деспот

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɛˈspɔt]
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Noun

деспо́т • (despót) m (feminine деспо́тица or деспо́тка)

  1. (historical) despot, tyrant, satrap
  2. (historical) despot (a title awarded to senior members of the imperial family, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers of vast regions in Bulgaria and the Balkans (13th and 14th centuries))
  3. (figurative) oppressor, tyrant
  4. (historical) bishop
    Synonym: влади́ка (vladíka)
  5. (historical, Christianity) hegumen

Declension

Synonyms

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛspɔt]

Noun

деспот • (despot) m (relational adjective деспотски)

  1. despot
  2. (figurative) oppressor, tyrant

Declension

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdʲespət]

Noun

де́спот • (déspot) m anim (genitive де́спота, nominative plural де́споты, genitive plural де́спотов)

  1. despot
    Synonym: тира́н (tirán)

Declension

  • деспоти́зм (despotízm)
  • деспотичный (despotičnyj)
  • деспотический (despotičeskij)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /děspot/
  • Hyphenation: дес‧пот

Noun

дѐспот m (Latin spelling dèspot)

  1. despot

Declension

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