noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˈdɔs.jeɪ/
General-American:/ˈdɑs.jeɪ/
General-American:/ˈdɔ.si.eɪ/
General-American:/ˈdɑ.si.eɪ/
General-American:/-si.ɚ/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈdɒs.i.eɪ/
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CMU ARPABET:D AO2 S Y EY1
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:D AO2 S IY0 EY1
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: written record, written account
History
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French dossier.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مِلَفّ
(milaff)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Arabic:
دوسيه
(dōsē)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Armenian:
դոսյե
(dosye)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Belarusian:
дасье́
(dasʹjé)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Bulgarian:
досие́
(dosié)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Catalan:
dossier
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Catalan:
expedient
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Chinese Mandarin:
卷宗
(juànzōng)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Chinese Mandarin:
檔案 /档案
(dàng'àn)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Czech:
spis
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Czech:
fascikl
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Czech:
akta
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Danish:
dossier
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Dutch:
dossier
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Dutch:
map
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Dutch:
folder
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Estonian:
toimik
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Finnish:
kansio
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Finnish:
asiakirjat
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Finnish:
paperit
— collection of papers and/or other sources
French:
dossier
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Galician:
arquivo
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Georgian:
დოსიე
(dosie)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
German:
Dossier
— collection of papers and/or other sources
German:
Akte
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Greek:
ντοσιέ
(ntosié)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Hindi:
प्रलेख
(pralekh)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Hindi:
पत्र
(patra)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Hungarian:
dosszié
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Hungarian:
akta
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Ido:
dosiero
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Indonesian:
dosir
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Japanese:
一件書類
(ikken shorui)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Korean:
일건서류
(ilgeonseoryu)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Macedonian:
досие́
(dosié)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Persian:
دوسیه
(dosye)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Polish:
akta
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Polish:
dokumentacja
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Polish:
dossier
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Portuguese:
dossiê
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Portuguese:
pasta
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Romanian:
dosar
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Russian:
досье́
(dosʹjé)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Russian:
де́ло
(délo)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Russian:
па́пка
(pápka)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Serbo-Croatian:
досје
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Serbo-Croatian:
dosje
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Slovak:
spis
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Slovene:
dosje
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Spanish:
dosier
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Spanish:
expediente
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Spanish:
archivo
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Spanish:
dossier
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Swedish:
dossier
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Swedish:
dossié
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Turkish:
dosya
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Ukrainian:
досьє́
(dosʹjé)
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Welsh:
coflen
— collection of papers and/or other sources
Welsh:
dossier
— collection of papers and/or other sources
