Officegate
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (slang) A 2001 controversy leading to the resignation of , First Minister of Scotland, who had illicitly sublet his constituency office.
Etymology
Suffix from English office.
Origin
English
office
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- interoffice English
- intraoffice English
- nonoffice English
- office English
- office boy English
- office-goer English
- officeful English
- officegoer English
- officeholder English
- officeholding English
- officeless English
- officelike English
- officescape English
- officeseeker English
- officeseeking English
- officeship English
- officeward English
- officewear English
- officewide English
- officey English
- shopoffice English
- suboffice English
- офис Russian
- オフィスレディ Japanese
- office Middle English
- ऑफ़िस Hindi
- ออฟฟิศ Thai
- opis Cebuano
- oifis Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- офис Bulgarian
- офіс Ukrainian
- ઑફિસ Gujarati
- afisi Swahili
- ofisi Swahili
- офіс Belarusian
- ihhovisi Zulu
- оффис Mongolian
- অফিস Bengali
- opij Marshallese
- wōpij Marshallese
- opis Tok Pisin
- ஆபிச் Tamil
- lihhovisi Swati
- ofis Hausa
- ofesi Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- ọfiisi Yoruba
- ofes Chuukese
- wabici Kikuyu, Gikuyu