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dossier

/ˈdɔs.jeɪ/ US
/ˈdɑs.jeɪ/ US
/ˈdɔ.si.eɪ/ US
/ˈdɑ.si.eɪ/ US
/-si.ɚ/ US
/ˈdɒs.i.eɪ/ UK

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Unadapted borrowing from French dossier.

noun dossiers

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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: file, documentation, document, scrapbook, text, binder, book, rota, description, report, procedure, theme, topic, docket, process, record

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noun collection of papers and/or other sources

Español	dosier, expediente, archivo, dossier
한국어	일건서류 ilgeonseoryu
日本語	一件書類 ikken shorui
中文	卷宗 juànzōng, 檔案 /档案 dàng'àn
हिन्दी	प्रलेख pralekh, पत्र patra
Português	dossiê, pasta
Français	dossier
Deutsch	Dossier, Akte
Ελληνικά	ντοσιέ ntosié
Română	dosar
Русский	досье́ dosʹjé, де́ло délo, па́пка pápka
العربية	مِلَفّ milaff

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"dossier." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dossier. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

dossier. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dossier

Chicago

"dossier." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dossier.

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@misc{dossier_2026,
  title = {dossier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dossier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}