plenipotent

English

Etymology

From Latin plenus (“full”) + potens, potentis (“potent”).

Adjective

plenipotent (comparative more plenipotent, superlative most plenipotent)

1. Possessing full power.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book ”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC, line 400:

     My Substitutes I send ye, and Create
     Plenipotent on Earth, of matchless might
     Issuing from mee: on your joynt vigor now
     My hold of this new Kingdom all depends,
     Through Sin to Death expos’d by my exploit.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “plenipotent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɛ.ɲiˈpɔ.tɛnt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔtɛnt
• Syllabification: ple‧ni‧po‧tent

Noun

plenipotent m pers (female equivalent plenipotentka)

1. agent, attorney-in-fact

   Synonym: pełnomocnik

Declension

Declension of plenipotent

	singular	plural
nominative	plenipotent	plenipotenci/plenipotenty (deprecative)
genitive	plenipotenta	plenipotentów
dative	plenipotentowi	plenipotentom
accusative	plenipotenta	plenipotentów
instrumental	plenipotentem	plenipotentami
locative	plenipotencie	plenipotentach
vocative	plenipotencie	plenipotenci

Derived terms

noun

• plenipotencja

 

Further reading

• plenipotent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• plenipotent in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin plenipotens.

Adjective

plenipotent m or n (feminine singular plenipotentă, masculine plural plenipotenți, feminine and neuter plural plenipotente)

1. plenipotentiary

Declension

Declension of plenipotent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	plenipotent		plenipotentă	plenipotenți	plenipotente
	definite	plenipotentul		plenipotenta	plenipotenții	plenipotentele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	plenipotent		plenipotente	plenipotenți	plenipotente
	definite	plenipotentului		plenipotentei	plenipotenților	plenipotentelor

Noun

plenipotent m (plural plenipotenți)

1. plenipotentiary

Declension

Declension of plenipotent

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) plenipotent	plenipotentul	(niște) plenipotenți	plenipotenții
genitive/dative	(unui) plenipotent	plenipotentului	(unor) plenipotenți	plenipotenților
vocative	plenipotentule		plenipotenților