president

See also président

English

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Alternative forms

• præsident (archaic)

Etymology

From French président, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem). The Latin word is the substantivized present active participle of the verb praesideō (“preside over”). The verb is composed from prae (“before”) and sedeō (“sit”). The original meaning of the verb is 'to sit before' in the sense of presiding at a meeting. A secondary meaning of the verb is 'to command, to govern'. So praesidēns means 'the presiding one on a meeting' or 'governor, commander'.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɹɛzɨdənt/

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Noun

president (plural presidents)

1. The head of state of a republic, a representative democracy and sometimes a dictatorship.

   The vast majority of presidents have been male.

2. Primary leader of a corporation. Not to be confused with CEO, which is a related but separate position that is sometimes held by a different person.
3. A person presiding over a meeting, chair, presiding officer, presider.

Synonyms

• prez (humorous or informal)

Translations

The head of state of a republic

• Albanian: president (sq)
• Antillean Creole: prézidann
• Arabic: رئيس (ar) (raʾīs) m
• Armenian: նախագահ (hy) (naxagah)
• Asturian: presidente (ast) m
• Basque: lehendakari (eu)
• Bulgarian: президент (bg) (prezident) m
• Catalan: president (ca) m, presidenta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 總統 (cmn), 总统 (cmn) (zǒngtǒng), 主席 (cmn) (zhǔxí)

• Czech: prezident (cs) m
• Danish: præsident (da) c
• Dutch: president (nl) m
• Esperanto: prezidento (eo)
• Estonian: president (et)
• Faroese: forseti (fo) m
• Finnish: presidentti (fi)
• French: président (fr) m, présidente (fr) f
• Galician: presidente (gl) m
• Georgian: პრეზიდენტი (ka) (prezidenti)
• German: Präsident (de) m
• Greek: πρόεδρος (el) (próedros) m and f
• Haitian Creole: prezidan
• Hebrew: נשיא (he) (nasí)
• Hindi: राष्ट्रपति (hi) (rāṣṭrapati) m
• Hungarian: elnök (hu)
• Icelandic: forseti (is) m
• Indonesian: presiden (id)
• Irish: uachtarán (ga) m
• Italian: presidente (it) m
• Japanese: 大統領 (ja) (だいとうりょう, daitōryō)
• Jèrriais: président m, président m
• Khmer: ប្រធានាធិបតី (km) (prɑtʰienietʰɨppadəy)
• Korean: 대통령 (ko) (daetongnyeong) (大統領 (ko))

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: سه‌رۆک

• Latin: praesidens m, praesidentis (genitive)
• Lithuanian: prezidentas (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: President (lb) m
• Macedonian: претседател (mk) (pretsédatel) m
• Manx: eaghtyrane (gv) m
• Navajo: naatʼáanii, alą́ąjįʼ dahsidáhígíí
• Norwegian: president (no) m
• Occitan: president (oc) m
• Persian: رئیس‌جمهور (fa) (ra'is-e-jomhur)
• Polish: prezydent (pl) m and f
• Portuguese: presidente (pt) m and f, presidenta (pt) f
• Romanian: președinte (ro) m and f
• Russian: президент (ru) (prezidént) m
• Scottish Gaelic: ceann-suidhe (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пре́дсједнӣк (sh) m (Ijekavian), пре́дсједница (sh) f (Ijekavian); пре́дседнӣк (sh) m (Ekavian), пре́дседница (sh) f (Ekavian)

  Roman: prédsjednīk (sh) m (Ijekavian), prédsjednica (sh) f (Ijekavian); prédsednīk (sh) m (Ekavian), prédsednica (sh) f (Ekavian)

• Slovak: prezident (sk) m
• Slovene: predsednik (sl) m, predsednica (sl) f
• Spanish: presidente (es) m, presidenta (es) f
• Swahili: rais (sw)
• Swedish: president (sv) c
• Tamil: ஜனாதிபதி (ta) (jaṉātipati)
• Telugu: అధ్యక్షుడు (te) (adhyakshuDu)
• Thai: ประธานาธิบดี (th) (bprà-taa-naa-tí-bdee)
• Turkish: cumhurbaşkanı (tr)
• Vietnamese: tổng thống (vi) (總統 (vi))

The primary leader of a corporation

• Asturian: presidente (ast) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 總裁 (cmn), 总裁 (cmn) (zǒngcái), 主席 (cmn) (zhǔxí)

• Esperanto: prezidanto (eo), prezidantino (eo)
• French: président (fr) m, présidente (fr) f
• Greek: πρόεδρος (el) (próedros) m and f
• Icelandic: forstjóri (is) m
• Ido: prezidanto (io)
• Japanese: 社長 (ja) (しゃちょう, shachō)
• Khmer: ប្រធាន (km) (prɑtʰien)

• Korean: 회장 (ko) (hoejang) (會長 (ko))
• Polish: prezes (pl), przewodniczący (pl), dyrektor (pl), rektor (pl)
• Portuguese: presidente (pt) m and f, presidenta (pt) f
• Russian: президент (ru) (prezidént) m, генеральный директор (ru) (generál'nyj diréktor) m
• Scottish Gaelic: ceann-suidhe (gd) m
• Spanish: presidente (es) m
• Swahili: rais (sw)
• Swedish: styrelseordförande (sv) c
• Vietnamese: hội trưởng (vi) (會長 (vi))

A person presiding over a meeting, chair, presiding officer, presider

• Russian: председа́тель (ru) (predsedátel') m

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Noun

president m (plural presidents)

1. president

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Czech

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Noun

president m

1. Alternative spelling of prezident.

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Noun

president m (plural presidenten, diminutive presidentje)

1. president

Derived terms

• vicepresident

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Middle French

Noun

president m (plural presidens)

1. president (leader of an organization)

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Norwegian

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Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

president m

1. president

Inflection

    Inflection of president

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	president	presidenten	presidenter	presidentene
Nynorsk m	president	presidenten	presidentar	presidentane

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Noun

president c

1. a chairman, presiding member of an assembly, e.g. a court of law
2. a president, head of state in a republic

Declension

Declension of president

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	president	presidenten	presidenter	presidenterna
genitive	presidents	presidentens	presidenters	presidenternas

Related terms

hovrättspresident presidentbostad presidentföredragning presidenthustru presidentkampanj presidentkandidat presidentmakt presidentpalats

presidentperiod presidentpost presidentskap presidentskifte presidentstyre presidentur presidentval

presidentämbete presidiera vicepresident

References

• president in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)