"Ombudsman" is one of the widely used words that have been borrowed from Swedish.
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Ombudsman
//ˈɑmbədzmən//
Synonyms for "ombudsman" (52 found)
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Related words (26)
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16 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 40 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أَمِين اَلْمَظَالِم noun (official who investigates complaints)
Armenian
2 entries- մարդու իրավունքների պաշտպան noun (official who investigates complaints)
- օմբուդսմեն noun (official who investigates complaints)
Bulgarian
1 entries- омбудсман noun (official who investigates complaints)
Catalan
2 entries- defensor del poble noun (official who investigates complaints)
- síndic de greuges noun (official who investigates complaints)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 申訴專員 /申诉专员 noun (official who investigates complaints)
- 調查專員 /调查专员 noun (official who investigates complaints)
Czech
1 entries- ombudsman noun (official who investigates complaints)
Danish
1 entries- ombudsmand noun (official who investigates complaints)
Dutch
1 entries- ombudsman noun (official who investigates complaints)
Faroese
1 entries- umboðsmaður noun (official who investigates complaints)
Finnish
2 entries- oikeusasiamies noun (official who investigates complaints)
- välimies noun (official who investigates complaints)
French
3 entries- médiateur noun (official who investigates complaints)
- ombudsman noun (official who investigates complaints)
- protecteur noun (official who investigates complaints)
Galician
4 entries- avindeiro noun (official who investigates complaints)
- meeiro noun (official who investigates complaints)
- ragador noun (official who investigates complaints)
- triquiñón noun (official who investigates complaints)
Georgian
2 entries- ომბუდსმენი noun (official who investigates complaints)
- სახალხო დამცველი noun (official who investigates complaints)
German
1 entries- Ombudsmann noun (official who investigates complaints)
Hindi
2 entries- लोकपाल noun (official who investigates complaints)
- लोकायुक्त noun (official who investigates complaints)
Hungarian
1 entries- ombudsman noun (official who investigates complaints)
Ido
1 entries- mediacanto noun (official who investigates complaints)
Indonesian
1 entries- ombudsman noun (official who investigates complaints)
Japanese
2 entries- オンブズマン noun (official who investigates complaints)
- 苦情調査官 noun (official who investigates complaints)
Kazakh
1 entries- омбудсмен noun (official who investigates complaints)
Korean
1 entries- 옴부즈만 noun (official who investigates complaints)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- омбудсмен noun (official who investigates complaints)
Macedonian
2 entries- народен правобранител noun (official who investigates complaints)
- омбудсман noun (official who investigates complaints)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഓംബുഡ്സ്മാൻ noun (official who investigates complaints)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ombudsmann noun (official who investigates complaints)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ombodsmann noun (official who investigates complaints)
Persian
1 entries- دادآور noun (official who investigates complaints)
Polish
2 entries- ombudsman noun (official who investigates complaints)
- rzecznik noun (official who investigates complaints)
Portuguese
2 entries- ombudsman noun (official who investigates complaints)
- ouvidor noun (official who investigates complaints)
Romanian
1 entries- ombudsman noun (official who investigates complaints)
Russian
3 entries- омбудсма́н noun (official who investigates complaints)
- омбудсме́н noun (official who investigates complaints)
- уполномо́ченный по права́м челове́ка noun (official who investigates complaints)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- ombùdsman noun (official who investigates complaints)
- pȗčkī pravobrànitelj noun (official who investigates complaints)
- омбу̀дсман noun (official who investigates complaints)
Spanish
2 entries- defensor del pueblo noun (official who investigates complaints)
- mediador noun (official who investigates complaints)
Swedish
1 entries- ombudsman noun (official who investigates complaints)
Tajik
1 entries- додовар noun (official who investigates complaints)
Thai
1 entries- ผู้ตรวจการแผ่นดิน noun (official who investigates complaints)
Turkish
2 entries- kamu denetçisi noun (official who investigates complaints)
- ombudsman noun (official who investigates complaints)
Ukrainian
2 entries- омбудсма́н noun (official who investigates complaints)
- омбудсме́н noun (official who investigates complaints)
Urdu
1 entries- محتسب noun (official who investigates complaints)
Welsh
1 entries- ombwdsmon noun (official who investigates complaints)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Tom is an ombudsman.
Source: tatoeba (8163462)
Where's the office of the ombudsman, please?
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"All the Nordic ombudsmen have the same view: that circumcision of boys should not be done until the boy is old enough to decide himself if is something he wants to do,” Anne Lindboe, Norway's Ombudsman for Children, told DW.
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