functionary

English

Etymology

From French fonctionnaire

Noun

functionary (plural functionaries)

A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is not required.
A paper-pusher, bean counter.

Translations

a person employed as an official in a bureaucracy

Azerbaijani: məmur (az)
Bulgarian: функционер (bg) m (funkcioner), длъжностно лице n (dlǎžnostno lice)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 官員 (zh), 官员 (zh) (guānyuán), 公務員 (zh), 公务员 (zh) (gōngwùyuán)
Finnish: virkailija (fi)
French: fonctionnaire (fr) m or f

German: Funktionär (de) m, Funktionärin f
Greek: λειτουργός (el) m or f (leitourgós)
Japanese: 役人 (ja) (やくにん, yakunin), 公務員 (ja) (こうむいん, kōmuin)
Romanian: funcționar (ro) m, funcționară (ro) f
Russian: чино́вник (ru) m (činóvnik), чино́вница (ru) f (činóvnica), должностно́е лицо́ (ru) n (dolžnostnóje licó), официа́льное лицо́ n (oficiálʹnoje licó), функционе́р (ru) m (funkcionér)
Swedish: statstjänsteman, ämbetsman (sv)

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