potentat

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Danish

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Etymology

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From French potentat.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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potentat c (singular definite potentaten, plural indefinite potentater)

  1. potentate

Inflection

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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potentat m (plural potentats)

  1. potentate (a powerful leader)

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian potentato.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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potentat m (plural potentati)

  1. potentate
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Middle English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French potentat, from Latin potentātus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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potentat

  1. (hapax, Late Middle English) potentate

Usage notes

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

Descendants

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  • English: potentate

References

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French potentat.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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potentat m pers (female equivalent potentatka)

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

Declension

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Further reading

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French potentat.

Noun

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potentat m (plural potentați)

  1. potentate

Declension

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Swedish

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Noun

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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

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

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