"briefcase" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɹiːfˌkeɪs/ [US] Forms: briefcases [plural]
Etymology: brief + case Etymology templates: {{compound|en|brief|case}} brief + case Head templates: {{en-noun}} briefcase (plural briefcases)
  1. A case used for carrying documents, especially for business. Translations (case used for carrying documents): aktetas (Afrikaans), çantë [feminine] (Albanian), valixhe [feminine] (Albanian), حَقِيبَة (ḥaqība) [feminine] (Arabic), مِحْفَظَة (miḥfaẓa) [feminine] (Arabic), شَنْطَة (šanṭa) [feminine] (Arabic), portfel (Azerbaijani), maleta (Basque), партфэ́ль (partfélʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), дыплама́т (dyplamát) [masculine] (Belarusian), кейс (kjejs) [masculine] (Belarusian), па́пка (pápka) [feminine] (Belarusian), тэ́чка (téčka) [feminine] (Belarusian), ব্রিফকেস (briphokes) (Bengali), ку́фарче (kúfarče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ча́нта (čánta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cartera [feminine] (Catalan), 公文包 (gōngwénbāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 皮包 (píbāo) (Chinese Mandarin), kufřík [feminine] (Czech), aktovka [feminine] (Czech), diplomatka [feminine] (Czech), portefølje [common-gender] (Danish), aktetas (Dutch), aktujo (Esperanto), teko (Esperanto), portfell (Estonian), skjalamappa [feminine] (Faroese), salkku (Finnish), asiakirjasalkku (Finnish), portefeuille [masculine] (French), serviette [feminine] (French), porte-documents [masculine] (French), carteira [feminine] (Galician), maletín [masculine] (Galician), Aktentasche [feminine, general] (German), (attaché case also) Aktenkoffer [feminine] (German), χαρτοφύλακας (chartofýlakas) [masculine] (Greek), מזוודה (mizvadá) [feminine] (Hebrew), ब्रीफ़केस (brīfkes) [masculine] (Hindi), अटैची (aṭaicī) [feminine] (Hindi), अटेची (aṭecī) [feminine] (Hindi), aktatáska (Hungarian), skjalataska [feminine] (Icelandic), valigetta [feminine] (Italian), (kaban) (alt: かばん) (Japanese), ブリーフケース (burīfukēsu) (Japanese), портфель (portfel) (Kazakh), 서류 가방 (seoryu gabang) (Korean), 가방 (gabang) (Korean), портфель (portfel) (Kyrgyz), scrīnium [neuter] (Latin), portfelis [masculine] (Latvian), portfelis [masculine] (Lithuanian), Mapp [feminine] (Luxembourgish), актовка (aktovka) [feminine] (Macedonian), чанта (čanta) [feminine] (Macedonian), ташна (tašna) [feminine] (Macedonian), kishtey laue [masculine] (Manx), kopamārō (Maori), dokumentmappe [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dokumentmappe [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), teczka [feminine] (Polish), aktówka [feminine] (Polish), pasta [feminine] (Portuguese), maleta [feminine] (Portuguese), geantă [feminine] (Romanian), servietă [feminine] (Romanian), портфе́ль (portfélʹ) [masculine] (Russian), диплома́т (diplomát) [masculine] (Russian), кейс (kejs) [masculine] (Russian), па́пка (pápka) [feminine] (Russian), màileid [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), а̏кто̄вка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ȁktōvka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kufrík [masculine] (Slovak), aktovka [feminine] (Slovak), diplomatka [feminine] (Slovak), aktovka [feminine] (Slovene), maletín [masculine] (Spanish), portfölj [common-gender] (Swedish), портфель (portfel) (Tajik), киф (kif) (Tajik), ལག་འབེག (english: lag 'beg) (Tibetan), evrak çantası (Turkish), portfel (Turkmen), портфе́ль (portfélʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), диплома́т (dyplomát) [masculine] (Ukrainian), кейс (kejs) [masculine] (Ukrainian), па́пка (pápka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), те́чка (téčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), بریفکیس (brīfkes) [masculine] (Urdu), اٹیچی (aṭaicī) [feminine] (Urdu), portfel (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-briefcase-en-noun-iQtH6Lb9 Disambiguation of 'case used for carrying documents': 95 5
  2. (computing) In Microsoft Windows, a folder that supports file synchronization between itself and another folder. Categories (topical): Computing, Containers, Microsoft
    Sense id: en-briefcase-en-noun-fGQW3SpT Disambiguation of Containers: 22 78 Disambiguation of Microsoft: 3 97 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 93 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: attaché case, brief case [dated] Derived forms: briefcase computer, Third World briefcase

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          "lang": "Afrikaans",
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        },
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          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "maleta"
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "partfélʹ",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
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          "word": "партфэ́ль"
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          "roman": "dyplamát",
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          "word": "дыплама́т"
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          "roman": "kjejs",
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          ],
          "word": "кейс"
        },
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pápka",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "па́пка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "téčka",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "тэ́чка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "briphokes",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "ব্রিফকেস"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kúfarče",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ку́фарче"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "čánta",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ча́нта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cartera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gōngwénbāo",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "公文包"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "píbāo",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "皮包"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kufřík"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aktovka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "diplomatka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "portefølje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "aktetas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "aktujo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "teko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "portfell"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "skjalamappa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "salkku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "asiakirjasalkku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "portefeuille"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "serviette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "porte-documents"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "carteira"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maletín"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "general"
          ],
          "word": "Aktentasche"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "(attaché case also) Aktenkoffer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chartofýlakas",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "χαρτοφύλακας"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mizvadá",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "מזוודה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "brīfkes",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ब्रीफ़केस"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "aṭaicī",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "अटैची"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "aṭecī",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "अटेची"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "aktatáska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "skjalataska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "valigetta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "かばん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kaban",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "鞄"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "burīfukēsu",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "ブリーフケース"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "portfel",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "портфель"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seoryu gabang",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "서류 가방"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gabang",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "가방"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "portfel",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "портфель"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "scrīnium"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "portfelis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "portfelis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Mapp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "aktovka",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "актовка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "čanta",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чанта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "tašna",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ташна"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kishtey laue"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "word": "kopamārō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dokumentmappe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dokumentmappe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "teczka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aktówka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pasta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "maleta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "geantă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "servietă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "portfélʹ",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "портфе́ль"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "diplomát",
          "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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      "code": "az",
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      "code": "eu",
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      "word": "maleta"
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      "code": "be",
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      "code": "be",
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      "word": "ব্রিফকেস"
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      "word": "公文包"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Aktentasche"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ब्रीफ़केस"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
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      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "word": "가방"
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      "word": "портфель"
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      ],
      "word": "актовка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "čanta",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чанта"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tašna",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ташна"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kishtey laue"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "word": "kopamārō"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dokumentmappe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dokumentmappe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aktówka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maleta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "geantă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "servietă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "portfélʹ",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "портфе́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diplomát",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "диплома́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kejs",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кейс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pápka",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́пка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "màileid"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "а̏кто̄вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ȁktōvka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kufrík"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aktovka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diplomatka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aktovka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maletín"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "portfölj"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "portfel",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "word": "портфель"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "kif",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "word": "киф"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "english": "lag 'beg",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "word": "ལག་འབེག"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "word": "evrak çantası"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "word": "portfel"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "portfélʹ",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "портфе́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dyplomát",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "диплома́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kejs",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кейс"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pápka",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́пка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "téčka",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "те́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "brīfkes",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بریفکیس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "aṭaicī",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "اٹیچی"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "case used for carrying documents",
      "word": "portfel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "briefcase"
}

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