Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian авторите́т (avtoritét), German Autorität, and French autorité, ultimately from Latin auctōritās.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɐftoriˈtɛt]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

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авторите́т (avtoritétm (relational adjective авторите́тен)

  1. (uncountable) authority, prestige (the power to influence or command thought, opinion, or behaviour)
    Synonym: престиж (prestiž)
  2. (countable) authority, expert (a person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject)
    Synonyms: познавач (poznavač), експерт (ekspert)

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References

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  • авторитет”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • авторитет”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “авторитѐт”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 3
  • авторитет”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 17

Macedonian

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Noun

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авторитет (avtoritetm (relational adjective авторитетен)

  1. authority

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Russian

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Etymology

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From German Autorität.

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Noun

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авторите́т (avtoritétm inan or m anim (genitive авторите́та, nominative plural авторите́ты, genitive plural авторите́тов)

  1. authority, prestige
  2. (person) authority
  3. underworld leader

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Descendants

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  • Georgian: ავტორიტეტი (avṭoriṭeṭi)

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Polish autorytet, from German Autorität, from Latin auctōritās.

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Noun

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авторите́т (avtorytétm inan or m pers (genitive авторите́ту[1] or авторите́та[2], nominative plural авторите́ти, genitive plural авторите́тів)

  1. (inanimate, uncountable) authority, prestige
    Synonyms: авторите́тність f (avtorytétnistʹ), прести́ж m (prestýž)
  2. (personal, countable) authority

Usage notes

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  1. ^ inanimate, uncountable
  2. ^ personal, countable

Declension

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(inanimate, uncountable)

(personal, countable)

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