attaché case

noun

A box-style briefcase, scrunched over a hinged frame that opens into two compartments.

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Meanings

nounattaché case (plural attaché cases)

plural attaché cases · alternative attache case

  1. A box-style briefcase, scrunched over a hinged frame that opens into two compartments.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
briefcase

Origin

From attaché + case.

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Translations

Finnish attaseasalkku
  • attaseasalkkubox-style briefcase
German Aktenkoffer
  • Aktenkofferbox-style briefcase
Hindi अटैची, अटेची
  • अटैची (aṭaicī)box-style briefcase
  • अटेची (aṭecī)box-style briefcase
Japanese アタッシェケース, アタッシュケース
  • アタッシェケース (atasshe kēsu)box-style briefcase
  • アタッシュケース (atasshu kēsu)box-style briefcase
Korean 공공칠가방, 아타셰케이스
  • 공공칠가방 (gonggongchilgabang)box-style briefcase
  • 아타셰케이스 (atasyekeiseu)box-style briefcase
Swedish attachéväska
  • attachéväskabox-style briefcase
Turkish bond çanta
  • bond çantabox-style briefcase
Urdu اٹیچی, اٹاچی
  • اٹیچی (aṭaicī)box-style briefcase
  • اٹاچی (aṭācī)box-style briefcase
Cite this entry
APA

attaché case. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attach%C3%A9%20case

MLA

“attaché case.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attach%C3%A9%20case. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attaché case,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attach%C3%A9%20case.

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