korean: 대리인 (daeriin) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Korean: 대리자 (daerija) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Kyrgyz: делегат (delegat) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Lao: ຜູ້ແທນ (phū thǣn) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Lao: ຜູ້ຕາງຫນ້າ (phū tāng nā) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Latvian: delegāts — deputy, envoy, representative
• Latvian: delegāte — deputy, envoy, representative
• Latvian: pārstāvis — deputy, envoy, representative
• Latvian: pārstāve — deputy, envoy, representative
• Lithuanian: delegatas — deputy, envoy, representative
• Lithuanian: delegatė — deputy, envoy, representative
• Lithuanian: atstovas — deputy, envoy, representative
• Lithuanian: atstovė — deputy, envoy, representative
• Macedonian: делега́т (delegát) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Macedonian: делега́тка (delegátka) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Macedonian: претставник (pretstavnik) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Macedonian: претставничка (pretstavnička) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Malay: wakil — deputy, envoy, representative
• Māori: taraketi — deputy, envoy, representative
• Mongolian: төлөөлөгч (tölöölögč) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Norman: d'lédgi — deputy, envoy, representative
• Norwegian Bokmål: delegat — deputy, envoy, representative
• Norwegian Nynorsk: delegat — deputy, envoy, representative
• Pashto: نماينده (namāyənda) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Iranian Persian: نَمایَنْدِه (namâyande) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Iranian Persian: نِمایَنْدِه (nemâyande) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Iranian Persian: نُمایَنْدِه (nomâyande) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Iranian Persian: وَکیل (vakil) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Polish: delegat — deputy, envoy, representative
• Polish: delegatka — deputy, envoy, representative
• Portuguese: delegado — deputy, envoy, representative
• Portuguese: delegada — deputy, envoy, representative
• Romanian: delegat — deputy, envoy, representative
• Romanian: delegată — deputy, envoy, representative
• Russian: делега́т (delegát) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Russian: делега́тка (delegátka) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Russian: представи́тель (predstavítelʹ) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Russian: представи́тельница (predstavítelʹnica) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-ionaid — deputy, envoy, representative
• Scottish Gaelic: riochdaire — deputy, envoy, representative
• Serbo-Croatian: делѐга̄т — deputy, envoy, representative
• Serbo-Croatian: delègāt — deputy, envoy, representative
• Slovak: delegát — deputy, envoy, representative
• Slovak: delegátka — deputy, envoy, representative
• Slovene: delegat — deputy, envoy, representative
• Slovene: delegatka — deputy, envoy, representative
• Spanish: delegado — deputy, envoy, representative
• Spanish: delegada — deputy, envoy, representative
• Swedish: delegat — deputy, envoy, representative
• Tajik: намоянда (namoyanda) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Tajik: вакил (vakil) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Tatar: вәкил (wäkil) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Tatar: делегат (deleğat) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Thai: ตัวแทน (dtuua-tɛɛn) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Thai: ผู้แทน (pûu-tɛɛn) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Turkish: delege — deputy, envoy, representative
• Ottoman Turkish: ایلچی (elçi) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Ottoman Turkish: سفیر (sefir) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Turkmen: delegat — deputy, envoy, representative
• Ukrainian: делега́т (delehát) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Ukrainian: делега́тка (delehátka) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Ukrainian: представни́к (predstavnýk) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Ukrainian: представни́ця (predstavnýcja) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Urdu: نُمائِنْدَہ (numāinda) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Urdu: مَنْدُوب (mandūb) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Uyghur: ۋەكىل (wekil) — deputy, envoy, representative
• Uzbek: vakil — deputy, envoy, representative
• Uzbek: delegat — deputy, envoy, representative
• Uzbek: namoyanda — deputy, envoy, representative
• Vietnamese: đại biểu — deputy, envoy, representative
• Arabic: فوض — to commit a task to someone
• Armenian: պատվիրակել (patvirakel) — to commit a task to someone
• Armenian: լիազորել (liazorel) — to commit a task to someone
• Asturian: delegar — to commit a task to someone
• Belarusian: дэлегава́ць (deljehavácʹ) — to commit a task to someone
• Bulgarian: делегирам (delegiram) — to commit a task to someone
• Bulgarian: упълномощавам (upǎlnomoštavam) — to commit a task to someone
• Catalan: delegar — to commit a task to someone
• Chinese Mandarin: 委託 /委托 (wěituō) — to commit a task to someone
• Czech: delegovat — to commit a task to someone
• Danish: overdrage — to commit a task to someone
• Danish: delegere — to commit a task to someone
• Danish: uddelegere — to commit a task to someone
• Danish: betro — to commit a task to someone
• Dutch: delegeren — to commit a task to someone
• Estonian: delegeerima — to commit a task to someone
• Finnish: delegoida — to commit a task to someone
• Finnish: antaa tehtäväksi — to commit a task to someone
• Finnish: valtuuttaa — to commit a task to someone
• French: déléguer — to commit a task to someone
• German: delegieren — to commit a task to someone
• Ancient Greek: διατάσσω (diatássō) — to commit a task to someone
• Hungarian: delegál — to commit a task to someone
• Italian: delegare — to commit a task to someone
• Latvian: deleģēt — to commit a task to someone
• Māori: tuku mana — to commit a task to someone
• Norman: d'lédgi — to commit a task to someone
• Norwegian: delegere — to commit a task to someone
• Persian: سپردن — to commit a task to someone
• Persian: تفویض کردن — to commit a task to someone
• Polish: oddelegować — to commit a task to someone
• Portuguese: delegar — to commit a task to someone
• Romanian: delega — to commit a task to someone
• Russian: поруча́ть (poručátʹ) — to commit a task to someone
• Russian: поручи́ть (poručítʹ) — to commit a task to someone
• Russian: уполномо́чивать (upolnomóčivatʹ) — to commit a task to someone
• Russian: уполномо́чить (upolnomóčitʹ) — to commit a task to someone
• Russian: делеги́ровать (delegírovatʹ) — to commit a task to someone
• Spanish: diputar — to commit a task to someone
• Spanish: delegar — to commit a task to someone
• Swedish: delegera — to commit a task to someone
• Thai: มอบหมาย (mɔ̂ɔp-mǎai) — to commit a task to someone
• Ukrainian: делегува́ти (delehuváty) — to commit a task to someone
• Vietnamese: uỷ thác — to commit a task to someone
• Vietnamese: giao phó — to commit a task to someone
• Welsh: dirprwyo — to commit a task to someone