potentat

From French potentat.

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

potentat c (singular definite potentaten, plural indefinite potentater)

1. potentate

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potentat m (plural potentats)

1. potentate (a powerful leader)

• “potentat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• tapotent

Borrowed from Italian potentato.

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.tɛnˈtaːt/

potentat m (plural potentati)

1. potentate

Borrowed from Old French potentat, from Latin potentātus.

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

potentat

1. (hapax, Late Middle English) potentate

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

• English: potentate

• “potentāt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Borrowed from French potentat.

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈtɛn.tat/

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• Rhymes: -ɛntat
• Syllabification: po‧ten‧tat

potentat m pers (female equivalent potentatka)

1. potentate, magnate, tycoon, mogul

   Synonym: baron

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

Borrowed from French potentat.

potentat m (plural potentați)

1. potentate

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

• potentat in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• potentat in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• potentat in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)