missing person

English

Noun

missing person (plural missing persons or missing people)

1. A person whose whereabouts are unknown and who is being sought.

Usage notes

• The usual plural is missing persons.

Translations

person whose whereabouts are unknown

Armenian: անհետ կորած (anhet korac) Azerbaijani: itkin (az) Chinese: Mandarin: 失蹤人員 / 失踪人员 (shīzōng rényuán) Czech: pohřešovaný (cs) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: vermiste persoon m or f Finnish: kadonnut (fi) French: personne disparue f, disparu (fr) m German: Vermisster (de) m Greek: αγνοούμενος (el) m (agnooúmenos), αγνοούμενη (el) f (agnooúmeni) Irish: duine ar iarraidh m Italian: persona scomparsa f Japanese: 行方不明者 (ja) (ゆくえふめいしゃ, yukue fumeisha) Korean: please add this translation if you can Polish: osoba zaginiona Portuguese: desaparecido (pt) m, pessoa desaparecida Russian: пропа́вший бе́з вести (ru) m (propávšij béz vesti) Spanish: persona desaparecida, desaparecido (es) m

Further reading

• missing person on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• promisingness