different between executive vs interregnum

English

Etymology

From Middle French executif, from Latin executivus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???z?kj?t?v/, /???z?kj?t?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???z?kj?t?v/

Adjective

executive (comparative more executive, superlative most executive)

1. Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
2. Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.

3. Exclusive.

   an executive bathroom

Translations

Noun

executive (plural executives)

1. A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
2. The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
3. (computing) A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
   • 1973, ACM Special Interest Group in Operating Systems, Fourth Symposium on Operating System Principles

     The second phase of the executive development proceeded through two steps as stated in Section 2. First, a failsoft executive was developed providing automatic failure detection and recovery […]

Derived terms

• chief executive
• chief executive officer, CEO
• executive branch
• executive committee
• executive director
• executive ego function
• executive mansion
• executive officer
• executive order
• executive producer
• executive summary
• executively

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin inter- "between" + the accusative of regnum (which is regnum) meaning "reign", "power" or "kingdom". Literally meaning "between reign" or "between kingdom".

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??nt??????n?m/

Noun

interregnum (plural interregnums or interregna)

1. The period of time between the end of a sovereign's reign and the accession of another sovereign.

2. A period of time during which normal executive leadership is suspended or interrupted.
3. An intermission in any order of succession; any breach of continuity in action or influence.

Synonyms

• (breach of continuity in action): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause

Derived terms

• interregnal

Translations

References

• interregnum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• interregnum in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.ter?re??.num/, [?n?t??r?re??n???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.ter?re?.?um/, [in?t??r?r???um]

Noun

interr?gnum n (genitive interr?gn?); second declension

1. interregnum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

• Catalan: interregne
• Italian: interregno
• Portuguese: interregno
• Spanish: interregno

References

• interregnum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• interregnum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• interregnum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• interregnum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

interregnum n (definite singular interregnumet or interregnet, indefinite plural interregna or interregner, definite plural interregnaene or interregna or interregnene)

1. an interregnum

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

interregnum n (definite singular interregnumet, indefinite plural interregnum, definite plural interregnuma)

1. an interregnum

Inflection