Meanings
nounmissing person (plural missing persons or missing people)
plural missing persons · plural missing people
- A person whose whereabouts are unknown and who is being sought.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 失蹤人員 /失踪人员
- 失蹤人員 /失踪人员 (shīzōng rényuán)person whose whereabouts are unknown
Czech pohřešovaný
- pohřešovanýperson whose whereabouts are unknown
Dutch vermiste persoon
- vermiste persoonperson whose whereabouts are unknown
Finnish kadonnut
- kadonnutperson whose whereabouts are unknown
French personne disparue, disparu
- personne disparueperson whose whereabouts are unknown
- disparuperson whose whereabouts are unknown
German Vermisster
- Vermissterperson whose whereabouts are unknown
Greek αγνοούμενος, αγνοούμενη
- αγνοούμενος (agnooúmenos)person whose whereabouts are unknown
- αγνοούμενη (agnooúmeni)person whose whereabouts are unknown
Irish duine ar iarraidh
- duine ar iarraidhperson whose whereabouts are unknown
Italian persona scomparsa
- persona scomparsaperson whose whereabouts are unknown
Japanese 行方不明者
- 行方不明者 (yukue fumeisha)person whose whereabouts are unknown
Polish osoba zaginiona
- osoba zaginionaperson whose whereabouts are unknown
Portuguese desaparecido, pessoa desaparecida
- desaparecidoperson whose whereabouts are unknown
- pessoa desaparecidaperson whose whereabouts are unknown
Russian пропа́вший бе́з вести
- пропа́вший бе́з вести (propávšij béz vesti)person whose whereabouts are unknown
Spanish persona desaparecida, desaparecido
- persona desaparecidaperson whose whereabouts are unknown
- desaparecidoperson whose whereabouts are unknown
Cite this entry
APA
missing person. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missing%20person
MLA
“missing person.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missing%20person. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “missing person,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/missing%20person.
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