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sovereign
English
Alternative forms
- soveraign, soveraigne (archaic)
- sovran (archaic)
- sovring (pronunciation spelling)
Etymology
From Middle English sovereyn, from Old French soverain (whence also modern French souverain), from Vulgar Latin *super?nus (compare Italian sovrano, Spanish soberano) from Latin super (“above”). Spelling influenced by folk-etymology association with reign. Doublet of soprano, from the same Latin root via Italian. See also suzerain, foreign.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?v.??n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?v(?)??n/
- Hyphenation: sov?e?reign
Adjective
sovereign (comparative more sovereign, superlative most sovereign)
- Exercising power of rule.
- Exceptional in quality.
- (now rare, pharmacology) Extremely potent or effective (of a medicine, remedy etc.).
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.v:
- The soueraigne weede betwixt two marbles plaine / She pownded small, and did in peeces bruze, / And then atweene her lilly handes twaine, / Into his wound the iuyce thereof did scruze […]
- a sovereign remedy
- Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.v:
- Having supreme, ultimate power.
- Gentlemen, may I introduce the Sovereign, Her Royal Highness, and Most Imperial Majesty, Empress Elizabeth of Vicron.
- Princely; royal.
- c1610, William Shakespeare, A Winters Tale, V.i:
- You pity not the state, nor the remembrance of his most sovereign name.
- c1610, William Shakespeare, A Winters Tale, V.i:
- Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
Synonyms
- autonomous
- supreme
Derived terms
- sovereignly
- sovereign citizen
- sovereign state
Translations
Noun
sovereign (plural sovereigns)
- A monarch; the ruler of a country.
- 1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia
- No question is to be made but that the bed of the Missisippi[sic] belongs to the sovereign, that is, to the nation.
- 1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia
- One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation.
- A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin.
- A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33? standard bottles.
- Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
- (Britain, slang) A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring.
- 2004, December 11, "Birkenhead, Merseyside" BBC Voices recording (0:06:52)
- No, someone who wears loads of sovereigns as well loads of gold and has uh a curly perm and peroxide blonde hair, orange, orange sunbed skin and a fringe like this blow-dried to death, that’s a ‘scally’.
- 2004, December 11, "Birkenhead, Merseyside" BBC Voices recording (0:06:52)
Hyponyms
- (monarch): king, queen
Derived terms
- sovereignty
Descendants
- ? Irish: sabhran
- ? Russian: ??????? (soveren)
- ? Scottish Gaelic: sòbharan
- ? Welsh: sofren
Translations
See also
- half sovereign
Verb
sovereign (third-person singular simple present sovereigns, present participle sovereigning, simple past and past participle sovereigned)
- (transitive) To rule over as a sovereign.
Anagrams
- Rovignese, virogenes
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tsarina
English
Alternative forms
- czarina
- tzarina
Etymology
Via Italian czarina or Spanish czarina, from German Czarin, Zarin, feminine form of Czar, Zar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tsa??i?n?/, /za??i?n?/
Noun
tsarina (plural tsarinas, masculine tsar)
- An empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar.
Synonyms
- tsaritsa, czaritza
Related terms
- tsar
- tsarevna
- tsarevich
Translations
Further reading
- tsarina at OneLook Dictionary Search
- tsarina, tzarina, czarina, czaritza, czaritsa at Google Ngram Viewer
Anagrams
- Sartain, Sinatra, Taranis, Trainas, antiars, artisan, astrain, sartain, tasiRNA, tasirna, tsarian
Dutch
Etymology
Probably from Italian or Spanish, cf. the English etymology. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tsa??ri.na?/
- Hyphenation: tsa?ri?na
- Rhymes: -i.na?
Noun
tsarina f (plural tsarina's, masculine tsaar)
- tsarina (female tsar/empress, wife of a tsar)
- Synonym: tsarin
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Zarin, a feminine form of Zar (“Tsar”).
Noun
tsarina m (definite singular tsarinaen, indefinite plural tsarinaer, definite plural tsarinaene)
- tsarina
- Synonym: tsaritsa
References
- “tsarina” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From German Zarin, a feminine form of Zar (“Tsar”).
Noun
tsarina f (definite singular tsarinaa, indefinite plural tsarinaer, definite plural tsarinaene)
- tsarina
- Synonym: tsaritsa
References
- “tsarina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Noun
tsarina f (plural tsarinas)
- Alternative form of czarina
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