mandat

See also: Mandat, mandát, and mandât

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mandātum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /mənˈdat/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /manˈdat/
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

mandat m (plural mandats)

1. writ, warrant, order
2. mandate
3. (law) power of attorney
4. (political science) term

Derived terms

• límit de mandat
• mandatari

Related terms

• mandant

Further reading

• “mandat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mandātum, from mandō (“put in one's hands, command”), from Proto-Indo-European *man- (“hand”) + *dʰeh₁- (“put”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.da/

• audio

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• Hyphenation: man‧dat

Noun

mandat m (plural mandats)

1. mandate
2. postal order, money order
3. (law) power of attorney, proxy
4. (police) warrant
5. term (of office)
   • 1852, Constitution faite en vertu des pouvoirs délégués par le Peuple français à Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte Par le vote des 20 et 21 décembre 1851 [Constitution Made by Virtue of the Powers Delegated by the French People to Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte by the Vote of 20 and 21 December 1851], Paris: Imprimerie Schneider, page 21:

     Si le président de la République meurt avant l'expiration de son mandat, le Sénat convoque la Nation pour procéder à une nouvelle élection.

     If the President of the Republic dies prior to the expiry of his term, the Senate [shall] convoke the Nation for carrying out a new election.

Derived terms

• cumul des mandats
• mandat d'arrêt
• mandat de perquisition

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: ماندا‎ (manda)
  • Turkish: manda

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• damant, damnât

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch mandaat, from French mandat, from Latin mandātum, from mandō (“put in one's hands, command”), from Proto-Indo-European *man- (“hand”) + *dʰeh₁- (“put”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmandat̚]
• Hyphenation: man‧dat

Noun

mandat (first-person possessive mandatku, second-person possessive mandatmu, third-person possessive mandatnya)

1. mandate

Derived terms

• memandati

 

Related terms

• mandataris

 

Further reading

• “mandat” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Ladin

Noun

mandat m (plural mandac)

1. mandate

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Latin

Verb

mandat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of mandō

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Malay

Noun

mandat (Jawi spelling مندت‎, plural mandat-mandat, informal 1st possessive mandatku, 2nd possessive mandatmu, 3rd possessive mandatnya)

1. mandate

Further reading

• “mandat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mandat, from Latin mandātum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.dat/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -andat
• Syllabification: man‧dat

Noun

mandat m inan (diminutive mandacik)

1. (law) ticket, fine (document prepared by the police compelling the recipient to pay a fine for a misdemeanor or a traffic violation)

   Właśnie dostałem mandat za złe parkowanie.

   I've just received a bad parking ticket.

2. (politics) seat (membership in an elected representative body, such as the parliament)

   W ostatnich wyborach nasza partia zdobyła dwadzieścia mandatów.

   In the last election our party won twenty seats.

3. (politics, rare, singular only) mandate (authority granted by the electorate)

   Rząd otrzymał silny mandat do zreformowania systemu opieki zdrowotnej.

   The government has received a strong mandate to reform the healthcare system.

Declension

Declension of mandat

	singular	plural
nominative	mandat	mandaty
genitive	mandatu	mandatów
dative	mandatowi	mandatom
accusative	mandat	mandaty
instrumental	mandatem	mandatami
locative	mandacie	mandatach
vocative	mandacie	mandaty

Derived terms

adjective

• mandatowy

 

nouns

• mandatariusz
• mandatariuszka

 

Related terms

adjective

• mandatariuszowski

 

Further reading

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From French mandat.

Noun

mandat n (plural mandate)

1. mandate

Declension

Declension of mandat

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mandat	mandatul	(niște) mandate	mandatele
genitive/dative	(unui) mandat	mandatului	(unor) mandate	mandatelor
vocative	mandatule		mandatelor

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎndaːt/
• Hyphenation: man‧dat

Noun

màndāt m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀нда̄т)

1. mandate
2. term (of office)

Declension

Declension of mandat

	singular	plural
nominative	màndāt	mandati
genitive	mandáta	mandata
dative	mandatu	mandatima
accusative	mandat	mandate
vocative	mandate	mandati
locative	mandatu	mandatima
instrumental	mandatom	mandatima

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Swedish

Noun

mandat n

1. mandate

Declension

Declension of mandat
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mandat	mandatet	mandat	mandaten
Genitive	mandats	mandatets	mandats	mandatens

Further reading

• mandat in Svensk ordbok.