potentat

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Danish

Etymology

From French potentat.

Pronunciation

Noun

potentat c (singular definite potentaten, plural indefinite potentater)

  1. potentate

Inflection

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

potentat m (plural potentats)

  1. potentate (a powerful leader)

Further reading

Anagrams

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian potentato.

Pronunciation

Noun

potentat m (plural potentati)

  1. potentate

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French potentat, from Latin potentātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpɔːtɛnˈtaːt/, /ˈpɔːtɛntaːt/

Noun

potentat

  1. (hapax, Late Middle English) potentate

Usage notes

The usual word for "potentate" in Middle English is potestat.

Descendants

  • English: potentate

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French potentat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔˈtɛn.tat/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛntat
  • Syllabification: po‧ten‧tat

Noun

potentat m pers (female equivalent potentatka)

  1. potentate, magnate, tycoon, mogul
    Synonym: baron

Declension

Further reading

  • potentat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • potentat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French potentat.

Noun

potentat m (plural potentați)

  1. potentate

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative potentat potentatul potentați potentații
genitive-dative potentat potentatului potentați potentaților
vocative potentatule potentaților

Swedish

Noun

potentat c

  1. (sometimes somewhat derogatory) a potentate (person in a position of power)
  2. (idiomatic, in "en viss potentat" (a certain potentate)) the Devil

Declension

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