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• UK: /ɔːˈθɒɹəti/
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• US: /əˈθɔɹədi/
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• US: /əˈθɔɹəti/
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• US: [əˈθɔɹəɾi]
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• US: /əˈθɔɹti/
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• US: [əˈθɔɹɾi]
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• US: /əˈθɑɹəti/
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• US: [əˈθɑɹəɾi]
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• US: /əˈθɑɹti/
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• US: [əˈθɑɹɾi]
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• obsolete: /ɒːˈtɒɹɪti/
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• India, North: /ɔˈt̪hɔ.rɪ.ʈi/
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• India, South: /əˈt̪ɔ.rɪ.ʈi/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 TH AO1 R AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ewg-der. Proto-Indo-European *h2owg-éye-ti Proto-Italic *augejō Proto-Italic *augeō Latin augeō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin auctor Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin auctōritāsbor. Old French autoritébor. Middle English auctorite English authority From Middle English auctorite, autorite (“authority, book or quotation that settles an argument”), from Old French auctorité, from Latin stem of auctōritās (“invention, advice, opinion, influence, command”), from auctor (“master, leader, author”). For the presence of the h, compare the etymology of author.

230 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: gesag — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Albanian: autoritet — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Western Apache: hashidilaa — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Arabic: سُلْطَة (sulṭa) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Aragonese: autoridat — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Armenian: հեղինակություն (heġinakutʻyun) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Azerbaijani: hakimiyyət — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Bashkir: дәүләт (dəwlət) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Bashkir: хөкүмәт (xökümət) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Belarusian: ула́да (uláda) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Bulgarian: власт (vlast) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Bulgarian: авторите́т (avtoritét) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Catalan: autoritat — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Chinese Mandarin: 權力 /权力 (quánlì) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Chinese Mandarin: 權威 /权威 (quánwēi) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Maore Comorian: yezi — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Cornish: awtorita — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Czech: autorita — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Danish: myndighed — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Dutch: bevoegdheid — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Dutch: gezag — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Esperanto: aŭtoritato — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Estonian: võim — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Ewe: ŋusẽ — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Finnish: auktoriteetti — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Finnish: käskyvalta — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Finnish: vaikutusvalta — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Finnish: valta — power to enforce rules or give orders
• French: autorité — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Galician: autoridade — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Georgian: უფლებამოსილება (uplebamosileba) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Georgian: ხელისუფლება (xelisupleba) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Georgian: ძალაუფლება (ʒalaupleba) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Georgian: რწმუნებულება (rc̣munebuleba) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• German: Autorität — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹 (waldufni) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Greek: εξουσία (exousía) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Greek: αρχή (archí) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Ancient Greek: ἐξουσία (exousía) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Ancient Greek: ἀρχή (arkhḗ) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Mbya Guarani: po'aka — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Hebrew: סַמְכוּת (samkhút) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Hebrew: אוֹטוֹרִיטָה (otorita) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Hindi: अधिकार (adhikār) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Hungarian: felhatalmazás — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Hungarian: meghatalmazás — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Hungarian: hatalom — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Hungarian: tekintély — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Indonesian: otoritas — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Indonesian: kewenangan — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Interlingua: autoritate — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Irish: údarás — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Irish: urlámhas — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Italian: autorità — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Japanese: 権力 (kenryoku) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Japanese: 権威 (ken'i) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Japanese: 強権 (kyōken) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Korean: 권력 (gwollyeok) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Korean: 권능 (gwonneung) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Central Kurdish: دەسەڵات (desellat) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Central Kurdish: بەردەستی (berdestî) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Kyrgyz: бийлик (biylik) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Kyrgyz: чоңдор (coŋdor) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Kyrgyz: башчы (başcı) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Kyrgyz: авторитет (avtoritet) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Kyrgyz: ыйгарым укук (ıygarım ukuk) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Kyrgyz: бедел (bedel) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Kyrgyz: кадыр (kadır) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Kyrgyz: кадыр-барк негиз (kadır-bark) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Kyrgyz: түп (tüp) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Kyrgyz: уруксат (uruksat) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Kyrgyz: авторитеттүүлүк (avtoritettüülük) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Kyrgyz: беделдүүлүк (bedeldüülük) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Kyrgyz: кадырлуулук (kadırluuluk) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Kyrgyz: билгич (bilgic) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Latin: auctōritās — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Luxembourgish: Autoritéit — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Malay: autoriti — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Malayalam: അധികാരം (adhikāraṁ) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Maltese: awtoritá — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Māori: kanoi — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Māori: whakaruruhau — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Māori: manatū — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Mauritian Creole: lotorite — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Middle English: auctorite — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Old English: ealdordōm — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Polish: autorytet — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Polish: powaga — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Portuguese: autoridade — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Romanian: autoritate — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Russian: власть (vlastʹ) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Scottish Gaelic: ùghdarras — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Sikkimese: སྐུ་དབང (sku dbang) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Slovak: autorita — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Slovene: avtoriteta — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Spanish: autoridad — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Swahili: mamlaka — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Swedish: auktoritet — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Telugu: అధికారము (adhikāramu) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Thai: อํานาจ (am-nâat) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Turkish: otorite — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Turkish: yetki — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Ukrainian: вла́да (vláda) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Vietnamese: quyền lực — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Welsh: awdurdod — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Yiddish: אויטאָריטעט (oytoritet) — power to enforce rules or give orders
• Albanian: autoritet — police or law enforcement collectively
• Armenian: իշխանություն (išxanutʻyun) — police or law enforcement collectively
• Belarusian: ула́да (uláda) — police or law enforcement collectively
• Bulgarian: вла́сти (vlásti) — police or law enforcement collectively
• Chinese Mandarin: 當局 /当局 (dāngjú) — police or law enforcement collectively
• Cornish: awtorita — police or law enforcement collectively
• Czech: autorita — police or law enforcement collectively
• Dutch: autoriteit — police or law enforcement collectively
• Dutch: autoriteiten — police or law enforcement collectively
• Dutch: gezag — police or law enforcement collectively
• Dutch: overheid — police or law enforcement collectively
• Esperanto: instanco — police or law enforcement collectively
• Estonian: võim — police or law enforcement collectively
• Finnish: viranomaiset — police or law enforcement collectively
• French: autorité — police or law enforcement collectively
• Georgian: ხელისუფლება (xelisupleba) — police or law enforcement collectively
• German: Autorität — police or law enforcement collectively
• German: Behörde — police or law enforcement collectively
• Greek: αρχές (archés) — police or law enforcement collectively
• Hebrew: רשויות (rashuyot) — police or law enforcement collectively
• Hindi: प्रशासन (praśāsan) — police or law enforcement collectively
• Hungarian: hatóság — police or law enforcement collectively
• Hungarian: szakhatóság — police or law enforcement collectively
• Hungarian: felügyelet — police or law enforcement collectively
• Hungarian: főfelügyelet — police or law enforcement collectively
• Indonesian: otoritas — police or law enforcement collectively
• Interlingua: autoritate — police or law enforcement collectively
• Irish: údarás — police or law enforcement collectively
• Italian: autorità — police or law enforcement collectively
• Japanese: 当局 (tōkyoku) — police or law enforcement collectively
• Korean: 권력자 (gwollyeokja) — police or law enforcement collectively
• Malay: pihak berkuasa — police or law enforcement collectively
• Malayalam: അധികാരികൾ (adhikārikaḷ) — police or law enforcement collectively
• Maltese: awtoritarju — police or law enforcement collectively
• Maltese: awtoritarja — police or law enforcement collectively
• Norwegian Bokmål: styresmakt — police or law enforcement collectively
• Norwegian Bokmål: styremakt — police or law enforcement collectively
• Norwegian Nynorsk: styremakt — police or law enforcement collectively
• Norwegian Nynorsk: styresmakt — police or law enforcement collectively
• Oromo: aangoo — police or law enforcement collectively
• Polish: władza — police or law enforcement collectively
• Portuguese: autoridade — police or law enforcement collectively
• Romanian: autoritate — police or law enforcement collectively
• Romanian: autorități — police or law enforcement collectively
• Russian: власть (vlastʹ) — police or law enforcement collectively
• Russian: вла́сти (vlásti) — police or law enforcement collectively
• Scottish Gaelic: ùghdarras — police or law enforcement collectively
• Slovene: avtoriteta — police or law enforcement collectively
• Spanish: policía — police or law enforcement collectively
• Spanish: autoridades — police or law enforcement collectively
• Spanish: fuerzas del orden — police or law enforcement collectively
• Swahili: mamlaka — police or law enforcement collectively
• Swedish: myndighet — police or law enforcement collectively
• Thai: เจ้าหน้าที่ (jâao-nâa-tîi) — police or law enforcement collectively
• Turkish: salahiyetliler — police or law enforcement collectively
• Turkish: yetkililer — police or law enforcement collectively
• Ukrainian: вла́да (vláda) — police or law enforcement collectively
• Welsh: awdurdod — police or law enforcement collectively
• Afrikaans: gesaghebbende bron — reliable source of information on a subject
• Albanian: autoritet — reliable source of information on a subject
• Armenian: հեղինակություն (heġinakutʻyun) — reliable source of information on a subject
• Belarusian: аўтарытэ́т (awtarytét) — reliable source of information on a subject
• Bulgarian: познава́ч (poznaváč) — reliable source of information on a subject
• Bulgarian: авторите́т (avtoritét) — reliable source of information on a subject
• Chinese Mandarin: 權威 /权威 (quánwēi) — reliable source of information on a subject
• Cornish: awtorita — reliable source of information on a subject
• Czech: autorita — reliable source of information on a subject
• Dutch: autoriteit — reliable source of information on a subject
• Estonian: asjatundja — reliable source of information on a subject
• Finnish: asiantuntija — reliable source of information on a subject
• Finnish: auktoriteetti — reliable source of information on a subject
• French: autorité — reliable source of information on a subject
• Georgian: ავტორიტეტი (avṭoriṭeṭi) — reliable source of information on a subject
• German: Autorität — reliable source of information on a subject
• Greek: αυθεντία (afthentía) — reliable source of information on a subject
• Hebrew: בר־סמכא (bar-samkha) — reliable source of information on a subject
• Hungarian: tekintély — reliable source of information on a subject
• Hungarian: szaktekintély — reliable source of information on a subject
• Interlingua: autoritate — reliable source of information on a subject
• Irish: údarás — reliable source of information on a subject
• Italian: autorità — reliable source of information on a subject
• Japanese: 権威 (ken'i) — reliable source of information on a subject
• Korean: 권위자 (gwonwija) — reliable source of information on a subject
• Korean: 권위 (gwonwi) — reliable source of information on a subject
• Māori: kanoi — reliable source of information on a subject
• Polish: autorytet — reliable source of information on a subject
• Polish: arbiter — reliable source of information on a subject
• Polish: powaga — reliable source of information on a subject
• Portuguese: autoridade — reliable source of information on a subject
• Romanian: autoritate — reliable source of information on a subject
• Russian: авторите́т (avtoritét) — reliable source of information on a subject
• Scottish Gaelic: ùghdarras — reliable source of information on a subject
• Slovene: avtoriteta — reliable source of information on a subject
• Spanish: autoridad — reliable source of information on a subject
• Swedish: auktoritet — reliable source of information on a subject
• Turkish: bilirkişi — reliable source of information on a subject
• Turkish: uzman — reliable source of information on a subject
• Turkish: yetkili — reliable source of information on a subject
• Ukrainian: авторите́т (avtorytét) — reliable source of information on a subject
• Welsh: awdurdod — reliable source of information on a subject
• Yiddish: אויטאָריטעט (oytoritet) — reliable source of information on a subject
• Georgian: ავტორიტეტი (avṭoriṭeṭi) — reliability, trustworthiness, or expertise
• Spanish: autoridad — reliability, trustworthiness, or expertise
• Belarusian: адміністра́цыя (administrácyja) — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Belarusian: кіраўні́цтва (kirawníctva) — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Finnish: laitos — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• German: Behörde — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Hindi: प्राधिकरण (prādhikraṇ) — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Hungarian: kormányzati hatóság — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Indonesian: otoritas — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Irish: údarás — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Malay: penguasa — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Malay: pihak berkuasa — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Māori: manatū — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Māori: rangatōpū — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Russian: администра́ция (administrácija) — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Russian: управле́ние (upravlénije) — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Swedish: myndighet — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Ukrainian: адміністра́ція (administrácija) — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Ukrainian: управлі́ння (upravlínnja) — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Ukrainian: керівни́цтво (kerivnýctvo) — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Welsh: awdurdod — government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity
• Spanish: autoridad — permission or authorisation
• Spanish: autorización — permission or authorisation