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• Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /əˈfɪʃəl/
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• Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [əˈfɪʃəl] ~ [əˈfɪʃɫ̩]
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 F IH1 SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English official, from Old French official, from Latin officiālis, from Latin officium (“duty, service”), by surface analysis, office + -ial.

280 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: zyrtar — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Belarusian: службо́вы (službóvy) — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Bulgarian: служе́бен (služében) — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Catalan: oficial — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Dutch: officieel — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Estonian: ametlik — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Finnish: virallinen — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Galician: oficial — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Greek: επίσημος (epísimos) — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Hindi: आधिकारिक (ādhikārik) — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Hindi: अधिकृत (adhikŕt) — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Hungarian: hivatalos — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Hungarian: hivatali — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Italian: ufficiale — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Ladino: ofisial — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Latin: officialis — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Malayalam: ഔദ്യോഗിക (audyōgika) — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Marathi: कार्यालयीन (kāryālyīn) — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Polish: służbowy — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Portuguese: oficial — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Romanian: oficial — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Russian: служе́бный (služébnyj) — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Russian: должностно́й (dolžnostnój) — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Serbo-Croatian: зва̀ничан — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Serbo-Croatian: слу̏жбен — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Serbo-Croatian: zvàničan — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Serbo-Croatian: slȕžben — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Spanish: oficial — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Tagalog: tungkulanin — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Ukrainian: службо́вий (službóvyj) — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Ukrainian: посадо́вий (posadóvyj) — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Urdu: مَعْرُوف (ma'rūf) — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Vietnamese: chánh thức — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Vietnamese: chính thức — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Yiddish: אָפֿיציעל (ofitsyel) — of or pertaining to an office or public trust
• Bashkir: рәсми (rəsmi) — derived from the proper office
• Bulgarian: официа́лен (oficiálen) — derived from the proper office
• Catalan: oficial — derived from the proper office
• Finnish: virallinen — derived from the proper office
• Hindi: आधिकारिक (ādhikārik) — derived from the proper office
• Hindi: अधिकृत (adhikŕt) — derived from the proper office
• Hungarian: hatósági — derived from the proper office
• Indonesian: resmi — derived from the proper office
• Italian: ufficiale — derived from the proper office
• Kazakh: ресми (resmi) — derived from the proper office
• Ladino: ofisial — derived from the proper office
• Latin: officialis — derived from the proper office
• Malay: rasmi — derived from the proper office
• Russian: официа́льный (oficiálʹnyj) — derived from the proper office
• Spanish: oficial — derived from the proper office
• Swahili: rasmi — derived from the proper office
• Albanian: zyrtar — approved by authority
• Arabic: رَسْمِيّ (rasmiyy) — approved by authority
• Arabic: رَسْمي (rasmi) — approved by authority
• Armenian: պաշտոնական (paštonakan) — approved by authority
• Azerbaijani: rəsmi — approved by authority
• Bashkir: рәсми (rəsmi) — approved by authority
• Belarusian: афіцы́йны (aficýjny) — approved by authority
• Belarusian: афіцыя́льны (aficyjálʹny) — approved by authority
• Bengali: সরকারী (śorkari) — approved by authority
• Bengali: দাপ্তরিক (daptorik) — approved by authority
• Bulgarian: официа́лен (oficiálen) — approved by authority
• Catalan: oficial — approved by authority
• Chinese Mandarin: 官方 (guānfāng) — approved by authority
• Chinese Mandarin: 正式 (zhèngshì) — approved by authority
• Czech: oficiální — approved by authority
• Danish: officiel — approved by authority
• Dutch: officieel — approved by authority
• Estonian: ametlik — approved by authority
• Finnish: virallinen — approved by authority
• French: officiel — approved by authority
• Georgian: ოფიციალური (opicialuri) — approved by authority
• German: offiziell — approved by authority
• Greek: επίσημος (epísimos) — approved by authority
• Hebrew: רִשְׁמִי (rishmí) — approved by authority
• Hindi: आधिकारिक (ādhikārik) — approved by authority
• Hindi: अधिकृत (adhikŕt) — approved by authority
• Hungarian: hivatalos — approved by authority
• Icelandic: opinber — approved by authority
• Indonesian: resmi — approved by authority
• Irish: oifigiúil — approved by authority
• Italian: ufficiale — approved by authority
• Japanese: 正式な (seishiki na) — approved by authority
• Japanese: 正式の (seishiki no) — approved by authority
• Kazakh: ресми (resmi) — approved by authority
• Korean: 공식적 (gongsikjeok) — approved by authority
• Northern Kurdish: resmî — approved by authority
• Kyrgyz: ырасмый (ırasmıy) — approved by authority
• Kyrgyz: расмий (rasmiy) — approved by authority
• Ladino: ofisial — approved by authority
• Latvian: oficiāls — approved by authority
• Lithuanian: oficialus — approved by authority
• Macedonian: официја́лен (oficijálen) — approved by authority
• Malay: rasmi — approved by authority
• Malayalam: ഔദ്യോഗിക (audyōgika) — approved by authority
• Maltese: uffiċjal — approved by authority
• Māori: whaimana — approved by authority
• Marathi: अधिकृत (adhikŕt) — approved by authority
• Mongolian: албан ёсны (alban josny) — approved by authority
• Norwegian Bokmål: offisiell — approved by authority
• Pashto: رسمي (rasmí) — approved by authority
• Iranian Persian: رَسْمی (rasmi) — approved by authority
• Polish: oficjalny — approved by authority
• Romanian: oficial — approved by authority
• Russian: официа́льный (oficiálʹnyj) — approved by authority
• Serbo-Croatian: слу̏жбен — approved by authority
• Serbo-Croatian: зва̀ничан — approved by authority
• Serbo-Croatian: slȕžben — approved by authority
• Serbo-Croatian: zvàničan — approved by authority
• Slovak: oficiálny — approved by authority
• Slovene: uraden — approved by authority
• Spanish: oficial — approved by authority
• Swahili: rasmi — approved by authority
• Swedish: officiell — approved by authority
• Tajik: расмӣ (rasmi) — approved by authority
• Tatar: рәсми (räsmi) — approved by authority
• Turkish: resmî — approved by authority
• Turkmen: resmi — approved by authority
• Ukrainian: офіці́йний (oficíjnyj) — approved by authority
• Ukrainian: офіціа́льний (oficiálʹnyj) — approved by authority
• Urdu: دَفْتَری (daftarī) — approved by authority
• Urdu: سَرْکاری (sarkārī) — approved by authority
• Uyghur: رەسمىي (resmiy) — approved by authority
• Uzbek: rasmiy — approved by authority
• Finnish: virallinen — (of alleged truth) canonical but disputed
• Hungarian: hivatalos — (of alleged truth) canonical but disputed
• Japanese: 表向きの (omotemuki no) — (of alleged truth) canonical but disputed
• Catalan: oficial — discharging an office or function
• Finnish: virallinen — discharging an office or function
• Albanian: zyrtar — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Albanian: zyrtare — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Arabic: مَسْؤُول (masʔūl) — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Azerbaijani: rəsmi — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Bulgarian: служе́бен (služében) — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Bulgarian: официа́лен (oficiálen) — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Catalan: oficial — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Chinese Mandarin: 官方 (guānfāng) — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Chinese Mandarin: 正式 (zhèngshì) — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Czech: oficiální — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Dutch: officieel — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Dutch: ambtelijk — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Esperanto: oficiala — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Finnish: virallinen — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Finnish: virka- — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• French: officiel — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• German: offiziell — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• German: amtlich — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• German: dienstlich — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Greek: υπηρεσιακός (ypiresiakós) — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Greek: επίσημος (epísimos) — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Hindi: अधिकारी (adhikārī) — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Hungarian: hivatali — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Hungarian: hivatalos — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Ido: oficala — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Indonesian: resmi — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Italian: ufficiale — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Japanese: 公式 (kōshiki) — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Japanese: 公の (ōyake no) — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Kazakh: ресми (resmi) — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Korean: 공식 (gongsik) — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Kyrgyz: ырасмый (ırasmıy) — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Latin: official — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Maltese: uffiċjali — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Navajo: wááshindoon — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Norwegian Bokmål: offisiell — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Portuguese: oficial — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Romanian: oficial — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Russian: официа́льный (oficiálʹnyj) — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Russian: служе́бный (služébnyj) — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Russian: должностно́й (dolžnostnój) — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Slovene: uráden — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Spanish: oficial — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Turkish: resmî — relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
• Southern Altai: тӧрӧ (törö) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Arabic: مَسْئُول (masʔūl) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Armenian: պաշտոնյա (paštonya) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Azerbaijani: məmur — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Belarusian: службо́вая асо́ба (službóvaja asóba) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Belarusian: чыно́ўнік (čynównik) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Belarusian: чыно́ўніца (čynównica) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Bulgarian: длъжностно́ лице́ (dlǎžnostnó licé) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Bulgarian: чино́вник (činóvnik) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Bulgarian: чино́вница (činóvnica) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Catalan: funcionari — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Chinese Mandarin: 官員 /官员 (guānyuán) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Chinese Mandarin: 公務員 /公务员 (gōngwùyuán) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Czech: funkcionář — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Czech: úředník — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Danish: embedsmand — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Danish: tjenestemand — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Dutch: beambte — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Dutch: functionaris — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Dutch: ambtenaar — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Egyptian: s-r-A21 (sr) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Finnish: viranomainen — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Finnish: virkamies — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Finnish: virkailija — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Finnish: toimihenkilö — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Finnish: toimitsija — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• French: cadre — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• French: fonctionnaire — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• German: Beamter — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• German: Beamtin — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Greek: αξιωματούχος (axiomatoúchos) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Hausa: jami'i — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Hindi: अधिकारी (adhikārī) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Hungarian: hivatalnok — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Hungarian: tisztviselő — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Hungarian: tisztségviselő — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Indonesian: pejabat — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Ingrian: cinovnikka — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Italian: funzionario — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Japanese: 役員 (yakuin) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Japanese: 役人 (yakunin) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Jarawa: babu — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Kazakh: шенеунік (şeneunık) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Kazakh: қызметкер (qyzmetker) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Kazakh: шенді (şendı) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Korean: 공무원 (gongmuwon) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Latin: officialis — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Macedonian: чиновник (činovnik) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Macedonian: чиновничка (činovnička) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Malay: pegawai — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Malayalam: ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥൻ (udyōgasthaṉ) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Māori: āpiha — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Middle English: officer — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Mizo: hotu — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Mongolian: ᠨᠣᠶᠠᠨ (noyan) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Mongolian: ᠲᠦᠰᠢᠮᠡᠯ (tüsimel) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Mongolian: ноён (nojon) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Mongolian: түшмэл (tüšmel) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Muna: pagawe — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Norwegian Bokmål: (offentlig) tjenestemann — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Iranian Persian: مَأْمور (ma'mur) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Iranian Persian: مامور (mâmur) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Polish: oficjel — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Polish: urzędnik — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Polish: urzędniczka — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Portuguese: oficial — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Portuguese: funcionário — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Romanian: funcționar — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Romanian: funcționară — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Romanian: oficialitate — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Russian: официа́льное лицо́ (oficiálʹnoje licó) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Russian: чино́вник (činóvnik) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Russian: чино́вница (činóvnica) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Russian: слу́жащий (slúžaščij) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Russian: функционе́р (funkcionér) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Russian: должностно́е лицо́ (dolžnostnóje licó) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Slovak: úradník — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Slovak: funkcionár — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Spanish: funcionario — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Swedish: tjänsteman — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Swedish: ämbetsman — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Telugu: అధికారి (adhikāri) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Turkish: memur — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Ottoman Turkish: مأمور (meʼmur) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Ukrainian: посадо́ва осо́ба (posadóva osóba) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Ukrainian: посадо́вець (posadóvecʹ) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Ukrainian: службо́ва осо́ба (službóva osóba) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Ukrainian: службо́вець (službóvecʹ) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Ukrainian: службо́вка (službóvka) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Ukrainian: урядо́ва осо́ба (urjadóva osóba) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Ukrainian: урядо́вець (urjadóvecʹ) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Ukrainian: чино́вник (čynóvnyk) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Urdu: اَدھِکاری (adhikārī) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Urdu: اَہَلکار (ahalkār) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Urdu: عُہ٘دے دار ('uhde dār) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Urdu: مَامُور (māmūr) — office holder invested with powers and authorities
• Belarusian: суддзя́ (suddzjá) — person responsible for applying the rules in a competition
• Bulgarian: съдия́ (sǎdijá) — person responsible for applying the rules in a competition
• Danish: dommer — person responsible for applying the rules in a competition
• Finnish: toimitsija — person responsible for applying the rules in a competition
• Finnish: tuomari — person responsible for applying the rules in a competition
• French: juge — person responsible for applying the rules in a competition
• French: arbitre — person responsible for applying the rules in a competition
• Hungarian: játékvezető — person responsible for applying the rules in a competition
• Russian: судья́ (sudʹjá) — person responsible for applying the rules in a competition
• Swedish: domare — person responsible for applying the rules in a competition
• Ukrainian: суддя́ (suddjá) — person responsible for applying the rules in a competition