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plenipotentiary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /plɛn.ɪ.pəˈtɛn.ʃi.ɛɹ.i/ (General-American)
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• /plɛn.ɪ.poʊˈtɛn.ʃ(i)əɹ.i/ (General-American)
• /ˌplɛn.ɪ.pəʊˈtɛn.ʃəɹ.i/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌplɛn.ɪ.pəʊˈtɛn.ʃi.əɹ.i/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin plēnipotentiārius (“having full power”), Late Latin plēnipotēns, from plēnus (“full”) + potēns (“mighty, powerful”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Invested with full power.
   • It was written of Henry George Ward, M.P. for Sheffield from 1837 to 1849, that "he was also much occupied with railway enterprise in the days of early speculation." This suggests a hard-bitten man of commerce, but Ward had served in the Diplomatic Service and he was Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico before retiring in 1827 at the age of 30. 1960 March 14, N. Caplan, “The Railway Member of Parliament”, in Railway Magazine, page 209:
   • Near-synonyms: omnicompetent; omnipotent, almighty, all-powerful
2. (not-comparable) Of or relating to a plenipotentiary agent

Coordinates

omnicompetent · omniscient · all-present · all-knowing · omnipresent

Synonyms

almighty · plenipotent · all-powerful · omnicompetent · plenipotential · omnipotent · plenipotent

Translations (22)

ru полномо́чный (invested with full power) · pt plenipotenciário (invested with full power) · cs zplnomocněný (invested with full power) · fi täysivaltainen (of or relating to a plenipotentiary) · yue 全權代表 /全权代表 (invested with full power) · fi täysivaltainen (invested with full power) · eo plenpova (invested with full power) · de bevollmächtigt (invested with full power) · uk повнова́жний (invested with full power) · ru уполномо́ченный (invested with full power) · mk полномошнички (of or relating to a plenipotentiary) · pl pełnomocny (invested with full power) · pl pełnomocny (of or relating to a plenipotentiary) · fr plénipotentiaire (invested with full power) · eo plenpova (of or relating to a plenipotentiary) · da befuldmægtiget (invested with full power) · yue 全權大使 /全权大使 (invested with full power) · bg пълномощен (of or relating to a plenipotentiary) · nl gevolmachtigd (invested with full power) · bg упълномощен (invested with full power) · mk полномо́шен (invested with full power) · mk ополномо́штен (invested with full power)

plenipotentiary en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /plɛn.ɪ.pəˈtɛn.ʃi.ɛɹ.i/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /plɛn.ɪ.poʊˈtɛn.ʃ(i)əɹ.i/ (General-American)
• /ˌplɛn.ɪ.pəʊˈtɛn.ʃəɹ.i/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌplɛn.ɪ.pəʊˈtɛn.ʃi.əɹ.i/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin plēnipotentiārius (“having full power”), Late Latin plēnipotēns, from plēnus (“full”) + potēns (“mighty, powerful”).

Meanings

1. A person invested with full powers, especially as the diplomatic agent of a sovereign state, (originally) charged with handling a certain matter.
   • None but the like-minded can come plenipotentiary to our court. 1859, Henry David Thoreau, A Plea for Captain John Brown:
   • 1937, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and Others', Overlook, Woodstock: 2002, p 232. Meeting him in the street and ignoring the foul bowler hat he wore on his walks abroad, you would have put him down as a Bishop in mufti or, at the least, a plenipotentiary at one of the better courts.
   • Two of them are hanging up there on Golgotha, and that ought to be enough to show the authority of Rome’s ah plenipotentiary. 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:

Forms

Deriveds

plenipotentiaryship · minister plenipotentiary (ambassador and)

Translations (27)

eo plenpovulo (person invested with supreme authority) · ru уполномо́ченный (person invested with supreme authority) · it plenipotenziario (person invested with supreme authority) · mk ополномо́штеник (person invested with supreme authority) · it plenipotenziaria (person invested with supreme authority) · cs zplnomocněnec (person invested with supreme authority) · bg упълномощен (person invested with supreme authority) · fr plénipotentiaire (person invested with supreme authority) · pt plenipotenciário (person invested with supreme authority) · pl pełnomocnik (person invested with supreme authority) · ro plenipotențiar (person invested with supreme authority) · ru уполномо́ченная (person invested with supreme authority) · mk полномо́шник (person invested with supreme authority) · id wali (person invested with supreme authority) · nl gevolmachtigde (person invested with supreme authority) · ru полномо́чный представи́тель (person invested with supreme authority) · ru полпре́д (person invested with supreme authority) · bg пълномощен представител (person invested with supreme authority) · nl plenipotentiaris (person invested with supreme authority) · da befuldmægtiget (person invested with supreme authority) · ota دستور (person invested with supreme authority) · is fulltrúi sem hefur fullt umboð (person invested with supreme authority) · fi täysivaltainen edustaja (person invested with supreme authority) · es plenipotenciario (person invested with supreme authority) · de Generalbevollmächtigter (person invested with supreme authority) · pl ambasador (person invested with supreme authority) · de Bevollmächtigter (person invested with supreme authority)