despota

See also: déspota

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛspota]

Noun

despota m anim (feminine despotka)

  1. despot

Declension

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • despota in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • despota in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • despota in Internetová jazyková příručka

Esperanto

Etymology

From despoto (despot) + -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [desˈpota]
  • Rhymes: -ota
  • Hyphenation: des‧po‧ta

Adjective

despota (accusative singular despotan, plural despotaj, accusative plural despotajn)

  1. despotic

Hungarian

Etymology

From English despot and German Despot, from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs, lord, master, owner).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛʃpotɒ]
  • Hyphenation: des‧po‧ta
  • Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

despota (plural despoták)

  1. despot, tyrant
    Synonyms: elnyomó, kényúr, zsarnok

Declension

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Possessive forms of despota
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. despotám despotáim
2nd person sing. despotád despotáid
3rd person sing. despotája despotái
1st person plural despotánk despotáink
2nd person plural despotátok despotáitok
3rd person plural despotájuk despotáik

References

  1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • despota in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • despota in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

Italian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs, master, lord, ruler, despot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.spo.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛspota
  • Hyphenation: dè‧spo‧ta

Noun

despota m or f by sense (masculine plural despoti, feminine plural despote)

  1. despot
    Synonyms: dittatore, tiranno

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Spanish: déspota

Anagrams

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛsˈpɔ.ta/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔta
  • Syllabification: des‧po‧ta

Noun

despota m pers (feminine despotka)

  1. despot
    Synonyms: autokrata, dzierżymorda, tyran

Declension

Further reading

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