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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
Noun
plaintiff (plural plaintiffs)
- (law, UK historical, otherwise current) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.
- Synonyms: actor, (English and Singapore law) claimant, complainant, litigant, (Scots law) pursuer
- Antonym: defendant
- Hypernyms: litigant, litigator
- Hyponyms: petitioner, suer
Usage notes
Plaintiff is used in civil law, and should not be confused with complainant, the alleged victim in a criminal prosecution (who is not a party to the legal proceeding).
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant
- Albanian: paditës (sq) m, paditëse f
- Arabic: (indefinite) مُدَّعٍ m (muddaʕin), (definite) الْمُدَّعِي (al-muddaʕī)
- Armenian: հայցվոր (hy) (haycʻvor)
- Azerbaijani: iddiaçı (az)
- Belarusian: ісце́ц m (iscjéc), iсьце́ц m (isʹcjéc)
- Bengali: মুদ্দই (bn) (muddoi)
- Bulgarian: тъжи́тел (bg) m (tǎžítel), тъжи́телка f (tǎžítelka), ище́ц (bg) m (ištéc), ищца́ f (ištcá)
- Burmese: တရားလို (my) (ta.ra:lui)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 原告 (jyun4 gou3)
- Mandarin: 原告 (zh) (yuángào)
- Czech: žalobce m, žalobkyně f
- Danish: sagsøger c
- Dutch: eiser (nl) m, aanklager (nl) m
- Esperanto: plendanto
- Estonian: hageja (et)
- Faroese: stevnandi m
- Finnish: kantaja (fi)
- French: demandeur (fr), demandeuse (fr) f, plaignant (fr) m, plaignante (fr) f
- Georgian: მოსარჩელე (mosarčele)
- German: Kläger (de) m, Klägerin (de) f
- Hebrew: תּוֹבֵעַ m (tovéa), (please verify) מְבַקֵּשׁ m (mevakesh)
- Hindi: अभियोगी (hi) m (abhiyogī), मुद्दई (hi) m (muddaī), मुद्दालेह (hi) m (muddāleh)
- 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)
- Kazakh: қуынушы (quynuşy), талапкер (talapker), даулаушы (daulauşy)
- Khmer: ដើមចោទ (km) (daəmcaot), ចោទកៈ (km) (caotĕəʼkaʼ)
- Korean: 원고(原告) (ko) (won'go)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: daweker (ku), dewedar (ku), dozker (ku), dozdar (ku)
- Kyrgyz: доочу (ky) (doocu)
- Lao: ໂຈດ (chōt), ສະກະວາທີ (sa ka wā thī)
- Latin: petītor m, petītrix f
- Latvian: prasītājs m, prasītāja f
- Lithuanian: ieškovas m, ieškovė f
- Macedonian: тужител m (tužitel), тужителка f (tužitelka), жалител m (žalitel), жалителка f (žalitelka)
- Malay: plaintif
- Malayalam: വാദി (ml) (vādi)
- Manchu: ᡥᠠᠪᡧᠠᡥᠠ
ᠨᡳᠶ᠋ᠠᠯᠮᠠ (habšaha niyalma)
- Maori: kaiwhakapae
- Middle English: actour
- Mongolian:
- Classical Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠯᠳᠤᠭᠰᠠᠨ
ᠬᠦ᠋ᠮᠦᠨ (ǰaɣalduɣsan kümün)
- Cyrillic: заалдагч (mn) (zaaldagč)
- Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠭ᠋ᠠᠯᠳ᠋ᠤᠭᠴᠢ (ǰaɣalduɣči)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: saksøker m
- Nynorsk: saksøkjar m
- Pashto: مدعي m (moda'i), شاکي m (šākī), دعوا لرونکی m (da'wā 'larunkay)
- Persian: خواهان (fa) (xâhân), شاکی (fa) (šâki), دعویٰ گر (da'vâ gar), دعویٰ دار (da'vâ dâr), مدعی (fa) (modda'i)
- Polish: powód (pl) m, powódka f
- Portuguese: querelante (pt) m or f, acusação (pt) f, promotoria (pt)
- Romanian: reclamant (ro) m, reclamantă (ro) f
- Russian: исте́ц (ru) m (istéc)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: жа̀лилац m
- Roman: žàlilac (sh) m
- Slovak: žalobca m, žalobkyňa f
- Slovene: tožnik m, tožnica f
- Spanish: demandante (es), querellante (es)
- Swedish: kärande (sv) c
- Tagalog: nagsasakdal
- Tajik: даъвогар (daʾvogar), муддаӣ (muddayī)
- Tatar: дәгъвачы (tt) (däğwaçı)
- Thai: โจทก์ (th) (jòot)
- Turkish: davacı (tr), iddiacı (tr)
- Ukrainian: позива́ч m (pozyváč), пози́вач m (pozývač), позива́чка f (pozyváčka), пози́вачка f (pozývačka)
- Urdu: مُدَّعِی m (mudda'ī)
- Uzbek: daʻvogar
- Vietnamese: nguyên cáo (vi), nguyên đơn (vi)
- Welsh: achwynydd m, achwynwr m
- Yakut: үҥээччи (üñeecci)
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Further reading
- “plaintiff”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “plaintiff”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
