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presidential en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /pɹɛzɪˈdɛnʃ(ə)l/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English president Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English presidential From president + -ial.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to a president or presidency.
   • Take the New Right's full-throated embrace of protectionism and industrial policy. This romance with protectionism started in the 1990s with former GOP presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, gained enormous traction under former President Donald Trump, and is still going strong today. 2024 March 20, Veronique de Rugy, “The Political Right Has Luxury Beliefs, Too”, in Reason:
2. (obsolete) Presiding or watching over.
3. With the bearing or composure that befits a president; stately, dignified.
   • I feel my age and supposed status mean I am permanently required to be in presidential mode. And I mean this in the old sense of “presidential”, meaning magnanimous, patient and generous, rather than in the modern sense of presidential, meaning being a corrupt, pussy-grabbing racist. 2016 November 20, Stewart Lee, “No more schmoozing with the enemy on TV shows”, in The Guardian:
4. (of prayers) addressed to God on behalf of the congregation by the presiding priest
   • These prayers are addressed to God in the name of the entire holy people and all present, by the priest who presides over the assembly in the person of Christ. It is with good reason, therefore, that they are called the "presidential prayers." 2002, General Instruction of the Roman Missal, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc., §30

Forms

Deriveds

superpresidential · presidential palace · presidentiable · presidentially · presidential republic · presidentiality · presidential memorandum · semi-presidential · vice presidential · presidentialness · presidentialist · semipresidential · prepresidential · presidential letter · presidentialism · prexie · unpresidential · postpresidential · nonpresidential

Translations (35)

es presidencial (pertaining to a president or presidency) · gl presidencial (pertaining to a president or presidency) · ka პრეზიდენტული (pertaining to a president or presidency) · ca presidencial (pertaining to a president or presidency) · ca presidencial (presiding) · hy նախագահական (pertaining to a president or presidency) · it presidenziale (pertaining to a president or presidency) · ru президе́нтский (pertaining to a president or presidency) · pt presidencial (pertaining to a president or presidency) · de vorsitzend (presiding) · ro prezidențial (pertaining to a president or presidency) · fi presidentillinen (pertaining to a president or presidency) · pt presidencial (presiding) · io prezidantala (pertaining to a president or presidency) · ar رِئَاسِيّ (pertaining to a president or presidency) · hu elnöki (pertaining to a president or presidency) · bg президе́нтски (pertaining to a president or presidency) · de Präsidentschaft- (pertaining to a president or presidency) · de präsidial (pertaining to a president or presidency) · it presidenziale (presiding) · cs prezidentský (pertaining to a president or presidency) · kk президенттік (pertaining to a president or presidency) · nl presidentieel (pertaining to a president or presidency) · ast presidencial (pertaining to a president or presidency) · fr présidentiel (pertaining to a president or presidency) · hu elnök- (pertaining to a president or presidency) · tl pampanguluhan (pertaining to a president or presidency) · ka საპრეზიდენტო (pertaining to a president or presidency) · pl prezydencki (pertaining to a president or presidency) · fr présidentiel (presiding) · be прэзідэ́нцкі (pertaining to a president or presidency) · uk президе́нтський (pertaining to a president or presidency) · gl presidencial (presiding) · cy arlywyddol (pertaining to a president or presidency) · id presidensial (pertaining to a president or presidency)