English
Etymology
From spoke (“past participle of speak”) + -s- + woman.
Pronunciation
Noun
spokeswoman (plural spokeswomen)
- A woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people.
2009 January 28, Brooks Barnes, “Sweet Deal to Promote Tweeny-Bop Girl Group”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 12 February 2021:Topps […] has signed the Clique Girlz as commercial spokeswomen for Baby Bottle Pop, one of the Top 10 nonchocolate candy brands.
2018 September 19, Tal Kopan, “Trump administration admits it lost track of nearly 1,500 immigrant children”, in CNN[2]:“As communicated to members of Congress multiple times, these children are not ‘lost,’” said HHS spokeswoman Caitlin Oakley.
2020 July 1, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: '165' runs through points and into path of LU service”, in Rail, page 20:A Chiltern spokeswoman told RAIL: "We have an excellent safety record and are working with the Rail Accident Investigation Branch to understand the causes of this incident."
Synonyms
Translations
woman who speaks as the voice of a group of people
- Belarusian: прадстаўні́ца f (pradstaŭníca), спі́керка f (spíkjerka)
- Bulgarian: представи́телка f (predstavítelka), говори́телка f (govorítelka)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 女性發言人 / 女性发言人 (nǚxìng fāyánrén)
- Czech: zástupkyně f
- Danish: talskvinde c
- Dutch: woordvoerster (nl) f, zegsvrouw (nl) f
- Esperanto: proparolantino
- Finnish: edustaja (fi), tiedottaja (fi)
- French: porte-parole (fr) m or f by sense
- German: Sprecherin (de) f, Wortführer (de) f
- Hungarian: szóvivőnő
- Italian: portavoce (it) m or f by sense
- Macedonian: претставничка f (pretstavnička), говорничка f (govornička), гласноговорничка f (glasnogovornička)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: talskvinne m or f
- Polish: rzeczniczka (pl) f
- Romanian: purtătoare de cuvânt f
- Russian: представи́тельница (ru) f (predstavítelʹnica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: портпаролка f, гласногово̀рница f
- Latin: portparolka f, glasnogovòrnica (sh) f
- Slovak: hovorkyňa f, zástupkyňa f
- Slovene: predstavnica f
- Swedish: taleskvinna (sv) c
- Turkish: sözcü (tr) (male or female)
- Ukrainian: ре́чниця f (réčnycja), представни́ця (uk) f (predstavnýcja), спі́керка (uk) f (spíkerka)
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