triumvirate

triumvirate

See also: Triumvirate

English

Etymology

From Latin triumvīrātus, from triumviri (“triumvirs”) + -atus (“-ate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɹaɪ.ˈʌm.vəɹ.ɪt/

Noun

triumvirate (plural triumvirates)

1. An official group of three people, especially a ruling council of three men and particularly (historical) two such councils in Roman history.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:government

Coordinate terms

• See Thesaurus:government

Translations

a ruling group of three

Catalan: triumvirat (ca) m Dutch: triumviraat (nl), driemanschap (nl) Estonian: triumviraat Faroese: trímannaveldi n Finnish: triumviraatti (fi), troikka (fi), kolmikko (fi) French: triumvirat (fr) m, troïka (fr) Georgian: ტრიუმვირატი (ṭriumviraṭi) German: Triumvirat (de) n Greek: τρίο (el) n (trío)

Hungarian: triumvirátus Ido: troika (io) Polish: triumwirat (pl) m Portuguese: triunvirato (pt) m, troica (pt) Russian: триумвира́т (ru) m (triumvirát), тро́йка (ru) f (trójka), три́о (ru) n (trío) Slovene: triumvirat m Tagalog: tatpuno Turkish: üçlü (tr), troyka (tr) Volapük: kilman