"attaché case" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: attaché cases [plural]
Etymology: From French attaché + case. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|attaché}} French attaché, {{m|en|case}} case Head templates: {{en-noun}} attaché case (plural attaché cases)
  1. A box-style briefcase, scrunched over a hinged frame that opens into two compartments. Categories (topical): Containers Synonyms: attache case Hypernyms: briefcase Translations (box-style briefcase): attaseasalkku (Finnish), Aktenkoffer [masculine] (German), अटैची (aṭaicī) [feminine] (Hindi), अटेची (aṭecī) [feminine] (Hindi), アタッシェケース (atasshe kēsu) (Japanese), アタッシュケース (atasshu kēsu) (Japanese), attachéväska [common-gender] (Swedish), bond çanta (Turkish), اٹیچی (aṭaicī) (Urdu), اٹاچی (aṭācī) (Urdu)

Inflected forms

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