sovereignty

English

Etymology

From Middle English sovereynte, from Anglo-Norman sovereyneté, from Old French souveraineté, from soverain.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒv.ɹən.ti/, /ˈsɒv.ɹɪn.ti/

Noun

sovereignty (countable and uncountable, plural sovereignties)

1. (of a polity) The state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.
2. (of a ruler) Supreme authority over all things.
3. (of a person) The liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions.

Synonyms

• (political independence): nationhood, nationality, independence, autarchy

Translations

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

• Afrikaans: soewereiniteit
• Albanian: sovranitet (sq) m
• Arabic: سِيَادَة‎ f (siyāda)
• Armenian: ինքնիշխանություն (hy) (inkʿnišxanutʿyun)
• Asturian: soberanía f
• Azerbaijani: suverenlik, müstəqillik (az)
• Belarusian: суверэнітэ́т m (suvjerenitét)
• Bulgarian: суверените́т m (suverenitét)
• Burmese: အချုပ်အခြာအာဏာ (my) (a.hkyup-a.hkraana)
• Catalan: sobirania (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 主權, 主权 (zyu² kyun⁴)

  Mandarin: 主權 (zh), 主权 (zh) (zhǔquán)

• Czech: svrchovanost f, suverenita f
• Danish: suverænitet c
• Dutch: soevereiniteit (nl) f
• Estonian: suveräänsus
• Finnish: suvereenisuus (fi), suvereniteetti (fi)
• French: souveraineté (fr) f
• Galician: soberanía (gl) f
• Georgian: სუვერენიტეტი (suvereniṭeṭi)
• German: Souveränität (de) f, Hoheit (de) f
• Greek: κυριαρχία (el) f (kyriarchía)
• Hebrew: ריבונות \ רִבּוֹנוּת‎ (ribonút), סוּבֶרֶנִיּוּת‎ (suvereniyút)
• Hindi: संप्रभुता (samprabhutā), प्रभुता (hi) (prabhutā)
• Icelandic: fullveldi (is) n
• Indonesian: kedaulatan (id)
• Irish: ardcheannas m, ceannas m, flaithiúnas m
• Italian: sovranità (it) f
• Japanese: 主権 (ja) (しゅけん, shuken)
• Kazakh: егемендік (egemendik)
• Khmer: អធិបតេយ្យ (km) (ʾaʾthɨppaʾtay)
• Korean: 주권 (ko) (jugwon) (主權 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: فه‌رمان ڕه‌وایی‎ (ferman rewayî)

• Kyrgyz: суверенитет (ky) (suverenitet), эгемендүүлүк (egemendüülük)
• Lao: ອະທິປະໄຕ (’a thi pa tai)
• Latin: summus imperii m
• Latvian: suverenitāte f
• Lithuanian: suverenitetas (lt) m
• Macedonian: сувереност f (suverenost), суверените́т m (suverenitét)
• Malay: kedaulatan
• Mongolian: суверенитет (suverenitet)
• Navajo: akʼídádéestʼį́į́ʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: suverenitet (no) m

  Nynorsk: suverenitet m

• Pashto: حاکميت‎ (ps) m (hākemyát, hākәmyát)
• Persian: حاکمیت‎ (fa) (hâkemiyyat)
• Polish: suwerenność (pl) f
• Portuguese: soberania (pt) f
• Romanian: suveranitate (ro) f
• Russian: суверените́т (ru) m (suverenitét)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: суверенитет m

  Roman: suverenitet (sh) m

• Slovak: suverenita f
• Slovene: suverenost f
• Spanish: soberanía (es) f
• Swedish: självständighet (sv) c, oavhängighet (sv) c, suveränitet (sv) c
• Tagalog: kahigpunuan, soberanya
• Tajik: ҳокимият (hokimiyat)
• Thai: อธิปไตย (th) (à-tí-bpà-dtai)
• Turkish: egemenlik (tr), hükümranlık (tr), hâkimiyet (tr)
• Turkmen: suwerenitet
• Ukrainian: сувереніте́т (uk) m (suverenitét)
• Uyghur: ئىگىلىك ھوقۇقى‎ (igilik hoquqi)
• Uzbek: suverenitet (uz), mustaqillik (uz)
• Vietnamese: chủ quyền (vi) (主權)

of ruler or God: supreme authority over all things

• Catalan: sobirania (ca) f
• Finnish: yksinvaltius
• Galician: soberanía (gl) f
• German: Souveränität (de) f
• Irish: ardcheannas m, flaitheas m (religion), flaithiúnas m (politics)

• Italian: onnipotenza (it) f
• Manx: ard-reeriaght f
• Maori: rangatiratanga
• Portuguese: autoridade (pt) f, soberania (pt) f
• Turkish: mutlak güç

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

• Catalan: sobirania (ca) f
• Finnish: yksilönvapaus (fi), suvereniteetti (fi)
• German: Souveränität (de) f

• Irish: ceannas m
• Italian: arbitrio (it) m
• Portuguese: arbítrio (pt) m