official
Noun · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)officials
- a worker who holds or is invested with an officeSynonyms: functionaryType of skilled worker, trained workerKinds officeholder, hearing examiner, judge, prosecutor, diplomat, comptroller general, postmaster general, appointee, town clerk, bureaucrat +38 more
- someone who administers the rules of a game or sport“the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling”Type of adjudicatorKinds referee, lines umpire, timekeeper, football official, scorekeeper, umpire, starter
Adjective (5)
- having official authority or sanction“official permission”“an official representative”Opposite unofficialSimilar formal, formalized, semiofficial, ex officio, accreditedSee also authorized, authorised
- of or relating to an office“official privileges”Relating to authority
- verified officially“the election returns are now official”Opposite unconfirmedSimilar confirmed
- conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline“in prescribed order”Synonyms: prescribedOpposite irregularSimilar regular
- (of a church) given official status as a national or state institutionOpposite unestablishedSimilar established, constituted
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Translations
Adjective approved by authority
- Spanish
- oficial
- French
- officiel
- German
- offiziell
- Italian
- ufficiale
- Portuguese
- oficial
- Turkish
- resmî
- Russian
- официа́льный oficiálʹnyj
- Arabic
- رَسْمِيّ rasmiyy
- Chinese
- 正式 zhèngshì
- Dutch
- officieel
24 more languages
- Polish
- oficjalny
- Swedish
- officiell
- Greek
- επίσημος epísimos
- Korean
- 공식적 gongsikjeok
- Indonesian
- resmi
- Hungarian
- hivatalos
- Portuguese (PT)
- oficial
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 正式 zhèngshì
- Albanian
- zyrtar
- Catalan
- oficial
- Czech
- oficiální
- Danish
- officiel
- Esperanto
- oficiala
- Estonian
- ametlik
- Finnish
- virallinen
- Georgian
- ოფიციალური opicialuri
- Hebrew
- רִשְׁמִי rishmí
- Icelandic
- opinber
- Kurdish
- fermî
- Lithuanian
- oficialus
- Norwegian
- offisiell
- Romanian
- oficial
- Slovenian
- uraden
- Swahili
- rasmi
Noun office holder invested with powers and authorities
- Spanish
- funcionario
- French
- fonctionnaire
- German
- Beamter
- Italian
- funzionario
- Portuguese
- funcionário
- Turkish
- memur
- Russian
- чино́вник činóvnik
- Arabic
- مَسْئُول masʔūl
- Chinese
- 官员 guānyuán
- Japanese
- 役人 yakunin
15 more languages
- Dutch
- functionaris
- Polish
- urzędnik
- Swedish
- ämbetsman
- Greek
- αξιωματούχος axiomatoúchos
- Korean
- 공무원 gongmuwon
- Indonesian
- pejabat
- Hungarian
- hivatalnok
- Portuguese (PT)
- oficial
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 官員 guānyuán
- Catalan
- funcionari
- Czech
- úředník
- Danish
- embedsmand
- Finnish
- virkamies
- Romanian
- funcționar
- Welsh
- swyddog
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. officialis: cf. F. officiel. See Office, and cf. Official, noun
1. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.
That, in the official marks invested, you Anon do meet the senate.— William Shakespeare
2. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or report.
3. Pharmacy Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.
4. Discharging an office or function. obsolete
The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition.— Sir Thomas Browne
Origin: L. officialis a magistrate's servant or attendant: cf. F. official. See Official, adjective, and cf. Officer.
1. One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
2. An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction. Blackstone, Sir William
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54