noun · 4 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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/ˈnoʊtəɹi/
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noun
Meaning 1
A lawyer of noncontentious private civil law who drafts, takes, and records legal instruments for private parties, and provides legal advice, but does not appear in court on his or her clients' behalf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: especially civil law
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A public notary, a legal practitioner who prepares, attests to, and certifies documents, witnesses affidavits, and administers oaths.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: common
Topics: law
Examples
Coordinate term: commissioner of oaths
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: notary public
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: official, functionary
History
Etymology
From Middle English notarie, from Old French notarie (French notaire), from Latin notārius.
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
كَاتِب الْعَدْل
(kātib al-ʕadl)
— notary public
Arabic:
مُوَثِّق
(muwaṯṯiq)
— notary public
Aramaic:
ܢܽܛܳܪܳܐ
(noṭārā)
— notary public
Armenian:
նոտար
(notar)
— notary public
Azerbaijani:
مقاوه محررى
(müqavilə mühərriri)
— notary public
Azerbaijani:
notarius
— notary public
Belarusian:
ната́рыус
(natáryus)
— notary public
Bulgarian:
нота́риус
(notárius)
— notary public
Catalan:
notari
— notary public
Chinese Mandarin:
公證人 /公证人
(gōngzhèngrén)
— notary public
Chinese Mandarin:
公證員 /公证员
(gōngzhèngyuán)
— notary public
Czech:
notář
— notary public
Czech:
notářka
— notary public
Danish:
notar
— notary public
Dutch:
notaris
— notary public
Esperanto:
notario
— notary public
Estonian:
notar
— notary public
Finnish:
notaari
— notary public
French:
notaire
— notary public
French:
notairesse
— notary public
Georgian:
ნოტარიუსი
(noṭariusi)
— notary public
German:
Notar
— notary public
German:
Notarin
— notary public
Greek:
συμβολαιογράφος
(symvolaiográfos)
— notary public
Ancient Greek:
συμβολαιογράφος
(sumbolaiográphos)
— notary public
Haitian Creole:
notè
— notary public
Hebrew:
נוֹטַרְיוֹן
(notaryón)
— notary public
Hindi:
नोटरी
(noṭrī)
— notary public
Hungarian:
közjegyző
— notary public
Icelandic:
lögbókandi
— notary public
Ido:
notario
— notary public
Indonesian:
notaris
— notary public
Irish:
nótaire
— notary public
Italian:
notaio
— notary public
Japanese:
公証人
(kōshōnin)
— notary public
Kazakh:
натарыс
(natarys)
— notary public
Korean:
공증인
(gongjeung'in)
— notary public
Latin:
notārius
— notary public
Latin:
tabelliō
— notary public
Latvian:
notārs
— notary public
Lithuanian:
notaras
— notary public
Macedonian:
нотар
(notar)
— notary public
Maltese:
nutar
— notary public
Norman:
notaithe
— notary public
Norwegian Bokmål:
notar
— notary public
Polish:
notariusz
— notary public
Polish:
notariuszka
— notary public
Portuguese:
notário
— notary public
Romanian:
notar public
— notary public
Russian:
нота́риус
(notárius)
— notary public
Serbo-Croatian:
но̀та̄р
— notary public
Serbo-Croatian:
nòtār
— notary public
Slovak:
notár
— notary public
Slovak:
notárka
— notary public
Slovene:
notar
— notary public
Slovene:
notarka
— notary public
Spanish:
notario
— notary public
Spanish:
fedatario
— notary public
Spanish:
escribano
— notary public
Spanish:
nuestramo
— notary public
Swedish:
notarius publicus
— notary public
Turkish:
noter
— notary public
Ottoman Turkish:
كاتب
(kâtib)
— notary public
Ottoman Turkish:
كاتب عدل
(kâtib-i-ädl)
— notary public
Ottoman Turkish:
مقاولات محرری
(muqavilât muharriri)
— notary public
Ukrainian:
нота́ріус
(notárius)
— notary public
Uyghur:
جامائەت گۇۋاھچىسى
(jama'et guwahchisi)
— notary public
Vietnamese:
công chứng viên
— notary public
Welsh:
notari
— notary public
Yakut:
натаарыс
(nataarïs)
— notary public
Yakut:
мытаарыстыба
(mïtaarïstïba)
— notary public
