tyran

tyran (plural tyrans)

1. Obsolete form of tyrant.
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     Lordly love is such a tyranne fell.

tyran (third-person singular simple present tyrans, present participle tyranning, simple past and past participle tyranned)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To act tyrannically towards.

• “tyran”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• ATryn, Taryn, ranty, tryna

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɪran]

tyran m anim

1. tyrant (a leader in many Ancient Greek city states)
2. tyrant (an unjust and cruel leader)

• krutovládce
• despota
• diktátor
• utiskovatel
• utlačovatel

• tyran in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• tyran in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• tyran in Internetová jazyková příručka

Via Latin tyrannus from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos).

• IPA^(key): [tˢyˈʁɑnˀ], [tˢyˈʁɑn], [tˢyˈʁɑˀn]

tyran c (singular definite tyrannen, plural indefinite tyranner)

1. (historical) tyrant (a leader in many Ancient Greek city states)
2. tyrant (an unjust and cruel leader)

Inherited from Middle French tyran, borrowed from Latin tyrannus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos). Replaced Old French tirant.

• IPA^(key): /ti.ʁɑ̃/

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• Homophones: tirant, tyrans

tyran m (plural tyrans, feminine tyranne)

1. tyrant
2. bully

• tyrannie
• tyrannique
• tyranniser

• “tyran”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

tyran

1. Alternative form of tyraunt

tyran m (plural tyrans)

1. tyrant

From Old French tirant, from Latin tyrannus (“ruler, monarch; tyrant, despot”), from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “lord, master, sovereign, tyrant”).

tyran m (plural tyrans)

1. (Jersey) tyrant

Borrowed from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos). Doublet of tyrania and tyranozaur.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɨ.ran/

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• Rhymes: -ɨran
• Syllabification: ty‧ran

tyran m pers (female equivalent tyranka, diminutive tyranek)

1. tyrant (oppressive and harsh person)

   Synonyms: autokrata, despota, dzierżymorda, satrapa

2. (politics) tyrant (harsh and cruel ruler)
3. (Ancient Greece, historical, politics) tyrant (usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession)

tyran m animal

1. tyrant flycatcher

• tyran in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tyran in Polish dictionaries at PWN