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English

Etymology

From French représentant.

Noun

representant (plural representants)

1. (obsolete) A representative.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir H. Wotton to this entry?)

Adjective

representant (not comparable)

1. Appearing or acting for another; representing.

Catalan

Etymology

From representar.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /r?.p??.z?n?tant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /r?.p??.z?n?tan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /re.p?e.zen?tant/

Adjective

representant (masculine and feminine plural representants)

1. representative

Noun

representant m or f (plural representants)

1. representative

Verb

representant

1. present participle of representar

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French représentant

Noun

representant m (definite singular representanten, indefinite plural representanter, definite plural representantene)

1. a representative

Derived terms

• Representantenes hus
• stortingsrepresentant

Related terms

• representasjon
• representere

References

• “representant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French représentant

Noun

representant m (definite singular representanten, indefinite plural representantar, definite plural representantane)

1. a representative

Derived terms

• stortingsrepresentant

Related terms

• representasjon
• representere

References

• “representant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From representar.

Pronunciation

Noun

representant m (plural representants, feminine representant, feminine plural representants)

1. representative

Verb

representant

1. present participle of representar

Swedish

Etymology

From French représentant.

Pronunciation

Noun

representant c

1. representative, delegate
2. salesman

Declension

References

• representant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• representant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

English

Etymology 1

From Old French representacion, from Latin repraesentatio.

Alternative forms

• repræsentation (archaic)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n
• IPA^(key): /???p.??.z?n.?te?.??n/

Noun

representation (countable and uncountable, plural representations)

1. That which represents something else.
2. The act of representing.

   We are no longer happy with your representation of our company at trade events.

3. (law) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.

4. (politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.

5. (mathematics) An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces; (more formally) a homomorphism from a group on a vector space to the general linear group (group of all bijective linear transformations) on the space.
6. A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
7. A theatrical performance.

Synonyms

• (image, form): likeness

Derived terms

• faithful representation (mathematics)
• representation space
• under-representation, underrepresentation

Related terms

• represent
• representable
• representamen
• representant

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? presentation.

Alternative forms

• re-presentation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?.p??.z?n.?te?.??n/

Noun

representation (plural representations)

1. (medicine) An act of representing, i.e. presenting again.

References

• representation at OneLook Dictionary Search
• representation in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• representation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• representation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• repenetrations