different between figures vs dossier

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??j?z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f???z/
• Hyphenation: fig?ures

Noun

figures

1. plural of figure

Verb

figures

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of figure
2. (by ellipsis) It figures.

Catalan

Noun

figures

1. plural of figura

French

Noun

figures f

1. plural of figure

Verb

figures

1. second-person singular present indicative of figurer
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of figurer

Latin

Verb

fig?r?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of fig?r?

Portuguese

Verb

figures

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of figurar
2. second-person singular negative imperative of figurar

Spanish

Verb

figures

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of figurar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of figurar.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dossier.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?s.je?/, /?d?s.je?/, /?d?.si.e?/, /?d?.si.e?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?s.i.e?/

Noun

dossier (plural dossiers)

1. A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.

Translations

Anagrams

• Dosreis

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French dossier.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /d???e?/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /d??si?r/
• Hyphenation: dos?sier

Noun

dossier n (plural dossiers, diminutive dossiertje n)

1. dossier
2. file, physical collection of documentation

Derived terms

• dossierbeheerder
• dossierkennis
• dossiervreter
• strafdossier
• medisch dossier

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: dosir

French

Etymology

From dos (“back(side)”) +? -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.sje/

Noun

dossier m (plural dossiers)

1. back of furniture, to rest the sitter's back on
2. dossier
3. (computing) folder
4. An organizer to keep papers in, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet, see folder.
5. (figuratively) case, notably legal

Derived terms

• dosseret m

Gallery

Further reading

• “dossier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dossier.

Noun

dossier m (invariable)

1. dossier (collection of papers, especially legal)

Anagrams

• dissero, ordisse, rodessi

Portuguese

Noun

dossier m (plural dossiers)

1. Alternative spelling of dossiê

Spanish

Alternative forms

• dosier

Noun

dossier m (plural dossieres)

1. dossier