plenipotent
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin plenus (“full”) + potens, potentis (“potent”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
plenipotent (comparative more plenipotent, superlative most plenipotent)
- Having full power.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, line 400:
- My Substitutes I send ye, and Create
Plenipotent on Earth, of matchless might
Issuing from mee: on your joynt vigor now
My hold of this new Kingdom all depends,
Through Sin to Death expos’d by my exploit.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “plenipotent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plenipotent m pers (female equivalent plenipotentka)
- agent, attorney-in-fact
- Synonym: pełnomocnik
Declension edit
Declension of plenipotent
singular | plural | |
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nominative | plenipotent | plenipotenci/plenipotenty (deprecative) |
genitive | plenipotenta | plenipotentów |
dative | plenipotentowi | plenipotentom |
accusative | plenipotenta | plenipotentów |
instrumental | plenipotentem | plenipotentami |
locative | plenipotencie | plenipotentach |
vocative | plenipotencie | plenipotenci |
Derived terms edit
noun
Further reading edit
- plenipotent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- plenipotent in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin plenipotens.
Adjective edit
plenipotent m or n (feminine singular plenipotentă, masculine plural plenipotenți, feminine and neuter plural plenipotente)
Declension edit
Declension of plenipotent
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | plenipotent | plenipotentă | plenipotenți | plenipotente | ||
definite | plenipotentul | plenipotenta | plenipotenții | plenipotentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | plenipotent | plenipotente | plenipotenți | plenipotente | ||
definite | plenipotentului | plenipotentei | plenipotenților | plenipotentelor |
Noun edit
plenipotent m (plural plenipotenți)
Declension edit
Declension of plenipotent
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) plenipotent | plenipotentul | (niște) plenipotenți | plenipotenții |
genitive/dative | (unui) plenipotent | plenipotentului | (unor) plenipotenți | plenipotenților |
vocative | plenipotentule | plenipotenților |