presidium

presidium

See also: présidium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian прези́диум (prezídium), from Latin praesidium. Doublet of presidio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈsɪdi.əm/

Noun

presidium (plural presidia or presidiums)

1. A permanent executive committee, used primarily in Communist countries, with the power to act for a larger governing body when the latter is in recess. [1920]
2. Such an executive committee headed by the President of the Supreme Soviet.

Related terms

• presidio

Translations

executive committee

Armenian: նախագահություն (hy) (naxagahutʿyun) Azerbaijani: prezidium Belarusian: прэзі́дыум m (prezídyum), прэзы́дыум m (prezýdyum) Bulgarian: прези́диум (bg) m (prezídium) Chinese: Mandarin: 主席團／主席团 (zh) (zhǔxítuán) Czech: předsednictvo (cs) n, prezidium n Dutch: presidium (nl) n Estonian: presiidium Finnish: puhemiehistö (fi) French: présidium (fr) m Georgian: პრეზიდიუმი (ṗrezidiumi) German: Präsidium (de) n Greek: προεδρείο (el) n (proedreío) Hungarian: elnökség (hu) Japanese: 幹部会 (かんぶかい, kanbukai) Kazakh: төралқа (töralqa) Khmer: គណៈប្រធាន (kĕəʼnaʼ prɑthiən) Korean: 간부회(幹部會) (ganbuhoe) Kyrgyz: президиум (prezidium) Latvian: prezidijs m Lithuanian: prezidiumas m Macedonian: президиум m (prezidium), претседателство n (pretsedatelstvo) Manx: ard-choyrle Norwegian: Bokmål: presidium n Polish: prezydium n Romanian: prezidiu (ro) n Russian: прези́диум (ru) m (prezídium) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пре́дседнӣштво n, пре́дсједнӣштво n Roman: prédsednīštvo n, prédsjednīštvo (sh) n Slovak: prezídium n Slovene: predsedstvo n Southern Altai: тӧрги (törgi) Spanish: presídium (es) m Swedish: presidium (sv) n Thai: เปรซิเดียม, คณะผู้บริหารสูงสุด Ukrainian: прези́дія (uk) f (prezýdija) Uzbek: prezidium (uz) Vietnamese: chủ tịch đoàn, đoàn chủ tịch

References

Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Encyclopedia
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997

Anagrams

• peridiums

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Italian

Etymology

Variant in transliteration of Russian прези́диум (prezídium), borrowed from German Präsidium, borrowed from Latin praesidium. Doublet of presidio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preˈzi.djum/
• Rhymes: -idjum
• Hyphenation: pre‧sì‧dium

Noun

presidium m (uncountable)

1. administrative department, head office

   Synonyms: direzione, presidenza

Further reading

• presidium in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

presidium n (definite singular presidiet, indefinite plural presidier, definite plural presidia or presidiene)

1. presidency
2. presidium

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

presidium n (definite singular presidiet, indefinite plural presidium, definite plural presidia)

1. presidency
2. presidium

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin praesidium. Attested since circa 1655.

Noun

presidium n

1. presidium
2. chairmanship

Declension

Declension of presidium
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	presidium	presidiet	presidier	presidierna
Genitive	presidiums	presidiets	presidiers	presidiernas

References

• presidium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• presidium in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• presidium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)