potentat

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Danish

Etymology

From French potentat.

Pronunciation

Noun

potentat c (singular definite potentaten, plural indefinite potentater)

  1. potentate

Inflection

Declension of potentat
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative potentat potentaten potentater potentaterne
genitive potentats potentatens potentaters potentaternes

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

Related terms

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/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛntat
  • Syllabification: po‧ten‧tat

Noun

potentat m pers (female equivalent potentatka)

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

Declension

Declension of potentat
singular plural
nominative potentat potentaci/potentaty (deprecative)
genitive potentata potentatów
dative potentatowi potentatom
accusative potentata potentatów
instrumental potentatem potentatami
locative potentacie potentatach
vocative potentacie potentaci

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

Declension of potentat
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) potentat potentatul (niște) potentați potentații
genitive/dative (unui) potentat potentatului (unor) potentați potentaților
vocative potentatule potentaților

Swedish

Noun

potentat c

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

Declension

Declension of potentat 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative potentat potentaten potentater potentaterna
Genitive potentats potentatens potentaters potentaternas

References

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