plenipotentiary
English
/ˌplɛn.ɪ.pəʊˈtɛn.ʃəɹ.i/, /plɛn.ɪ.poʊˈtɛn.ʃ(i)əɹ.i/
noun
Definitions
- A person invested with full powers, especially as the diplomatic agent of a sovereign state, (originally) charged with handling a certain matter.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin plēnipotentiārius, plēnipotēns, plēnus (full, filled, satisfied) + Latin potēns (powerful, mighty, potent, strong, able).
Origin
Latin
potēns
Gloss
powerful, mighty, potent, strong, able
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
強
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- plene English
- armipotens Latin
- astripotens Latin
- bellipotens Latin
- cortinipotens Latin
- omnipotens Latin
- plenarius Latin
- plēnipotentiārius Latin
- plēnipotēns Latin
- plēnus Latin
- plēnārius Latin
- potentia Latin
- potentātus Latin
- potēns Latin
- praepotens Latin
- pieno Italian
- pleno Spanish, Castilian
- *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Indo-European
- pleno Portuguese
- plain Old French
- plein Old French
- chea Galician
- plin Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- chẽo Old Portuguese
- mplin Aromanian
- plin Aromanian
- plen Occitan
- *plēnos Proto-Italic
- plagn Romansh
- plain Romansh
- plein Romansh
- llenu Asturian
- plen Friulian
- ple Old Occitan
- lleno Old Spanish
- chinu Sicilian
- pien Venetian
- pìn Ligurian
- plain Dalmatian
- pien Ladin
- prenu Sardinian
- plenar Interlingua
- ạmplin Megleno-Romanian
- xeno Old Leonese