dossier

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US/ˈdɔs.jeɪ/US/ˈdɑs.jeɪ/US/ˈdɔ.si.eɪ/US/ˈdɑ.si.eɪ/

noun

A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

noundossier (plural dossiers)

plural dossiers

  1. A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.

    For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year.

    2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, in The Scotsman

Origin

  1. Frenchdossier
  2. Englishdossier

Unadapted borrowing from French dossier.

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Translations

Arabic مِلَفّ
  • مِلَفّ (milaff)collection of papers and/or other sources
Bulgarian досие́
  • досие́ (dosié)collection of papers and/or other sources
Catalan dossier, expedient
  • dossiercollection of papers and/or other sources
  • expedientcollection of papers and/or other sources
Chinese Mandarin 卷宗, 檔案 /档案
  • 卷宗 (juànzōng)collection of papers and/or other sources
  • 檔案 /档案 (dàng'àn)collection of papers and/or other sources
Czech spis, fascikl
  • spiscollection of papers and/or other sources
  • fasciklcollection of papers and/or other sources
  • aktacollection of papers and/or other sources
Danish dossier
  • dossiercollection of papers and/or other sources
Dutch dossier, map
  • dossiercollection of papers and/or other sources
  • mapcollection of papers and/or other sources
  • foldercollection of papers and/or other sources
Estonian toimik
  • toimikcollection of papers and/or other sources
Finnish kansio, asiakirjat
  • kansiocollection of papers and/or other sources
  • asiakirjatcollection of papers and/or other sources
  • paperitcollection of papers and/or other sources
French dossier
  • dossiercollection of papers and/or other sources
German Dossier, Akte
  • Dossiercollection of papers and/or other sources
  • Aktecollection of papers and/or other sources
Greek ντοσιέ
  • ντοσιέ (ntosié)collection of papers and/or other sources
Hindi प्रलेख, पत्र
  • प्रलेख (pralekh)collection of papers and/or other sources
  • पत्र (patra)collection of papers and/or other sources
Hungarian dosszié, akta
  • dossziécollection of papers and/or other sources
  • aktacollection of papers and/or other sources
Indonesian dosir
  • dosircollection of papers and/or other sources
Japanese 一件書類
  • 一件書類 (ikken shorui)collection of papers and/or other sources
Korean 일건서류
  • 일건서류 (ilgeonseoryu)collection of papers and/or other sources
Persian دوسیه
  • دوسیه (dosye)collection of papers and/or other sources
Polish akta, dokumentacja
  • aktacollection of papers and/or other sources
  • dokumentacjacollection of papers and/or other sources
  • dossiercollection of papers and/or other sources
Portuguese dossiê, pasta
  • dossiêcollection of papers and/or other sources
  • pastacollection of papers and/or other sources
Romanian dosar
  • dosarcollection of papers and/or other sources
Russian досье́, де́ло
  • досье́ (dosʹjé)collection of papers and/or other sources
  • де́ло (délo)collection of papers and/or other sources
  • па́пка (pápka)collection of papers and/or other sources
Slovak spis
  • spiscollection of papers and/or other sources
Spanish dosier, expediente
  • dosiercollection of papers and/or other sources
  • expedientecollection of papers and/or other sources
  • archivocollection of papers and/or other sources
  • dossiercollection of papers and/or other sources
Swedish dossier, dossié
  • dossiercollection of papers and/or other sources
  • dossiécollection of papers and/or other sources
Turkish dosya
  • dosyacollection of papers and/or other sources
Ukrainian досьє́
  • досьє́ (dosʹjé)collection of papers and/or other sources
Welsh coflen, dossier
  • coflencollection of papers and/or other sources
  • dossiercollection of papers and/or other sources

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Cite this entry
APA

dossier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dossier

MLA

“dossier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dossier. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dossier,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dossier.

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