briefcase

See also: brief case

English

A letter briefcase.

A black briefcase.

Alternative forms

• brief case (dated)

Etymology

brief +‎ case

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹiːfˌkeɪs/

Noun

briefcase (plural briefcases)

1. A case used for carrying documents, especially for business.
2. (computing) In Microsoft Windows, a folder that supports file synchronization between itself and another folder.
   • 2004, Craig Forrest Mathews, 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.

Synonyms

• attaché case

Derived terms

• briefcase computer
• Third World briefcase

 

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 (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
• Briefcase (Microsoft Windows) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia