tetrarca

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin tetrarcha, from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs). By surface analysis, tetra- +‎ -arca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈtrar.ka/
• Rhymes: -arka
• Hyphenation: te‧tràr‧ca

Noun

tetrarca m (plural tetrarchi)

1. tetrarch

Further reading

• tetrarca in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• tetrarca in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• tetràrca in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• tetrarca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• carretta

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin tetrarcha, from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs). By surface analysis, tetra- +‎ -arca.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈtɾaʁ.kɐ/ [teˈtɾah.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈtɾaʁ.kɐ/ [teˈtɾah.kɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /teˈtɾaɾ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /teˈtɾaʁ.kɐ/ [teˈtɾaχ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈtɾaɻ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨˈtɾaɾ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -aʁkɐ, -aɾkɐ
• Hyphenation: te‧trar‧ca

Noun

tetrarca m or f by sense (plural tetrarcas)

1. (politics, historical) tetrarch (governor of subdivision of a province)
2. (politics, Ancient Rome) tetrarch (any of the four co-emperors during the Tetrarchy)
3. (military, Ancient Greece) tetrarch (officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx)

Further reading

• “tetrarca” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “tetrarca” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “tetrarca” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “tetrarca” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “tetrarca” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “tetrarca” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin tetrarcha, from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs). By surface analysis, tetra- +‎ -arca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈtɾaɾka/ [t̪eˈt̪ɾaɾ.ka]
• Rhymes: -aɾka
• Syllabification: te‧trar‧ca

Noun

tetrarca m or f by sense (plural tetrarcas)

1. tetrarch
   • 2015 November 9, “Opinión”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Los historiadores recuperan la figura de los tetrarcas que compartían el poder en el imperio romano desde los tiempos de Diocleciano, creador de la fórmula y que supo aprovecharla con astucia.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “tetrarca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014