despota
See also: déspota
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɛspota]
Noun
despota m anim (feminine despotka)
- despot
Derived terms
- despotický
Related terms
- despotismus m
- despocie f
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)
- 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)
- despot, tyrant
- Synonyms: elnyomó, kényúr, zsarnok
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | despota | despoták |
| accusative | despotát | despotákat |
| dative | despotának | despotáknak |
| instrumental | despotával | despotákkal |
| causal-final | despotáért | despotákért |
| translative | despotává | despotákká |
| terminative | despotáig | despotákig |
| essive-formal | despotaként | despotákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | despotában | despotákban |
| superessive | despotán | despotákon |
| adessive | despotánál | despotáknál |
| illative | despotába | despotákba |
| sublative | despotára | despotákra |
| allative | despotához | despotákhoz |
| elative | despotából | despotákból |
| delative | despotáról | despotákról |
| ablative | despotától | despotáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | despotáé | despotáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | despotáéi | despotákéi |
| 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 |
Related terms
- despotikus
References
- 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’). 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)
- despot
- Synonyms: dittatore, tiranno
Derived terms
- dispotico
- dispotismo
Descendants
- → Spanish: déspota
Anagrams
- Podestà, deposta, dopaste, podestà
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛsˈpɔ.ta/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔta
- Syllabification: des‧po‧ta
Noun
despota m pers (feminine despotka)
- despot
- Synonyms: autokrata, dzierżymorda, tyran
Declension
Declension of despota
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | despota | despoci |
| genitive | despoty | despotów |
| dative | despocie | despotom |
| accusative | despotę | despotów |
| instrumental | despotą | despotami |
| locative | despocie | despotach |
| vocative | despoto | despoci |
Related terms
- despotyczny
- despotyzm
Further reading
- despota in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- despota in Polish dictionaries at PWN