sovereignty

English

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Etymology

From Old French soverain, from Vulgar Latin root *superānus (cf. Italian sovrano, Spanish soberano) from Latin super (“above”). Plus the Latinate English suffix -ty. Spelling influenced by folk-etymology association with reign.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɒv.ɹən.ti/, /ˈsɒv.ɹɪn.ti, SAMPA: /"sQv.r\@n.ti/, /"sQv.rIn.ti/

Noun

sovereignty (countable and uncountable; plural sovereignties)

1. (of a nation) The state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.
2. (of a ruler) Supreme authority over all things. (as in an emperor, king, dictator, or God, ref. ‘King of kings, and Lord of lords’)
3. (of self) The liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions.

Translations

of a nation: the state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.

Arabic: سيادة (ar) (siyaada) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 主權 (cmn), 主权 (cmn) (zhǔquán) Croatian: suverenitet (hr) m. Czech: svrchovanost (cs) f. Dutch: soevereiniteit (nl) f. Finnish: suvereenisuus (fi), suvereniteetti (fi) French: souveraineté (fr) f. Galician: soberanía (gl) f. German: Souveränität (de) f. Hebrew: ריבונות (he) (sovereignty), ריבון (he) (sovereign) m., ריבונית (he) (sovereign) f. Indonesian: kedaulatan (id) Italian: sovranità (it) f.

Japanese: 主権 (ja) (しゅけん, shuken) Korean: 주권 (ko) (jugwon) (主權 (ko)) Kurdish: فه‌رمان ڕه‌وایی Macedonian: сувереност (mk) (suvérenost) f., суверенитет (mk) (suverenitét) m. Polish: suwerenność (pl) f. Russian: суверенитет (ru) (suverenitét) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: суверенитет (sh) m. Roman: suverenitet (sh) m. Spanish: soberanía (es) f. Turkish: egemenlik (tr), hükümranlık (tr), hâkimiyet (tr) Vietnamese: chủ quyền (vi) (主權 (vi))

of ruler or God: supreme authority over all things

Finnish: yksinvaltius (fi) Galician: soberanía (gl) f. German: Souveränität (de) f.

Manx: ard-reeriaght (gv) f. Turkish: mutlak güç (tr)

of self: the liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions

Finnish: yksilönvapaus (fi), suvereniteetti (fi)

German: Souveränität (de) f.

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Catalan: sobirania f. French: souveraineté f. Indonesian: kedaulatan Interlingua: soveranitate Italian: sovranità f.

Spanish: soberanía f. Portuguese: soberanía f. Volapük: soverän