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• /ˈpleɪntɪf/
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• CMU ARPABET: P L EY1 N T AH0 F Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: P L EY1 N AH0 F Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English plaintif, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French plaintif (“complaining”; as a noun, “one who complains, a plaintiff”) from the verb plaindre. Doublet of plaintive.

129 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: paditës — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Albanian: paditëse — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Arabic: مُدَّعٍ (muddaʕin) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Arabic: الْمُدَّعِي (al-muddaʕī) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Armenian: հայցվոր (haycʻvor) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Azerbaijani: iddiaçı — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Belarusian: ісце́ц (iscjéc) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Belarusian: iсьце́ц (isʹcjéc) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Bengali: মুদ্দই (muddoi) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Bulgarian: тъжи́тел (tǎžítel) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Bulgarian: тъжи́телка (tǎžítelka) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Bulgarian: ище́ц (ištéc) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Bulgarian: ищца́ (ištcá) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Burmese: တရားလို (ta.ra:lui) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Chinese Cantonese: 原告 (jyun4 gou3) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Chinese Mandarin: 原告 (yuángào) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Czech: žalobce — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Czech: žalobkyně — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Danish: sagsøger — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Dutch: eiser — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Dutch: aanklager — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Esperanto: plendanto — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Estonian: hageja — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Faroese: stevnandi — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Finnish: kantaja — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• French: demandeur — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• French: demandeuse — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• French: plaignant — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• French: plaignante — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Georgian: მოსარჩელე (mosarčele) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• German: Kläger — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• German: Klägerin — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Hebrew: תּוֹבֵעַ (tovéa) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Hindi: अभियोगी (abhiyogī) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Hindi: वादी (vādī) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Hindi: याचिकाकर्ता (yācikākartā) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Hindi: याचक (yācak) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Hungarian: felperes — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Icelandic: stefnandi — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Indonesian: penggugat — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Interlingua: demandator — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Irish: éilitheoir — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Irish: gearánaí — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Italian: querelante — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Italian: parte civile — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Italian: ricorrente — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Italian: attore — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Japanese: 原告 (genkoku) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Kazakh: қуынушы (quynuşy) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Kazakh: талапкер (talapker) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Kazakh: даулаушы (daulauşy) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Khmer: ដើមចោទ (daəmcaot) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Khmer: ចោទកៈ (caotĕəʼkaʼ) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Korean: 원고 (won'go) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Northern Kurdish: daweker — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Northern Kurdish: dewedar — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Northern Kurdish: dozker — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Northern Kurdish: dozdar — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Kyrgyz: доочу (doocu) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Lao: ໂຈດ (chōt) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Lao: ສະກະວາທີ (sa ka wā thī) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Latin: petītor — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Latin: petītrix — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Latvian: prasītājs — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Latvian: prasītāja — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Lithuanian: ieškovas — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Lithuanian: ieškovė — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Macedonian: тужител (tužitel) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Macedonian: тужителка (tužitelka) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Macedonian: жалител (žalitel) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Macedonian: жалителка (žalitelka) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Malay: plaintif — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Malayalam: വാദി (vādi) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Manchu: ᡥᠠᠪᡧᠠᡥᠠ ᠨᡳᠶ᠋ᠠᠯᠮᠠ (habšaha niyalma) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Māori: kaiwhakapae — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Middle English: actour — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Classical Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠯᠳᠤᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠬᠦ᠋ᠮᠦᠨ (ǰaɣaldugsan qümün) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Mongolian: заалдагч (zaaldagč) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠭ᠋ᠠᠯᠳ᠋ᠤᠭᠴᠢ (ǰaɣalduɣči) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Norwegian Bokmål: saksøker — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: saksøkjar — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Pashto: مدعي (moda'i) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Pashto: شاکي (šākī) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Pashto: دعوا لرونکی (da'wā 'larunkay) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Persian: خواهان (xâhân) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Persian: شاکی (šâki) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Persian: دعویٰ گر (da'vâ gar) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Persian: دعویٰ دار (da'vâ dâr) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Persian: مدعی (modda'i) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Polish: powód — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Polish: powódka — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Portuguese: querelante — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Portuguese: requerente — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Portuguese: acusação — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Portuguese: promotoria — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Romanian: reclamant — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Romanian: reclamantă — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Russian: исте́ц (istéc) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Serbo-Croatian: жа̀лилац — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Serbo-Croatian: žàlilac — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Slovak: žalobca — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Slovak: žalobkyňa — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Slovene: tožnik — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Slovene: tožnica — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Spanish: demandante — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Spanish: querellante — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Spanish: denunciante — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Spanish: denunciador — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Spanish: litigante — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Spanish: pleiteante — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Swedish: kärande — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Tagalog: nagsasakdal — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Tajik: даъвогар (da'vogar) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Tajik: муддаӣ (muddayi) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Tatar: дәгъвачы (däğwaçı) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Thai: โจทก์ (jòot) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Turkish: davacı — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Turkish: iddiacı — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Ukrainian: позива́ч (pozyváč) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Ukrainian: пози́вач (pozývač) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Ukrainian: позива́чка (pozyváčka) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Ukrainian: пози́вачка (pozývačka) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Urdu: مُدَّعِی (mudda'ī) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Uzbek: daʻvogar — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Vietnamese: nguyên cáo — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Vietnamese: nguyên đơn — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Welsh: achwynydd — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Welsh: achwynwr — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
• Yakut: үҥээччи (üŋeečči) — party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant