English
Etymology
From brief + case.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɹiːfˌkeɪs/
Noun
briefcase (plural briefcases)
- A case used for carrying documents, especially for business.
- (computing) In Microsoft Windows, a folder that supports file synchronization between itself and another folder.
2004, Craig Forrest Mathews, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Tablet PCs, page 202:You create a briefcase called Files where you store all your important documents. The briefcase is stored on your Tablet PC's C: drive, and the source files reside on your server.
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Translations
case used for carrying documents
- Afrikaans: aktetas (af)
- Albanian: çantë (sq) f, valixhe (sq) f
- Arabic: حَقِيبَة (ar) f (ḥaqība), مِحْفَظَة f (miḥfaẓa), شَنْطَة (ar) f (šanṭa)
- Azerbaijani: portfel
- Basque: maleta
- Belarusian: партфэ́ль m (partfélʹ), дыплама́т m (dyplamát), кейс m (kjejs), па́пка (be) f (pápka), тэ́чка f (téčka)
- Bengali: ব্রিফকেস (bn) (briphokes)
- Bulgarian: ку́фарче n (kúfarče), ча́нта (bg) f (čánta)
- Catalan: cartera (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 公文包 (zh) (gōngwénbāo), 皮包 (zh) (píbāo)
- Czech: kufřík (cs) f, aktovka (cs) f, diplomatka f
- Danish: portefølje c
- Dutch: aktetas (nl)
- Esperanto: aktujo, teko (eo)
- Estonian: portfell
- Faroese: skjalamappa f
- Finnish: salkku (fi), asiakirjasalkku
- French: portefeuille (fr) m, serviette (fr) f, porte-documents (fr) m
- Galician: carteira (gl) f, maletín m
- German: (general) Aktentasche (de) f; (attaché case also) Aktenkoffer (de) f
- Greek: χαρτοφύλακας (el) m (chartofýlakas)
- Hebrew: מזוודה (he) f (mizvadá)
- Hindi: ब्रीफ़केस m (brīfkes), अटैची f (aṭaicī), अटेची f (aṭecī)
- Hungarian: aktatáska (hu)
- Icelandic: skjalataska f
- Italian: valigetta f
- Japanese: 鞄 (ja) (かばん, kaban), ブリーフケース (ja) (burīfukēsu)
- Kazakh: портфель (portfel)
- Korean: 서류 가방 (seoryu gabang), 가방 (ko) (gabang)
- Kyrgyz: портфель (ky) (portfel)
- Latin: scrīnium n
- Latvian: portfelis m
- Lithuanian: portfelis (lt) m
- Low German:
- East Frisian: aktentaaske f
- Luxembourgish: Mapp f
- Macedonian: актовка f (aktovka), чанта f (čanta), ташна f (tašna)
- Manx: kishtey laue m
- Maori: kopamārō
- North Frisian: (Sylt) Aktentask f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: dokumentmappe m or f
- Nynorsk: dokumentmappe f
- Polish: teczka (pl) f, aktówka (pl) f
- Portuguese: pasta (pt) f, maleta (pt) f
- Romanian: geantă (ro) f, servietă (ro) f
- Russian: портфе́ль (ru) m (portfélʹ), диплома́т (ru) m (diplomát), кейс (ru) m (kejs), па́пка (ru) f (pápka)
- Scottish Gaelic: màileid f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: а̏кто̄вка f
- Roman: ȁktōvka (sh) f
- Slovak: kufrík m, aktovka f, diplomatka f
- Slovene: aktovka f
- Spanish: maletín (es) m
- Swedish: portfölj (sv) c
- Tajik: портфель (portfel), киф (kif)
- Tibetan: ལག་འབེག (lag 'beg)
- Turkish: evrak çantası
- Turkmen: portfel
- Ukrainian: портфе́ль m (portfélʹ), диплома́т m (dyplomát), кейс m (kejs), па́пка f (pápka), те́чка f (téčka)
- Urdu: بریفکیس m (brīfkes), اٹیچی (ur) f (aṭaicī)
- Uzbek: portfel (uz)
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