different between ombudsman vs court

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman (equivalent to ombud (“representative, proxy”) + man), from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??mb?dzm?n/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /??mb?dzm?n/
• (Philippine, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /?m?b?dzm?n/
• (US)

Noun

ombudsman (plural ombudsmen)

1. An appointed official whose duty is to investigate complaints, generally on behalf of individuals such as consumers or taxpayers, against institutions such as companies and government departments.
2. A designated internal mediator in an organization whose duty is to assist members with conflict resolution and other problems and to serve as an independent consultant to recommend changes to policies or procedures to improve organization effectiveness, efficiency, and humaneness.

Usage notes

• This term is derived from Swedish, in which language the suffix -man is not always gender-specific. Nevertheless, the words ombud, ombuds, ombudsperson, and ombudswoman have been coined to remedy the perceived gender-specificity of ombudsman in English.

Derived terms

• ombud
• ombuds
• ombudsperson
• ombudswoman

Translations

Cebuano

Etymology

From English ombudsman, borrowed from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Noun

ombudsman

1. an ombudsman

Czech

Etymology

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mb?ts?man/

Noun

ombudsman m

1. ombudsman

Dutch

Etymology

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m.b?ts.m?n/

Noun

ombudsman m (plural ombudsmannen, diminutive ombudsmannetje n)

1. ombudsman

Derived terms

• ombudsvrouw
• ombudspersoon, ombudsmens (jocular)

French

Etymology

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m.byds.man/, /??.byds.m??/

Noun

ombudsman m or f (plural ombudsmans)

1. An appointed official within an organization whose duty is to investigate complaints against that organization by its customers, taxpayers, and sometimes employees, and often to act as a consultant to improve services and processes.

Usage notes

• In Quebec, the office in government services is called protecteur du citoyen. A similar office in France is that of the médiateur, though its precise functions differ.

Indonesian

Etymology

From English ombudsman, from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Noun

ombudsman (first-person possessive ombudsmanku, second-person possessive ombudsmanmu, third-person possessive ombudsmannya)

1. ombudsman

Further reading

• “ombudsman” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

From Swedish ombudsman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?but.sman/

Noun

ombudsman m pers

1. ombudsman

Declension

Further reading

• ombudsman in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• ombudsman in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Noun

ombudsman m (plural ombudsmen or ombudsmans or ombudsman)

1. ombudsman (official who investigates complaints)

Romanian

Etymology

From English ombudsman, from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Noun

ombudsman m (plural ombudsmani or ombudsmeni)

1. ombudsman

Declension

See also

• reprezentant

References

• ombudsman in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omb?dzman/

Noun

ombùdsman m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)

1. ombudsman

Synonyms

• pu?ki pravobranitelj

Spanish

Noun

ombudsman m or f (plural ombúdsmanes)

1. ombudsman

Swedish

Etymology

ombud +? man. The origin of the word is found in Old Norse umboðsmaðr and the word “umbuds man”, meaning representative. The first preserved use in Swedish is from 1552.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m.b??ds?man/

Noun

ombudsman c

1. ombudsman

Declension

Related terms

• barnombudsman
• diskrimineringsombudsman
• jämo
• jämställdhetsombudsman
• justitieombudsman

Descendants

Turkish

Etymology

From English ombudsman, from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /om.buds.m?n/

Noun

ombudsman (definite accusative ombudsman?, plural ombudsmanlar)

1. ombudsman

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English court, from Old French cort, curt, from Latin c?rtem (accusative of c?rs), ultimately from cohors. Doublet of cohort.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k??t/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ko(?)?t/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ko?t/
• Homophone: caught (non-rhotic with the horse-hoarse merger)
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Noun

court (plural courts)

1. An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
   • 1832, Alfred Tennyson, The Palace of Art

     And round the cool green courts there ran a row / Of cloisters.
   1. (US, Australia) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
2. (social) Royal society.
   1. The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
   2. The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
      • 1819-1824, Lord Byron, Don Juan

        Love rules the court, the camp, the grove.

   3. Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
3. Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone
   • 1667, John Evelyn, Diary entry 18 April, 1667

     I went to make court to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle at their house in Clerkenwell.

4. (law) The administration of law.
   1. The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.

   2. The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
   3. (often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
   4. The session of a judicial assembly.

   5. Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
5. (sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, squash, badminton, volleyball and some other games
   1. one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
      • 2010, Cara Marcus, Faulkner Hospital

        The photograph at left captures a great serve by Dr. Sadowsky, who will never forget one of Bobby Riggs's serves, which had such a great spin that it landed in his court and bounced back to the other side of the net before he had a chance to return it.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Russian: ???? (kort) (see there for further descendants)

Translations

Verb

court (third-person singular simple present courts, present participle courting, simple past and past participle courted)

1. (transitive) To seek to achieve or win.
2. (transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
3. (transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
4. (transitive) To engage in behavior leading to mating.

5. (transitive) To attempt to attract.
6. (transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
7. (intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.

   Synonyms: romance, solicit; see also Thesaurus:woo

8. (intransitive) To engage in courtship behavior.

9. (transitive) To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.

   Synonyms: charm, entrance; see also Thesaurus:allure

Translations

Further reading

• court on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Crout, Curto, Turco, Turco-, crout

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku?/
• Homophones: cour, coure, courent, coures, courre, cours, courts
• Rhymes: -u?

Etymology 1

From Old French curt, from Latin curtus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

Adjective

court (feminine singular courte, masculine plural courts, feminine plural courtes)

1. short

Derived terms

Related terms

• accourcir
• écourter

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

court

1. third-person singular present indicative of courir

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English court.

Noun

court m (plural courts)

1. (tennis) court

Derived terms

• fond de court

Further reading

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• courte

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cort, curt.

Noun

court (plural courts)

1. court (place, building)

Descendants

• English: court

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French cort, curt, etc.

Noun

court f (plural cours)

1. court (of law)
2. court (of a palace, etc.)

Descendants

• French: cour

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (court, supplement)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French curt, from Latin curtus (“shortened, short”).

Adjective

court m

1. (Jersey) short

Derived terms

• courtément (adverb)

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French curt, from Latin curtus.

Adjective

court m (feminine singular courte, masculine plural courts, feminine plural courtes, feminine plural (before noun) courtès)

1. short