potent

English

Etymology

From Latin potens (“powerful, strong, potent”), present participle of posse (“to be able”), from potis (“able, powerful, originally a lord, master”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpəʊtənt/
• Rhymes: -əʊtənt

Adjective

potent (comparative more potent, superlative most potent)

1. Possessing strength
2. Being effective in small quantities.
3. Having a sharp or offensive taste.
4. (of a male) able to procreate.
5. very powerful or effective.

Noun

potent (plural potents)

1. (heraldry) A heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white T shapes.

Antonyms

• impotent

Related terms

• potence
• potency
• potentate
• potential
• potentiality

Derived terms

• idempotent
• nilpotent
• unipotent
• ventripotent

External links

• potent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• potent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Latin

Verb

pōtent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of pōtō

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin potēns, potentis.

Adjective

potent

1. (literary) potent, strong, vigorous, virile

Related terms

• potență
• putință
• putea
• putere

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Swedish

Adjective

potent

1. potent, being effective in small quantities.

Declension

Declension of potent

Inflections of potent Comparation by mer and mest
Indefinite singular	Common	potent
	Neuter	potent
Definite singular	Masc.	potente
	All	potenta
Plural		potenta

Related terms

• potens
• potential