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English
Etymology
A Middle English back-formation from triumvirate.
Pronunciation
Noun
triumvir (plural triumviri or triumvirs)
- One member of a triumvirate
Translations
French
Pronunciation
Noun
triumvir m (plural triumvirs)
- triumvir
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Latin
Etymology
From trium (“of three”) + vir (“man”).
Pronunciation
Noun
triumvir m (genitive triumvirī); second declension
- triumvir, whether (formally) a member of an official three-man commission or (informal) a member of a three-man junta or other group.
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).
Hyponyms
References
- “triumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “triumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- triumvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Occitan
Pronunciation
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Noun
triumvir m (plural triumvirs)
- triumvir
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin triumvir or French triumvir.
Pronunciation
Noun
triumvir m (plural triumviri)
- triumvir
Declension
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