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• /ˌɹɛpɹɪˈzɛnt(ət)ɪv/
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From Middle English representative, from Middle French representatif and its etymon Medieval Latin repraesentātīvus. By surface analysis, represent + -ative; See representation. Displaced native Old English spala (“a representative”).

278 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: предста́вителен (predstávitelen) — typical
• Catalan: representant — typical
• Catalan: representatiu — typical
• Danish: repræsentativ — typical
• Dutch: representatief — typical
• Finnish: edustava — typical
• French: typique — typical
• French: représentatif — typical
• Galician: representativo — typical
• Georgian: წარმომადგენლობითი (c̣armomadgenlobiti) — typical
• Georgian: წარმომადგენელი (c̣armomadgeneli) — typical
• Georgian: მახასიათებელი (maxasiatebeli) — typical
• Georgian: ამსახველი (amsaxveli) — typical
• Georgian: გამომხატველი (gamomxaṭveli) — typical
• Georgian: დამახასიათებელი (damaxasiatebeli) — typical
• Georgian: რეპრეზენტაციული (reṗrezenṭaciuli) — typical
• Georgian: ტიპური (ṭiṗuri) — typical
• German: repräsentativ — typical
• Hebrew: מייצג (meyatség) — typical
• Ido: reprezentanta — typical
• Italian: rappresentativo — typical
• Korean: 전형적 (jeonhyeongjeok) — typical
• Latin: succēdāneus — typical
• Norwegian Bokmål: representativ — typical
• Norwegian Nynorsk: representativ — typical
• Persian: نُمایَنْدِه (numâyande) — typical
• Polish: reprezentatywny — typical
• Portuguese: representativo — typical
• Romanian: reprezentativ — typical
• Russian: показа́тельный (pokazátelʹnyj) — typical
• Russian: характе́рный (xaraktérnyj) — typical
• Russian: типи́чный (tipíčnyj) — typical
• Spanish: representante — typical
• Spanish: representativo — typical
• Swahili: wajumbe — typical
• Ukrainian: типо́вий (typóvyj) — typical
• Welsh: cyhoeddus — typical
• Albanian: përfaqësues — one who speaks for another
• Albanian: përfaqësuese — one who speaks for another
• Arabic: مُمَثِّل (mumaṯṯil) — one who speaks for another
• Arabic: مُمَثِّلَة (mumaṯṯila) — one who speaks for another
• Arabic: وَكِيل (wakīl) — one who speaks for another
• Arabic: وَكِيلَة (wakīla) — one who speaks for another
• Armenian: ներկայացուցիչ (nerkayacʻucʻičʻ) — one who speaks for another
• Azerbaijani: nümayəndə — one who speaks for another
• Azerbaijani: vəkil — one who speaks for another
• Azerbaijani: müvəkkil — one who speaks for another
• Bashkir: вәкил (vəkil) — one who speaks for another
• Belarusian: прадстаўні́к (pradstawník) — one who speaks for another
• Belarusian: прадстаўні́ца (pradstawníca) — one who speaks for another
• Bengali: প্রতিনিধি (protinidhi) — one who speaks for another
• Bulgarian: предста́вител (predstávitel) — one who speaks for another
• Bulgarian: предста́вителка (predstávitelka) — one who speaks for another
• Burmese: ကိုယ်စားလှယ် (kuiyca:hlai) — one who speaks for another
• Chinese Cantonese: 代表 (doi6 biu2) — one who speaks for another
• Chinese Mandarin: 代表 (dàibiǎo) — one who speaks for another
• Crimean Tatar: vekil — one who speaks for another
• Czech: zástupce — one who speaks for another
• Czech: zástupkyně — one who speaks for another
• Danish: repræsentant — one who speaks for another
• Dutch: vertegenwoordiger — one who speaks for another
• Estonian: esindaja — one who speaks for another
• Finnish: edustaja — one who speaks for another
• French: représentant — one who speaks for another
• French: représentante — one who speaks for another
• French: délégué — one who speaks for another
• French: déléguée — one who speaks for another
• French: mandataire — one who speaks for another
• Galician: representante — one who speaks for another
• Georgian: წარმომადგენელი (c̣armomadgeneli) — one who speaks for another
• German: Repräsentant — one who speaks for another
• German: Repräsentantin — one who speaks for another
• German: Vertreter — one who speaks for another
• German: Vertreterin — one who speaks for another
• German: Sprecher — one who speaks for another
• German: Sprecherin — one who speaks for another
• Greek: εκπρόσωπος (ekprósopos) — one who speaks for another
• Ancient Greek: προαιρετός (proairetós) — one who speaks for another
• Hebrew: מְיַצֵג (natsíg) — one who speaks for another
• Hebrew: נציגה (netsigá) — one who speaks for another
• Hindi: प्रतिनिधि (pratinidhi) — one who speaks for another
• Hindi: नुमाइंदा (numāindā) — one who speaks for another
• Hungarian: képviselő — one who speaks for another
• Icelandic: fulltrúi — one who speaks for another
• Icelandic: forsvarsmaður — one who speaks for another
• Ido: reprezentanto — one who speaks for another
• Indonesian: wakil — one who speaks for another
• Irish: uiríollaí — one who speaks for another
• Italian: rappresentante — one who speaks for another
• Japanese: 代表 (daihyō) — one who speaks for another
• Kazakh: өкіл (ökıl) — one who speaks for another
• Khmer: តំណាង (tɑmnaang) — one who speaks for another
• Khmer: ធ្មាយ (thmiəy) — one who speaks for another
• Khmer: តាង (taang) — one who speaks for another
• Khmer: ប្រតិភូ (prɑtephuu) — one who speaks for another
• Khmer: ទូត (tuut) — one who speaks for another
• Korean: 대표 (daepyo) — one who speaks for another
• Central Kurdish: نوێنەر (nwêner) — one who speaks for another
• Northern Kurdish: mumesil — one who speaks for another
• Northern Kurdish: nûner — one who speaks for another
• Northern Kurdish: nimînende — one who speaks for another
• Kyrgyz: өкүл (ökül) — one who speaks for another
• Lao: ຜູ້ແທນ (phū thǣn) — one who speaks for another
• Lao: ຜູ້ຕາງຫນ້າ (phū tāng nā) — one who speaks for another
• Latin: repraesentātīvus — one who speaks for another
• Latin: repraesentātīva — one who speaks for another
• Latvian: pārstāvis — one who speaks for another
• Latvian: pārstāve — one who speaks for another
• Lithuanian: atstõvas — one who speaks for another
• Lithuanian: atstõvė — one who speaks for another
• Macedonian: претставник (pretstavnik) — one who speaks for another
• Macedonian: претставничка (pretstavnička) — one who speaks for another
• Malay: wakil — one who speaks for another
• Malayalam: പ്രതിനിധി (pratinidhi) — one who speaks for another
• Maltese: rappreżentant — one who speaks for another
• Māori: māngai — one who speaks for another
• Māori: taraketi — one who speaks for another
• Māori: kanohi — one who speaks for another
• Māori: repe — one who speaks for another
• Marathi: प्रतिनिधी (pratinidhī) — one who speaks for another
• Mongolian: төлөөлөгч (tölöölögč) — one who speaks for another
• Muna: wakili — one who speaks for another
• Norwegian Bokmål: representant — one who speaks for another
• Pashto: نماينده (namāyənda) — one who speaks for another
• Pashto: وکيل (wakīl) — one who speaks for another
• Iranian Persian: نُمایَنْدِه (nomâyande) — one who speaks for another
• Iranian Persian: مُمَثِّل (momassel) — one who speaks for another
• Iranian Persian: وَکیل (vakil) — one who speaks for another
• Plautdietsch: Stellveträda — one who speaks for another
• Polish: reprezentant — one who speaks for another
• Polish: reprezentantka — one who speaks for another
• Polish: przedstawiciel — one who speaks for another
• Polish: przedstawicielka — one who speaks for another
• Portuguese: representante — one who speaks for another
• Romanian: reprezentant — one who speaks for another
• Romanian: reprezentantă — one who speaks for another
• Russian: представи́тель (predstavítelʹ) — one who speaks for another
• Russian: представи́тельница (predstavítelʹnica) — one who speaks for another
• Russian: делега́т (delegát) — one who speaks for another
• Russian: делега́тка (delegátka) — one who speaks for another
• Russian: уполномо́ченный (upolnomóčennyj) — one who speaks for another
• Russian: уполномо́ченная (upolnomóčennaja) — one who speaks for another
• Scottish Gaelic: riochdaire — one who speaks for another
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-ionaid — one who speaks for another
• Serbo-Croatian: пре́дста̄внӣк — one who speaks for another
• Serbo-Croatian: пре́дста̄вница — one who speaks for another
• Serbo-Croatian: prédstāvnīk — one who speaks for another
• Serbo-Croatian: prédstāvnica — one who speaks for another
• Sikkimese: སྐུ་ཚབ (sku tshab) — one who speaks for another
• Slovak: zástupca — one who speaks for another
• Slovak: zástupkyňa — one who speaks for another
• Slovene: predstavnik — one who speaks for another
• Slovene: predstavnica — one who speaks for another
• Spanish: representante — one who speaks for another
• Swahili: mjumbe — one who speaks for another
• Swedish: representant — one who speaks for another
• Swedish: företrädare — one who speaks for another
• Tagalog: kinatawan — one who speaks for another
• Tajik: намоянда (namoyanda) — one who speaks for another
• Tajik: вакил (vakil) — one who speaks for another
• Tatar: вәкил (wäkil) — one who speaks for another
• Telugu: ప్రతినిధి (pratinidhi) — one who speaks for another
• Thai: ตัวแทน (dtuua-tɛɛn) — one who speaks for another
• Turkish: mümessil — one who speaks for another
• Turkish: vekil — one who speaks for another
• Turkish: temsilci — one who speaks for another
• Ottoman Turkish: ایلچی (elçi) — one who speaks for another
• Ottoman Turkish: سفیر (sefir) — one who speaks for another
• Turkmen: wekil — one who speaks for another
• Ukrainian: представни́к (predstavnýk) — one who speaks for another
• Ukrainian: представни́ця (predstavnýcja) — one who speaks for another
• Ukrainian: уповнова́жений (upovnováženyj) — one who speaks for another
• Ukrainian: уповнова́жена (upovnovážena) — one who speaks for another
• Urdu: نُمائِنْدَہ (numāinda) — one who speaks for another
• Urdu: مَنْدُوب (mandūb) — one who speaks for another
• Uyghur: نامايەندە (namayende) — one who speaks for another
• Uyghur: ۋەكىل (wekil) — one who speaks for another
• Uzbek: namoyanda — one who speaks for another
• Uzbek: vakil — one who speaks for another
• Vietnamese: tiêu biểu — one who speaks for another
• Vietnamese: đại biểu — one who speaks for another
• Welsh: cynrychiolydd — one who speaks for another
• Yiddish: רעפּרעזענטאַנט (reprezentant) — one who speaks for another
• Yiddish: פֿאַרטרעטער (fartreter) — one who speaks for another
• Bulgarian: делега́т (delegát) — representative of a constituency
• Bulgarian: делега́тка (delegátka) — representative of a constituency
• Dutch: afgevaardigde — representative of a constituency
• Finnish: edustaja — representative of a constituency
• French: député — representative of a constituency
• French: députée — representative of a constituency
• Galician: deputado — representative of a constituency
• Georgian: წარმომადგენელი (c̣armomadgeneli) — representative of a constituency
• Georgian: რწმუნებული (rc̣munebuli) — representative of a constituency
• Georgian: დელეგატი (delegaṭi) — representative of a constituency
• Georgian: დეპუტატი (deṗuṭaṭi) — representative of a constituency
• German: Abgesandter — representative of a constituency
• German: Abgesandte — representative of a constituency
• German: Vertreter — representative of a constituency
• German: Vertreterin — representative of a constituency
• German: Delegierter — representative of a constituency
• German: Delegierte — representative of a constituency
• Greek: βουλευτής (vouleftís) — representative of a constituency
• Latin: repraesentātīvus — representative of a constituency
• Latin: repraesentātīva — representative of a constituency
• Malayalam: പ്രതിനിധി (pratinidhi) — representative of a constituency
• Marathi: प्रतिनिधी (pratinidhī) — representative of a constituency
• Iranian Persian: نُمایَنْدِه (nomâyande) — representative of a constituency
• Romanian: reprezentant — representative of a constituency
• Romanian: reprezentantă — representative of a constituency
• Romanian: deputat — representative of a constituency
• Romanian: deputată — representative of a constituency
• Russian: делега́т (delegát) — representative of a constituency
• Russian: делега́тка (delegátka) — representative of a constituency
• Bulgarian: предста́вител (predstávitel) — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Bulgarian: предста҅вителка (predsta҅vitelka) — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Finnish: edustaja — one that is taken as typical of its class
• French: représentant — one that is taken as typical of its class
• German: Repräsentant — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Italian: rappresentante — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Iranian Persian: نُمایَنْدِه (nomâyande) — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Polish: przedstawiciel — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Polish: przedstawicielka — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Polish: reprezentant — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Polish: reprezentantka — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Polish: agent — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Polish: agentka — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Portuguese: representante — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Romanian: reprezentant — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Romanian: reprezentantă — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Russian: представи́тель (predstavítelʹ) — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Russian: представи́тельница (predstavítelʹnica) — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Spanish: representante — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Ukrainian: представни́к (predstavnýk) — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Ukrainian: представни́ця (predstavnýcja) — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Ukrainian: уповнова́жений (upovnováženyj) — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Ukrainian: уповнова́жена (upovnovážena) — one that is taken as typical of its class
• Catalan: representant — member of the House of Representatives
• Chinese Mandarin: 眾議員 /众议员 (zhòngyìyuán) — member of the House of Representatives
• Czech: poslanec — member of the House of Representatives
• Czech: poslankyně — member of the House of Representatives
• Finnish: edustaja — member of the House of Representatives
• French: représentant — member of the House of Representatives
• Greek: βουλευτής (vouleftís) — member of the House of Representatives
• Japanese: 衆議院議員 (Shūgiin giin) — member of the House of Representatives
• Latin: repraesentātīvus — member of the House of Representatives
• Latin: repraesentātīva — member of the House of Representatives
• Occitan: representant — member of the House of Representatives
• Iranian Persian: نُمایَنْدِه (nomâyande) — member of the House of Representatives
• Romanian: reprezentant — member of the House of Representatives
• Romanian: reprezentantă — member of the House of Representatives
• Russian: член пала́ты представи́телей (člen paláty predstavítelej) — member of the House of Representatives
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀сланӣк — member of the House of Representatives
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀сланица — member of the House of Representatives
• Serbo-Croatian: pòslanīk — member of the House of Representatives
• Serbo-Croatian: pòslanica — member of the House of Representatives
• Spanish: representante — member of the House of Representatives
• Swahili: mjumbe — member of the House of Representatives
• Tagalog: kinatawan — member of the House of Representatives
• Thai: สมาชิกสภาผู้แทนราษฎร (sà-maa-chík-sà-paa-pûu-tɛɛn-râat-sà-dɔɔn) — member of the House of Representatives
• Bulgarian: представи́тел (predstavítel) — company agent
• Bulgarian: представи́телка (predstavítelka) — company agent
• Finnish: edustaja — company agent
• German: Vertreter — company agent
• German: Außendienstler — company agent
• German: Aussendienstler — company agent
• German: Gebietsrepräsentant — company agent
• Greek: πλασιέ (plasié) — company agent
• Polish: agent — company agent
• Polish: agentka — company agent
• Portuguese: representante — company agent
• Romanian: reprezentant — company agent
• Romanian: reprezentantă — company agent
• Romanian: agent — company agent
• Romanian: agentă — company agent
• Spanish: representante — company agent
• Swedish: representant — company agent
• Tagalog: kinatawan — company agent
• Thai: ตัวแทน (dtuua-tɛɛn) — company agent