tyran
English
editNoun
edittyran (plural tyrans)
- Obsolete form of tyrant.
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- Lordly love is such a tyranne fell.
Verb
edittyran (third-person singular simple present tyrans, present participle tyranning, simple past and past participle tyranned)
- (obsolete, transitive) To act tyrannically towards.
References
edit- “tyran”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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editCzech
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editNoun
edittyran m anim
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editDanish
editEtymology
editVia Latin tyrannus from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos).
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editNoun
edittyran c (singular definite tyrannen, plural indefinite tyranner)
- (historical) tyrant (a leader in many Ancient Greek city states)
- tyrant (an unjust and cruel leader)
Declension
editcommon gender |
singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tyran | tyrannen | tyranner | tyrannerne |
genitive | tyrans | tyrannens | tyranners | tyrannernes |
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French tyran, borrowed from Latin tyrannus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos). Replaced Old French tirant.
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editNoun
edittyran m (plural tyrans, feminine tyranne)
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edit- “tyran”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
editNoun
edittyran
- Alternative form of tyraunt
Middle French
editNoun
edittyran m (plural tyrans)
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French tirant, from Latin tyrannus (“ruler, monarch; tyrant, despot”), from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “lord, master, sovereign, tyrant”).
Noun
edittyran m (plural tyrans)
Polish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos). Doublet of tyrania and tyranozaur.
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editNoun
edittyran m pers (female equivalent tyranka, diminutive tyranek)
- tyrant (oppressive and harsh person)
- Synonyms: autokrata, despota, dzierżymorda, satrapa
- (politics) tyrant (harsh and cruel ruler)
- (Ancient Greece, historical, politics) tyrant (usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession)
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editNoun
edittyran m animal
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edit- styranizować pf
- tyranizować impf
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