different between potent vs puissant
potent
English
Etymology
From Middle English potent, borrowed from Latin potens, potentis (“powerful, strong, potent”), present participle of posse (“to be able”), from potis (“able, powerful, originally a lord, master”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??t(?)nt/
- (General American) enPR: p?t?nt IPA(key): /?po?t(?)nt/, [?p?o???n?t], [-n??]
- Rhymes: -??t?nt
- Hyphenation: po?tent
Adjective
potent (comparative more potent, superlative most potent)
- Possessing strength.
- Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence.
- Powerfully effective.
- Having a sharp or offensive taste.
- (of a male) Able to procreate.
- Very powerful or effective.
Translations
Noun
potent (plural potents)
- (obsolete) A prince; a potentate.
- (obsolete) A staff or crutch.
- (heraldry) A heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white T shapes.
Antonyms
- impotent
- (heraldry): counterpotent
Derived terms
- idempotent
- nilpotent
- omnipotent
- pluripotent
- unipotent
- ventripotent
- equipotent
Related terms
- potence
- potency
- potentate
- potential
- potentiality
- potentiate
- potenty, potente
Further reading
- potent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- potent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- nettop, top ten
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin potens, potentem.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /po?tent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pu?ten/
Adjective
potent (masculine and feminine plural potents)
- powerful
- potent (capable of sexual intercourse)
Further reading
- “potent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin potens. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po??t?nt/
- Hyphenation: po?tent
- Rhymes: -?nt
Adjective
potent (not comparable)
- (of males) capable of procreation, potent
Inflection
Antonyms
- impotent
Related terms
- potentaat
- potentiaal
- potentie
- potentieel
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po?t?nt/
Adjective
potent (comparative potenter, superlative am potentsten)
- potent
Declension
Derived terms
- impotent
- präpotent
Latin
Verb
p?tent
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of p?t?
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin potens, potentem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po?tent/
Adjective
potent m or n (feminine singular potent?, masculine plural poten?i, feminine and neuter plural potente)
- (literary) potent, strong, vigorous, virile
Declension
Related terms
- puternic
- poten??
- putin??
- putea
- putere
Swedish
Adjective
potent
- potent, being effective in small quantities.
Declension
Related terms
- potens
- potential
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puissant
English
Etymology
From Middle English puissaunt, from Middle French puissant, poissant, Anglo-Norman puissant, Old French pussant, et al., present participle of pooir (“to be able”), ultimately from Latin posse (“be able”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?pw?s(?)nt/, /?pju??s(?)nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /?pju?s?nt/, /?pw?s?nt/
Adjective
puissant (comparative more puissant, superlative most puissant)
- (archaic or literary) Powerful, mighty, having authority.
- 1599 — William Shakespeare, Hen V i 2
- Awake remembrance of these valiant dead, / And with your puissant arm renew their feats.
- 1667 — John Milton, Paradise Lost Book I
- For who can yet believe, though after loss,
That all these puissant legions, whose exile
Hath emptied Heaven, shall fail to re-ascend,
Self-raised, and repossess their native seat?
- For who can yet believe, though after loss,
- I cried in a loud voice, "Long live the most puissant king of Lilliput!"
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 24
- How comes all this, if there be not something puissant in whaling?
- 1961 - Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
- In fact the titles could be anything-or (with some of the most puissant) no title at all...
- 1599 — William Shakespeare, Hen V i 2
Related terms
- puissance
Translations
Anagrams
- snapsuit, uitspans
French
Etymology
Old present participle of the verb pouvoir (formed with the stem puis-; compare the modern form pouvant), from Old French puissant, pussant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?i.s??/
Adjective
puissant (feminine singular puissante, masculine plural puissants, feminine plural puissantes)
- powerful; mighty
Related terms
- pouvoir
- puissance
Further reading
- “puissant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Alternative forms
- poissant
- pussant
Etymology
From the present participle of pooir, povoir, formed with the stem puis- in conjugated forms of the verb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pui?.?sant/
Adjective
puissant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular puissant or puissante)
- powerful; mighty
Declension
Related terms
- puissance
Descendants
- ? English: puissant
- Middle French: puissant
- French: puissant
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