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English
A letter briefcase. A black briefcase.
Etymology
From brief case
Pronunciation
Noun
briefcase (plural briefcases
A case used for carrying documents , especially for business .
( computing ) Microsoft Windows , a folder that supports file synchronization between itself and another folder.
2004 Absolute Beginner's Guide to Tablet PCs , page 202 :You create a briefcase called Files where you store all your important documents. The briefcase is stored on your Tablet PC's C: drive, and the source files reside on your server.
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Derived terms
Translations
case used for carrying documents
Afrikaans: aktetas (af)
Albanian: çantë (sq) f valixhe (sq) f
Arabic: حَقِيبَة (ar) f ( ḥaqība ) , مِحْفَظَة f ( miḥfaẓa ) , شَنْطَة (ar) f ( šanṭa )
Azerbaijani: portfel
Basque: maleta
Belarusian: партфэ́ль m ( partfélʹ ) , дыплама́т m ( dyplamát ) , кейс m ( kjejs ) , па́пка (be) f ( pápka ) , тэ́чка f ( téčka )
Bengali: ব্রিফকেস (bn) ( briphokes )
Bulgarian: ку́фарче n ( kúfarče ) , ча́нта (bg) f ( čánta )
Catalan: cartera (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公文包 (zh) ( gōngwénbāo ) , 皮包 (zh) ( píbāo )
Czech: kufřík (cs) f aktovka (cs) f diplomatka f
Danish: portefølje c
Dutch: aktetas (nl)
Esperanto: aktujo teko (eo)
Estonian: portfell
Faroese: skjalamappa f
Finnish: salkku (fi) , asiakirjasalkku
French: portefeuille (fr) m serviette (fr) f porte-documents (fr) m
Galician: carteira (gl) f maletín m
German: ( general ) Aktentasche (de) f ( attaché case also ) Aktenkoffer (de) f
Greek: χαρτοφύλακας (el) m ( chartofýlakas )
Hebrew: מזוודה (he) f ( mizvadá )
Hindi: ब्रीफ़केस m ( brīfkes ) , अटैची f ( aṭaicī ) , अटेची f ( aṭecī )
Hungarian: aktatáska (hu)
Icelandic: skjalataska f
Italian: valigetta f
Japanese: 鞄 (ja) ( かばん, kaban ) , ブリーフケース (ja) ( burīfukēsu )
Kazakh: портфель ( portfel )
Korean: 서류 가방 ( seoryu gabang ) , 가방 (ko) ( gabang )
Kyrgyz: портфель (ky) ( portfel )
Latin: scrīnium n
Latvian: portfelis m
Lithuanian: portfelis (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Mapp f
Macedonian: актовка f ( aktovka ) , чанта f ( čanta ) , ташна f ( tašna )
Manx: kishtey laue m
Maori: kopamārō
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dokumentmappe m or f
Nynorsk: dokumentmappe f
Polish: teczka (pl) f aktówka (pl) f
Portuguese: pasta (pt) f maleta (pt) f
Romanian: geantă (ro) f servietă (ro) f
Russian: портфе́ль (ru) m ( portfélʹ ) , диплома́т (ru) m ( diplomát ) , кейс (ru) m ( kejs ) , па́пка (ru) f ( pápka )
Scottish Gaelic: màileid f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̏кто̄вка f
Roman: ȁktōvka (sh) f
Slovak: kufrík m aktovka f diplomatka f
Slovene: aktovka f
Spanish: maletín (es) m
Swedish: portfölj (sv) c
Tajik: портфель ( portfel ) , киф ( kif )
Tibetan: ལག་འབེག ( lag 'beg )
Turkish: evrak çantası
Turkmen: portfel
Ukrainian: портфе́ль m ( portfélʹ ) , диплома́т m ( dyplomát ) , кейс m ( kejs ) , па́пка f ( pápka ) , те́чка f ( téčka )
Urdu: بریفکیس m ( brīfkes ) , اٹیچی (ur) f ( aṭaicī )
Uzbek: portfel (uz)
Further reading
briefcase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 