presidential

English

Etymology

From president +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɛzɪˈdɛnʃ(ə)l/

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• Hyphenation: pres‧i‧den‧tial

Adjective

presidential (comparative more presidential, superlative most presidential)

1. Pertaining to a president or presidency. [from 17th c.]
2. (obsolete) Presiding or watching over. [17th-19th c.]
3. With the bearing or composure that befits a president; stately, dignified. [from 19th c.]
   • 2016, Stewart Lee, The Guardian, 20 November:

     I feel my age and supposed status mean I am permanently required to be in presidential mode. And I mean this in the old sense of “presidential”, meaning magnanimous, patient and generous, rather than in the modern sense of presidential, meaning being a corrupt, pussy-grabbing racist.

Derived terms

• nonpresidential
• postpresidential
• prepresidential
• presidentiality
• presidentially
• presidential memorandum
• presidentialness
• presidential palace
• unpresidential

 

Translations

pertaining to a president or presidency

• Arabic: رِئَاسِيّ‎ (riʾāsiyy)
• Armenian: նախագահական (hy) (naxagahakan)
• Asturian: presidencial
• Belarusian: прэзідэ́нцкі (prezidéncki)
• Catalan: presidencial (ca)
• Czech: prezidentský (cs)
• Dutch: presidentieel (nl)
• French: présidentiel (fr)
• Galician: presidencial (gl)
• Georgian: საპრეზიდენტო (saṗrezidenṭo), პრეზიდენტული (ṗrezidenṭuli)
• German: präsidial (de), Präsidentschaft-

• Hungarian: elnöki (hu), elnök- (hu)
• Ido: prezidantala (io)
• Indonesian: presidensial (id)
• Italian: presidenziale (it)
• Kazakh: президенттік (prezïdenttik)
• Polish: prezydencki (pl)
• Portuguese: presidencial (pt)
• Russian: президе́нтский (ru) (prezidéntskij)
• Spanish: presidencial (es)
• Tagalog: pampanguluhan
• Ukrainian: президе́нтський (prezydéntsʹkyj)

presiding

• Catalan: presidencial (ca)
• French: présidentiel (fr)

• Galician: presidencial (gl)
• German: vorsitzend (de)
• Italian: presidenziale (it)
• Portuguese: presidencial (pt)