authority

English

Alternative forms

• authourity (obsolete)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) autorite, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) auctorité, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin stem of (deprecated template usage) auctoritas, from (deprecated template usage) auctor

Pronunciation

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Noun

authority (countable and uncountable, plural authorities)

1. (deprecated template usage) (uncountable) The power to enforce rules or give orders.
   • 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V

     But in the meantime Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.

2. (deprecated template usage) (used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.
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3. (deprecated template usage) (countable) A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.
   • 1930 September 18, Albert Einstein, as quoted in Albert Einstein: Creator and Rebel (1988) by Banesh Hoffman

     To punish me for my contempt of authority, Fate has made me an authority myself.

Derived terms

• moral authority

Related terms

• author
• authorization
• authoritarian

Translations

power to enforce rules or give orders

• Afrikaans: gesag
• Albanian: autoritet (sq)
• Arabic: سلطة f (súlṭa)
• Armenian: հեղինակություն (heġinakutʻyun)
• Bashkir: Template:tø, Template:tø
• Belarusian: ўлада (ŭláda)
• Bulgarian: власт (bg) f (vlast), авторитет (bg) m (avtoritét)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 權力／权力 (zh) (quánlì), 权力 (zh) (quánlì), 權威／权威 (quánwēi), 权威 (quánwēi)

• Czech: autorita f
• Danish: myndighed
• Dutch: bevoegdheid (nl) f, gezag (nl) n
• Esperanto: aŭtoritato (eo)
• Estonian: võim
• Ewe: ŋusẽ
• Finnish: auktoriteetti (fi), käskyvalta (fi), vaikutusvalta
• French: autorité (fr) f
• Galician: autoridade (gl) f
• German: Autorität (de) f
• Greek: εξουσία (el) f (exousía), αρχή (el) f (archí)
• Hebrew: סמכות f (samkhut)
• Hungarian: felhatalmazás (hu), meghatalmazás (hu)
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• Irish: údarás m, urlámhas m
• Italian: autorità (it) f
• Japanese: 権力 (ja) (けんりょく, kenryoku), 権威 (ja) (けんい, ken'i)
• Korean: 권력 (ko) (gweonreok), 권능 (gweonneung)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ,

• Kyrgyz: бийлик (ky) (biylik), чоңдор (ky) (coŋdor), башчы (ky) (başcı), авторитет (ky) (avtoritet), ыйгарым укук (ky) (ıygarım ukuk), авторитет (ky) (avtoritet), бедел (ky) (bedel), кадыр (kadır), кадыр-барк (ky) (kadır-bark) негиз (ky) (negiz), түп (ky) (tüp), уруксат (ky) (uruksat), авторитеттүүлүк (ky) (avtoritettüülük), беделдүүлүк (ky) (bedeldüülük), кадырлуулук (ky) (kadırluuluk), билгич (ky) (bilgic)
• Luxembourgish: Autoritéit f
• Maltese: awtoritá
• Maori: kanoi
• Polish: autorytet (pl) m
• Portuguese: autoridade (pt) f
• Romanian: autoritate (ro) f
• Russian: власть (ru) f (vlastʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ùghdarras m
• Slovene: avtoriteta f
• Spanish: autoridad (es) f
• Swahili: mamlaka (sw)
• Swedish: auktoritet (sv) c
• Telugu: అధికారము
• Turkish: yetke (tr)
• Ukrainian: влада (uk) f (vláda)

persons in command; specifically, government

• Albanian: autoritet (sq)
• Bulgarian: власти (bg) f pl (vlásti)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 當局／当局 (dāngjú), 当局 (zh) (dāngjú)

• Czech: autorita f
• Dutch: autoriteit (nl) f, (usually plural) autoriteiten (nl) f pl, gezag (nl) n
• Esperanto: instanco
• Estonian: võim
• Finnish: viranomaiset (fi)
• French: autorité (fr) f
• German: Autorität (de) f; Behörde (de) f
• Greek: αρχές (el) f pl (archés)
• Hebrew: רשויות f pl (rashuyot)
• Hungarian: hatóság (hu)
• Irish: údarás m
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• Italian: autorità (it) f
• Japanese: 当局 (ja) (とうきょく, tōkyoku)
• Korean: 권력자 (gweonryeokja)
• Maltese: awtoritarju m, awtoritarja f
• Polish: władza (pl) f
• Portuguese: autoridade (pt) f
• Romanian: autoritate (ro) f, mostly in plural: pl, autorități
• Russian: власть (ru) f (vlastʹ), (usually plural) власть (ru) f pl (vlásti)
• Scottish Gaelic: ùghdarras m
• Slovene: avtoriteta f
• Swahili: mamlaka (sw)
• Swedish: myndighet (sv) c
• Ukrainian: влада (uk) f (vláda)

person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject

• Albanian: autoritet (sq)
• Armenian: հեղինակություն (heġinakutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: познавач (bg) m (poznavač), авторитет (bg) m (avtoritét)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 權威／权威 (quánwēi), 权威 (quánwēi)

• Czech: autorita f
• Dutch: autoriteit (nl) f
• Estonian: asjatundja
• Finnish: asiantuntija (fi)
• French: autorité (fr) f
• German: Autorität (de) f
• Greek: αυθεντία (el) f (afthentía)
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• Hebrew: בר-סמכא m (bar-samkha)
• Hungarian: tekintéy, szaktekintély
• Italian: autorità (it) f
• Japanese: 権威 (ja) (けんい, ken'i)
• Korean: 권위자 (gweonwija)
• Novial: Template:tø
• Polish: autorytet m
• Romanian: autoritate (ro) f
• Russian: авторитет (ru) m (avtoritét)
• Scottish Gaelic: ùghdarras m
• Slovene: avtoriteta f
• Turkish: yetke (tr)

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• (deprecated template usage) Breton: aotrouniezh f, beli f
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• (deprecated template usage) Georgian: უფლებამოსილება (uplebamosileba)

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