officiate

English

Etymology

Circa 17th century, from Latin officiātus, perfect passive participle of officiō (“conduct or perform religious services”), from Latin officium (“official duty, service”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈfiʃ.i.eɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

officiate (third-person singular simple present officiates, present participle officiating, simple past and past participle officiated)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To perform the functions of some office.

   She officiated as registrar at the wedding.

   She officiated the wedding as registrar.

2. (intransitive, transitive, sports) To serve as umpire or referee.

   This is the second time he has officiated at a cup-final.

   He's never officiated a cup-final before.

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃ep- (0 c, 26 e)

Translations

to perform the functions of some office

• Bulgarian: изпълнявам задължения (izpǎlnjavam zadǎlženija)
• Finnish: toimittaa (fi)
• German: amtieren (de)
• Ido: oficiar (io)
• Polish: przewodniczyć (pl), pełnić obowiązki
• Russian: исполнять обязанности (ispolnjatʹ objazannosti)
• Spanish: oficiar (es)

to serve as umpire or referee

• Bulgarian: съдия съм (sǎdija sǎm)
• Polish: sędziować (pl)
• Swedish: döma (sv)

Noun

officiate (plural officiates)

1. A person appointed to office

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

officiate

1. inflection of officiare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

officiate f pl

1. feminine plural of officiato