potentat

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French potentat.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /potəntaːt/, [pʰotˢənˈtˢæːˀd̥]

Noun[edit]

potentat c (singular definite potentaten, plural indefinite potentater)

  1. potentate

Inflection[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

potentat m (plural potentats)

  1. potentate (a powerful leader)

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Maltese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian potentato.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

potentat m (plural potentati)

  1. potentate

Related terms[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old French potentat, from Latin potentātus.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

potentat

  1. (hapax, Late Middle English) potentate

Usage notes[edit]

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

Descendants[edit]

  • English: potentate

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French potentat.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

potentat m pers (female equivalent potentatka)

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

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French potentat.

Noun[edit]

potentat m (plural potentați)

  1. potentate

Declension[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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

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