ombudsman

See also: ombudsmän

English

WOTD – 25 November 2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒmbədzmən/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɑmbədzmən/
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Noun

ombudsman (plural ombudsmen)

  1. An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments.
  2. A designated internal mediator in an organization whose duty is to assist members with conflict resolution and other problems and to serve as an independent consultant to recommend changes to policies or procedures to improve organization effectiveness, efficiency, and humaneness.

Usage notes

  • This term is derived from Swedish, in which language the suffix -man is not always gender-specific. Nevertheless, the words ombudsperson, ombud, and ombudswoman have been coined to remedy the perceived gender-specificity of ombudsman in English.

Derived terms

Translations

Cebuano

Etymology

From English ombudsman, borrowed from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Noun

ombudsman

  1. an ombudsman

Czech

Etymology

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔmbʊtsˌman/

Noun

ombudsman m

  1. ombudsman

Dutch

Etymology

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔm.bʏts.mɑn/
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Noun

ombudsman m (plural ombudsmannen, diminutive ombudsmannetje n)

  1. ombudsman

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔm.byds.man/, /ɔ̃.byds.mɑ̃/

Noun

ombudsman m, f (plural ombudsmans)

  1. An appointed official within an organization whose duty is to investigate complaints against that organization by its customers, taxpayers, and sometimes employees, and often to act as a consultant to improve services and processes.

Usage notes

  • In Quebec, the office in government services is called protecteur du citoyen. A similar office in France is that of the médiateur, though its precise functions differ.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Noun

ombudsman m (plural ombudsmen or ombudsmans or ombudsman)

  1. ombudsman (official who investigates complaints)

Romanian

Etymology

From English ombudsman, from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Noun

ombudsman m (plural ombudsmani or ombudsmeni)

  1. ombudsman

Declension

See also

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ombǔdzman/

Noun

ombùdsman m (Cyrillic spelling омбу̀дсман)

  1. ombudsman

Synonyms

Spanish

Noun

ombudsman m, f (plural ombúdsmanes)

  1. ombudsman

Swedish

Etymology

ombud +‎ man. The origin of the word is found in Old Norse umboðsmaðr and the word “umbuds man”, meaning representative. The first preserved use in Swedish is from 1552.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔm.bʉːdsˌman/

Noun

ombudsman c

  1. ombudsman

Declension

Declension of ombudsman 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ombudsman ombudsmannen ombudsmän ombudsmännen
Genitive ombudsmans ombudsmannens ombudsmäns ombudsmännens

Descendants

Turkish

Etymology

From English ombudsman, from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /om.buds.mɑn/

Noun

ombudsman (definite accusative ombudsmanı, plural ombudsmanlar)

  1. ombudsman

Declension

Inflection
Nominative ombudsman
Definite accusative ombudsmanı
Singular Plural
Nominative ombudsman ombudsmanlar
Definite accusative ombudsmanı ombudsmanları
Dative ombudsmana ombudsmanlara
Locative ombudsmanda ombudsmanlarda
Ablative ombudsmandan ombudsmanlardan
Genitive ombudsmanın ombudsmanların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular ombudsmanım ombudsmanlarım
2nd singular ombudsmanın ombudsmanların
3rd singular ombudsmanı ombudsmanları
1st plural ombudsmanımız ombudsmanlarımız
2nd plural ombudsmanınız ombudsmanlarınız
3rd plural ombudsmanları ombudsmanları
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular ombudsmanım ombudsmanlarım
2nd singular ombudsmansın ombudsmanlarsın
3rd singular ombudsman
ombudsmandır		 ombudsmanlar
ombudsmanlardır
1st plural ombudsmanız ombudsmanlarız
2nd plural ombudsmansınız ombudsmanlarsınız
3rd plural ombudsmanlar ombudsmanlardır
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