# ombudsman
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɒmbədzmən/
* (US) IPA: /ˈɑmbədzmən/
* (Philippines) IPA: /ʔomˈbʊds.mɐn/, /ˈʔom-/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

ombudsman (plural ombudsmen)
* 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.
** 2014 April 30, Lars Bevanger, “Circumcision row”, in DW‎:"All the Nordic ombudsmen have the same view: that circumcision of boys should not be done until the boy is old enough to decide himself if is something he wants to do,” Anne Lindboe, Norway's Ombudsman for Children, told DW.
** 2019 August 13, “A Pueblo center for troubled kids had 243 abuse allegations in the year before it closed”, in The Colorado Sun‎:The ombudsman found that youth living at El Pueblo remained under the care and supervision of staff who had been accused of abusing them. In one case, a youth was reportedly dragged across the carpet by two staff members, resulting in rugburns on his face.
* 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

* Derived from Swedish, where 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
* an ombudsman

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈombut͡sman]

### Noun

ombudsman m anim
* ombudsman

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔm.bʏts.mɑn/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ombudsman m (plural ombudsmannen, diminutive ombudsmannetje n)
* ombudsman

#### Derived terms

* ombudsvrouw
* ombudspersoon, ombudsmens (jocular)

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔm.byds.man/, /ɔ̃.byds.mɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ombudsman m or f by sense (plural ombudsmans)
* 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

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔmˈbʊts.man/
* Rhymes: -man
* Hyphenation: om‧buds‧man

### Noun

ombudsman
* ombudsman
** 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
** 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

### Further reading

* “ombudsman” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔmˈbut.sman/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -utsman
* Syllabification: om‧bud‧sman

### Noun

ombudsman m pers
* ombudsman

#### Declension
### Further reading

* ombudsman in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* ombudsman in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /õ.bu.d͡ʒizˈmɐ̃/, /õ.bud͡ʒsˈmɐ̃/
* (Brazil) IPA: /õ.bu.d͡ʒizˈmɐ̃/, /õ.bud͡ʒsˈmɐ̃/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /õ.bu.d͡ʒiʒˈmɐ̃/, /õ.bud͡ʒʃˈmɐ̃/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /õ.bud͡ʒsˈmɐ̃/, /õ.bu.d͡ʒizˈmɐ̃/
* (Portugal) IPA: /õ.budʃˈman/ [õ.buðʃˈman]
* Hyphenation: om‧buds‧man

### Noun

ombudsman m (plural ombudsmen or ombudsmans or ombudsman)
* ombudsman (official who investigates complaints)

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

ombudsman m (plural ombudsmani or ombudsmeni)
* ombudsman

#### Declension
### See also

* reprezentant

### References

* ombudsman in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish ombudsman, from Old Norse umboðsmaðr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ombǔdzman/

### Noun

ombùdsman m (Cyrillic spelling омбу̀дсман)
* ombudsman
    Synonym: pučki pravobranitelj

## Spanish
### Noun

ombudsman m or f by sense (plural ombúdsmanes)
* ombudsman

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish umbuds man or ombud (“representative, proxy”) +‎ 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: /ˈɔm.bʉːdsˌman/
* Audio (Stockholm):(file)

### Noun

ombudsman c
* ombudsman

#### Derived terms

* barnombudsman
* diskrimineringsombudsman
* jämo
* jämställdhetsombudsman
* justitieombudsman

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: օմբուդսմեն (ōmbudsmen)
* → Bulgarian: о́мбудсман (ómbudsman)
* → Macedonian: о́мбудсман (ómbudsman)
* → Dutch: ombudsman
* → English: ombudsman
** → Russian: омбудсмен (ombudsmen)
** → Turkish: ombudsman
* → Georgian: ომბუდსმენი (ombudsmeni)
* → German: Ombudsmann
* → Portuguese: ombudsman
* → Serbo-Croatian: ombudsman, омбу̀дсман
* → Ukrainian: о́мбудсман (ómbudsman)

### References

* ombudsman in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* ombudsman in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* ombudsman in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /om.buds.mɑn/

### Noun

ombudsman (definite accusative ombudsmanı, plural ombudsmanlar)
* ombudsman

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
ombudsman
ombudsmanlar
definite accusative
ombudsmanı
ombudsmanları
dative
ombudsmana
ombudsmanlara
locative
ombudsmanda
ombudsmanlarda
ablative
ombudsmandan
ombudsmanlardan
genitive
ombudsmanın
ombudsmanların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
ombudsmanım
ombudsmanlarım
2nd singular
ombudsmanın
ombudsmanların
3rd singular
ombudsmanı
ombudsmanları
1st plural
ombudsmanımız
ombudsmanlarımız
2nd plural
ombudsmanınız
ombudsmanlarınız
3rd plural
ombudsmanları
ombudsmanları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
ombudsmanımı
ombudsmanlarımı
2nd singular
ombudsmanını
ombudsmanlarını
3rd singular
ombudsmanını
ombudsmanlarını
1st plural
ombudsmanımızı
ombudsmanlarımızı
2nd plural
ombudsmanınızı
ombudsmanlarınızı
3rd plural
ombudsmanlarını
ombudsmanlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
ombudsmanıma
ombudsmanlarıma
2nd singular
ombudsmanına
ombudsmanlarına
3rd singular
ombudsmanına
ombudsmanlarına
1st plural
ombudsmanımıza
ombudsmanlarımıza
2nd plural
ombudsmanınıza
ombudsmanlarınıza
3rd plural
ombudsmanlarına
ombudsmanlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
ombudsmanımda
ombudsmanlarımda
2nd singular
ombudsmanında
ombudsmanlarında
3rd singular
ombudsmanında
ombudsmanlarında
1st plural
ombudsmanımızda
ombudsmanlarımızda
2nd plural
ombudsmanınızda
ombudsmanlarınızda
3rd plural
ombudsmanlarında
ombudsmanlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
ombudsmanımdan
ombudsmanlarımdan
2nd singular
ombudsmanından
ombudsmanlarından
3rd singular
ombudsmanından
ombudsmanlarından
1st plural
ombudsmanımızdan
ombudsmanlarımızdan
2nd plural
ombudsmanınızdan
ombudsmanlarınızdan
3rd plural
ombudsmanlarından
ombudsmanlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
ombudsmanımın
ombudsmanlarımın
2nd singular
ombudsmanının
ombudsmanlarının
3rd singular
ombudsmanının
ombudsmanlarının
1st plural
ombudsmanımızın
ombudsmanlarımızın
2nd plural
ombudsmanınızın
ombudsmanlarınızın
3rd plural
ombudsmanlarının
ombudsmanlarının
Predicative forms
singular
plural
1st singular
ombudsmanım
ombudsmanlarım
2nd singular
ombudsmansın
ombudsmanlarsın
3rd singular
ombudsman ombudsmandır
ombudsmanlar ombudsmanlardır
1st plural
ombudsmanız
ombudsmanlarız
2nd plural
ombudsmansınız
ombudsmanlarsınız
3rd plural
ombudsmanlar
ombudsmanlardır :