attaché.
an attaché; a diplomatic envoy holding the lowest official rank at a diplomatic mission
Meaning & usage
an attaché; a diplomatic envoy holding the lowest official rank at a diplomatic mission
Han begynte i utenrikstjenesten som attaché ved ambassaden.
an attaché; an official, who may be a non-diplomat, assigned to a diplomatic mission with responsibility for a particular specialist field
Ambassaden har en attaché som arbeider med forsvarssaker.
an often unpaid assistant attached to a diplomatic or consular delegation
Where this word comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French attaché (“attaché”), literally “attached”, the substantivized past participle of attacher (“to attach, connect”), from Old French atachier (“to attach”), of Frankish origin; compare Frankish *stekan (“to stick, pierce, sting”), *stikkan and *stikjan, from Proto-Germanic Proto-Germanic *stikaną (“to stick, stab”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to sting”). Parallel borrowings from French include Norwegian Nynorsk attaché, Danish attaché, Swedish attaché, Dutch attaché, German Attaché, Polish attaché and English attaché.
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