attache
pronunciation
How to pronounce attache in British English:
UK [əˈtæʃeɪ]
How to pronounce attache in American English:
US [ˌætəˈʃeɪ]
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- Noun:
- a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission
- a shallow and rectangular briefcase
Word Origin
- attache (n.)
- 1835, from French attaché "junior officer attached to the staff of an ambassador, etc.," literally "attached," past participle of attacher "to attach" (see attach). Attache case "small leather case for carrying papers" first recorded 1900.
Example
- 1. Military attache kill , the civil service will be scraping .
- 2. From the office " attache case " to the " ladies box "
- 3. Why would you salute a cultural attache ?
- 4. Saying goodbye to the crowd was the former diplomatic attache .
- 5. The government ordered the commercial attache to return home .