English
Etymology
From Middle English plaintif, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French plaintif (“complaining”; as a noun, “one who complains, a plaintiff”) from the verb plaindre. Doublet of plaintive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpleɪntɪf/
- Rhymes: -eɪntɪf
Noun
plaintiff (plural plaintiffs)
- (law, UK historical, otherwise current) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accusers.
- Synonyms: actor, (English law) claimant, complainant, litigant, (Scottish law) pursuer
- Antonyms: defendant, suspect
- Hypernyms: litigant, litigator
- Hyponyms: petitioner, suer
Related terms
Translations
party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
- Arabic: (indefinite) مُدَّعٍ m (muddaʿin), (definite) اَلْمُدَّعِي (al-muddaʿī)
- Armenian: հայցվոր (hy) (haycʿvor)
- Bengali: মুদ্দই (muddôi)
- Bulgarian: тъжител (bg) m (tǎžitel), ищец (bg) m (ištec)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 原告 (jyun4 gou3)
- Mandarin: 原告 (zh) (yuángào)
- Czech: žalobce m
- Danish: sagsøger c
- Dutch: eiser (nl), aanklager (nl)
- Esperanto: plendanto
- Estonian: hageja (et)
- Finnish: kantaja (fi)
- French: demandeur (fr), plaignant (fr) m, plaignante (fr) f
- Georgian: მოსარჩელე (mosarčele)
- German: Kläger (de) m
- Hebrew: המבקש (ha'mevakesh)
- Hungarian: felperes (hu)
- Icelandic: stefnandi m
- Indonesian: penggugat (id)
- Interlingua: demandator
- Irish: éilitheoir m, gearánaí m
- Italian: querelante (it) m, parte civile f, ricorrente (it) m, attore (it) m
- Japanese: 原告 (ja) (げんこく, genkoku)
- Latin: petītor m, petītrix f
- Macedonian: тужител m (tužitel), жалител m (žalitel)
- Malayalam: വാദി (ml) (vādi)
- Manchu: ᡥᠠᠪᡧᠠᡥᠠ
ᠨᡳᠶ᠋ᠠᠯᠮᠠ (habšaha niy᠋alma)
- Maori: kaiwhakapae
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