See ombudsman in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"UK"
]
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɑmbədzmən/",
"tags": [
"US"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ʔomˈbʊds.mɐn/",
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"Philippines"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʔom-/",
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{
"word": "ombuds"
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔamīn al-maẓālim",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "أَمِين اَلْمَظَالِم"
},
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ōmbudsmen",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "օմբուդսմեն"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "mardu iravunkʻneri paštpan",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "մարդու իրավունքների պաշտպան"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ombudsman",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "омбудсман"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "síndic de greuges"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "defensor del poble"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēnsù zhuānyuán",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "申訴專員 /申诉专员"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "diàochá zhuānyuán",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "調查專員 /调查专员"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ombudsman"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ombudsmand"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "ombudsman"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "umboðsmaður"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "oikeusasiamies"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "välimies"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ombudsman"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "médiateur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "protecteur"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ragador"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meeiro"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avindeiro"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "triquiñón"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "valedor"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ombudsmeni",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "ომბუდსმენი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saxalxo damcveli",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "სახალხო დამცველი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ombudsmann"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lokpāl",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "लोकपाल"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lokāyukt",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "लोकायुक्त"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "ombudsman"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "mediacanto"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "ombudsman"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "onbuzuman",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "オンブズマン"
},
{
"alt": "くじょうちょうさかん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kujō chōsakan",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "苦情調査官"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ombudsmen",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "омбудсмен"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ombujeuman",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "옴부즈만"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ombudsmen",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "омбудсмен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "naroden pravobranitel",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "народен правобранител"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ombudsman",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "омбудсман"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ōmbuḍsmāṉ",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "ഓംബുഡ്സ്മാൻ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ombudsmann"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ombodsmann"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dâd-âvar",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "دادآور"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ombudsman"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rzecznik"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ombudsman"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ouvidor"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ombudsman"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "upolnomóčennyj po pravám čelovéka",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "уполномо́ченный по права́м челове́ка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ombudsmén",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "омбудсме́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ombudsmán",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "омбудсма́н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "омбу̀дсман"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ombùdsman"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pȗčkī pravobrànitelj"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "mediador"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "defensor del pueblo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ombudsman"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "dodovar",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "додовар"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pûu-dtrùuat-gaan-pɛ̀n-din",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "ผู้ตรวจการแผ่นดิน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "ombudsman"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"word": "kamu denetçisi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ombudsmén",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "омбудсме́н"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ombudsmán",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "омбудсма́н"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "mohtasib",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "محتسب"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "official who investigates complaints",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ombwdsmon"
}
],
"word": "ombudsman"
}
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