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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒf.ɪs/
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From Middle English office, from Old French office, from Latin officium (“personal, official, or moral duty; official position; function; ceremony, esp. last rites”), contracted from opificium (“construction: the act of building or the thing built”), from opifex (“doer of work, craftsman”) + -ium (“-y”, forming actions), from op- (“work”) + -i- (connective) + -fex (combining form of faciō (“to do, to make”)). The computing sense is a genericization of various proprietary program suites, such as Microsoft Office.

349 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: слу́жба (slúžba) — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Bulgarian: обря́д (obrjád) — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Catalan: ofici — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Dutch: dienst — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• French: office — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• German: Dienst — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• German: Amt — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Ancient Greek: ἱερουργία (hierourgía) — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Indonesian: ofisi — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Italian: ufficio — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Italian: uffizio — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Kazakh: діни жора (dıni jora) — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Korean: 의식 (uisik) — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Korean: 예배 (yebae) — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Korean: 례배 (ryebae) — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Latvian: dievkalpojums — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Latvian: ceremonija — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Middle English: office — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Plautdietsch: Deenst — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Polish: oficjum — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Portuguese: ofício — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Russian: слу́жба (slúžba) — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Russian: обря́д (obrjád) — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Spanish: oficio — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Tagalog: opisyo — ceremonial religious duty or rite
• Albanian: zyrë — position of responsibility
• Arabic: مَهَمَّة (mahamma) — position of responsibility
• Armenian: պաշտոն (pašton) — position of responsibility
• Belarusian: паса́да (pasáda) — position of responsibility
• Belarusian: пост (post) — position of responsibility
• Belarusian: пазі́цыя (pazícyja) — position of responsibility
• Bulgarian: длъ́жност (dlǎ́žnost) — position of responsibility
• Bulgarian: пост (post) — position of responsibility
• Catalan: càrrec — position of responsibility
• Chinese Mandarin: 職務 /职务 (zhíwù) — position of responsibility
• Chinese Mandarin: 職位 /职位 (zhíwèi) — position of responsibility
• Czech: funkce — position of responsibility
• Esperanto: ofico — position of responsibility
• Finnish: virka — position of responsibility
• German: Amt — position of responsibility
• Hindi: पद (pad) — position of responsibility
• Irish: feidhmeannas — position of responsibility
• Japanese: 職務 (shokumu) — position of responsibility
• Japanese: 職位 (shokui) — position of responsibility
• Korean: 지위 (jiwi) — position of responsibility
• Korean: 직 (jik) — position of responsibility
• Korean: 직위 (jigwi) — position of responsibility
• Latin: officium — position of responsibility
• Latvian: amats — position of responsibility
• Latvian: postenis — position of responsibility
• Middle English: office — position of responsibility
• Plautdietsch: Aumt — position of responsibility
• Polish: stanowisko — position of responsibility
• Polish: funkcja — position of responsibility
• Polish: posada — position of responsibility
• Portuguese: cargo — position of responsibility
• Portuguese: ofício — position of responsibility
• Romanian: funcție — position of responsibility
• Russian: до́лжность (dólžnostʹ) — position of responsibility
• Russian: пост (post) — position of responsibility
• Russian: пози́ция (pozícija) — position of responsibility
• Scottish Gaelic: dreuchd — position of responsibility
• Scottish Gaelic: oifis — position of responsibility
• Turkish: makam — position of responsibility
• Ukrainian: поса́да (posáda) — position of responsibility
• Ukrainian: пост (post) — position of responsibility
• Ukrainian: пози́ція (pozýcija) — position of responsibility
• Urdu: پَد (pad) — position of responsibility
• Albanian: zyrë — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Arabic: مَكْتَب (maktab) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Arabic: قَلَم (qalam) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Arabic: مكتب (maktab) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Armenian: բյուրո (byuro) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Armenian: գրասենյակ (grasenyak) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Armenian: կոնտորա (kontora) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Armenian: օֆիս (ōfis) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Azerbaijani: ofis — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Azerbaijani: büro — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Azerbaijani: dəftərxana — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Baluchi: دپتر (daptar) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Basque: bulego — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Belarusian: о́фіс (ófis) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Belarusian: канто́ра (kantóra) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Belarusian: бюро́ (bjuró) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Belarusian: канцэля́рыя (kanceljáryja) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Belarusian: канцыля́рыя (kancyljáryja) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Belizean Creole: aafis — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Bengali: দপ্তর (doptor) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Bengali: অফিস (ophiś) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Bulgarian: о́фис (ófis) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Bulgarian: канто́ра (kantóra) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Bulgarian: бюро́ (bjuró) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Bulgarian: канцела́рия (kancelárija) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Burmese: ရုံး (rum:) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Burmese: ဗျူရို (byurui) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Burmese: ရုံးခန်း (rum:hkan:) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Catalan: oficina — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Chichewa: ofesi — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Chinese Cantonese: 寫字樓 /写字楼 (se2 zi6 lau4) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Chinese Cantonese: 辦公室 /办公室 (baan6 gung1 sat1) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Chinese Cantonese: 事務所 /事务所 (si6 mou6 so2) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Chinese: 辦公室 /办公室 (zh-min-nan) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Chinese: 事務所 /事务所 (zh-min-nan) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Chinese Mandarin: 辦公室 /办公室 (bàngōngshì) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Chinese Mandarin: 事務所 /事务所 (shìwùsuǒ) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Ngazidja Comorian: biro — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Cornish: sòdhva — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Czech: kancelář — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Danish: kontor — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Danish: bureau — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Central Dusun: upis — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Dutch: bureau — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Dutch: kantoor — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Elfdalian: kanntor — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Esperanto: oficejo — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Esperanto: administrejo — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Esperanto: kontoro — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Estonian: kontor — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Estonian: büroo — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Estonian: kabinet — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Faroese: skrivstova — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Finnish: toimisto — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Finnish: virasto — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Finnish: konttori — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Finnish: liikehuoneisto — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Finnish: toimipaikka — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• French: bureau — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• French: office — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Fula: 𞤴𞤭𞥅𞤤𞤭𞤪𞤣𞤫 — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Fula: yiilirde — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Georgian: ოფისი (opisi) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Georgian: ბიურო (biuro) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• German: Büro — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• German: Kontor — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• German: Amt — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Greek: γραφείο (grafeío) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Greenlandic: allaffik — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Greenlandic: allaffeqarfik — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Gujarati: કાર્યાલય (kāryālya) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Hebrew: מִשְׂרָד (misrád) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Hindi: कार्यालय (kāryālay) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Hungarian: hivatal — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Hungarian: iroda — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Icelandic: skrifstofa — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Ido: kontoro — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Indonesian: kantor — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Indonesian: biro — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Irish: oifig — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Italian: ufficio — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Japanese: 事務所 (jimusho) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Japanese: オフィス (ofisu) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Japanese: 執務室 (shitsumushitsu) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Japanese: 事務室 (jimushitsu) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Kannada: ಕಛೇರಿ (kachēri) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Kazakh: кеңсе (keñse) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Kazakh: құжатхана (qūjatxana) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Kazakh: бюро (büro) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Khmer: ទីចាត់ការ (tii cat kaa) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Khmer: ការិយាល័យ (kaariyaalay) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Khmer: មន្ទីរ (mŭəntii) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Korean: 사무소 (samuso) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Korean: 사무실 (samusil) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Korean: 오피스 (opiseu) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Central Kurdish: دایرە (dayre) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Northern Kurdish: dayre — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Northern Kurdish: bûro — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Northern Kurdish: mekteb — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Northern Kurdish: îdarexane — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Kyrgyz: кеңсе (keŋse) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Kyrgyz: офис (ofis) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Kyrgyz: контора (kontora) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Kyrgyz: бюро (byuro) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Ladin: ufize — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Lao: ຫ້ອງການ (hǭng kān) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Lao: ສໍານັກ (sam nak) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Latin: tablīnum — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Latvian: kantoris — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Latvian: birojs — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Latvian: ofiss — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Lithuanian: kontora — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Lithuanian: biuras — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Livonian: kantor — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Luxembourgish: Büro — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Macedonian: канцеларија (kancelarija) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Macedonian: биро́ (biró) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Malay: pejabat — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Malay: opis — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Malayalam: കാര്യാലയം (kāryālayaṁ) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Maltese: uffiċċju — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Māori: tari — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Marathi: कार्यालय (kāryālay) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Marathi: ऑफिस (ŏphis) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Central Melanau: kubuk — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Middle English: office — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Mongolian: оффис (offis) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Mongolian: албан тушаал (alban tušaal) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Mongolian: контор (kontor) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Mongolian: албан газар (alban gazar) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Norwegian Bokmål: kontor — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Norwegian Bokmål: byrå — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kontor — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Norwegian Nynorsk: byrå — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Oromo: waajjira — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Pannonian Rusyn: биро (biro) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Pashto: دفتر (daftar) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Pashto: اداره (edāra) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Iranian Persian: دَفْتَر (daftar) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Iranian Persian: اِدارِه (edâre) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Iranian Persian: آفیس (âfis) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Polish: biuro — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Portuguese: escritório — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Romanian: birou — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Romansh: biro — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Russian: о́фис (ófis) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Russian: конто́ра (kontóra) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Russian: бюро́ (bjuró) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Russian: канцеля́рия (kanceljárija) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Russian: кабине́т (kabinét) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Northern Sami: kantuvra — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Scottish Gaelic: oifis — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Serbo-Croatian: канцела̀рија — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Serbo-Croatian: посло́вница — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Serbo-Croatian: пѝса̄рница — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Serbo-Croatian: у́ред — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Serbo-Croatian: бѝро̄ — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Serbo-Croatian: kancelàrija — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Serbo-Croatian: poslóvnica — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Serbo-Croatian: pìsārnica — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Serbo-Croatian: úred — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Serbo-Croatian: bìrō — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Slovak: kancelária — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Slovene: pisarna — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Upper Sorbian: běrow — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Southern Altai: бюро (byuro) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Spanish: oficina — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Spanish: sede — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Spanish: despacho — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Sranan Tongo: kantoro — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Swahili: afisi — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Swedish: kontor — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Swedish: byrå — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Tagalog: tanggapan — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Tagalog: opisina — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Tajik: дафтар (daftar) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Tajik: офис (ofis) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Tajik: идора (idora) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Tajik: бюро (byuro) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Tamil: அலுவலகம் (aluvalakam) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Tamil: கந்தோர் (kantōr) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Telugu: కార్యాలయము (kāryālayamu) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Telugu: కార్యస్థానము (kāryasthānamu) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Thai: สํานักงาน (sǎm-nák-ngaan) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Thai: สํานัก (sǎm-nák) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Thai: ออฟฟิศ (ɔ́ɔp-fít) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Thai: ที่ทําการ (tîi-tam-gaan) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Tibetan: ལས་ཁུངས (las khungs) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Tok Pisin: opis — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Turkish: büro — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Turkish: iş yeri — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Turkish: ofis — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Turkish: yazıhane — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Turkmen: kontor — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Turkmen: ofis — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Turkmen: býuro — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Ukrainian: о́фіс (ófis) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Ukrainian: конто́ра (kontóra) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Ukrainian: бюро́ (bjuró) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Ukrainian: канцеля́рія (kanceljárija) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Urdu: دَفْتَر (daftar) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Urdu: آفِس (āfis) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Uyghur: ئىدارە (idare) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Uyghur: ئىشخانا (ishxana) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Uzbek: idora — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Uzbek: kontora — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Uzbek: byuro — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Uzbek: daftar — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Uzbek: ofis — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Uzbek: mahkama — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Vietnamese: văn phòng — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Volapük: bür — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Welsh: swyddfa — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Yiddish: ביוראָ (byuro) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Yiddish: אָפֿיס (ofis) — room(s) or building used for non-manual work
• Albanian: zyrë — major governmental division
• Armenian: գերատեսչություն (geratesčʻutʻyun) — major governmental division
• Basque: bulego — major governmental division
• Bulgarian: бюро (bjuro) — major governmental division
• Bulgarian: ведомство (vedomstvo) — major governmental division
• Bulgarian: министерство (ministerstvo) — major governmental division
• Bulgarian: управление (upravlenie) — major governmental division
• Chinese Mandarin: 部 (bù) — major governmental division
• Czech: úřad — major governmental division
• Danish: bureau — major governmental division
• Dutch: bureau — major governmental division
• Dutch: dienst — major governmental division
• Dutch: overheidsdienst — major governmental division
• Faroese: skrivstova — major governmental division
• Finnish: virasto — major governmental division
• Finnish: ministeriö — major governmental division
• French: bureau — major governmental division
• German: Amt — major governmental division
• Greek: γραφείο (grafeío) — major governmental division
• Hebrew: מִשְׂרָד (misrád) — major governmental division
• Hungarian: hivatal — major governmental division
• Irish: oifig — major governmental division
• Kazakh: ведомство (vedomstvo) — major governmental division
• Kazakh: министрлік (ministrlık) — major governmental division
• Khmer: ការិយាល័យ (kaariyaalay) — major governmental division
• Korean: 관청 (gwancheong) — major governmental division
• Korean: 국 (guk) — major governmental division
• Korean: 청 (cheong) — major governmental division
• Korean: 부 (bu) — major governmental division
• Latvian: ministrija — major governmental division
• Latvian: pārvalde — major governmental division
• Macedonian: управа (uprava) — major governmental division
• Macedonian: дирекција (direkcija) — major governmental division
• Macedonian: уред (ured) — major governmental division
• Māori: tari — major governmental division
• Middle English: office — major governmental division
• Mòcheno: omt — major governmental division
• Iranian Persian: اِدارِه (edâre) — major governmental division
• Plautdietsch: Aumt — major governmental division
• Polish: urząd — major governmental division
• Polish: biuro — major governmental division
• Portuguese: escritório — major governmental division
• Romanian: minister — major governmental division
• Romanian: departament — major governmental division
• Romanian: oficiu — major governmental division
• Russian: ве́домство (védomstvo) — major governmental division
• Russian: министе́рство (ministérstvo) — major governmental division
• Russian: управле́ние (upravlénije) — major governmental division
• Russian: бюро́ (bjuró) — major governmental division
• Scottish Gaelic: oifis — major governmental division
• Serbo-Croatian: у́ред — major governmental division
• Serbo-Croatian: бѝро̄ — major governmental division
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏права — major governmental division
• Serbo-Croatian: управитѐљство — major governmental division
• Serbo-Croatian: úred — major governmental division
• Serbo-Croatian: bìrō — major governmental division
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕprava — major governmental division
• Serbo-Croatian: upravitèljstvo — major governmental division
• Slovak: úrad — major governmental division
• Slovene: urad — major governmental division
• Spanish: oficina — major governmental division
• Swahili: ofisi — major governmental division
• Swedish: byrå — major governmental division
• Tagalog: tanggapan — major governmental division
• Tajik: идора (idora) — major governmental division
• Urdu: اِدارَہ (idāra) — major governmental division