legate

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• /ˈlɛɡɪt/
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• /ˈlɛɡət/
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• nonstandard: /ˈliːɡeɪt/
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• /ləˈɡeɪt/
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Inherited from Old English legat(e), from Old French legat, from Latin lēgātus, substantivized from the perfect passive participle of lēgō (“to bequeath, send as envoy”).

Borrowed from Latin lēgātum (“a legacy”), substantivized from the neuter forms of the perfect passive participle of lēgō (“to bequeath, leave as legacy, legate”). Doublet of legacy.

Borrowed from Latin lēgātus, perfect passive participle of lēgō (“to bequeath, leave as legacy, legate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: նվիրակ (nvirak) — deputy representing the pope
• Armenian: լեգատ (legat) — deputy representing the pope
• Bulgarian: легат (legat) — deputy representing the pope
• Czech: legát — deputy representing the pope
• Dutch: legaat — deputy representing the pope
• Esperanto: legato — deputy representing the pope
• French: légat — deputy representing the pope
• Middle French: legat — deputy representing the pope
• Old French: legat — deputy representing the pope
• German: Legat — deputy representing the pope
• Greek: παπικός έξαρχος (papikós éxarchos) — deputy representing the pope
• Hungarian: legátus — deputy representing the pope
• Hungarian: nuncius — deputy representing the pope
• Irish: leagáid — deputy representing the pope
• Macedonian: легат (legat) — deputy representing the pope
• Classical Nahuatl: huēyi teōpixcātītlantli — deputy representing the pope
• Classical Nahuatl: Santo Padre ītītlan — deputy representing the pope
• Polish: legat — deputy representing the pope
• Russian: лега́т (legát) — deputy representing the pope
• Spanish: legado pontificio — deputy representing the pope
• Bulgarian: пратеник (pratenik) — ambassador or messenger
• Czech: vyslanec — ambassador or messenger
• German: Gesandte — ambassador or messenger
• Greek: απεσταλμένος (apestalménos) — ambassador or messenger
• Greek: εκπρόσωπος (ekprósopos) — ambassador or messenger
• Hungarian: követ — ambassador or messenger
• Irish: leagáid — ambassador or messenger
• Latin: lēgātus — ambassador or messenger
• Macedonian: пратеник (pratenik) — ambassador or messenger
• Spanish: legado (desus.) — ambassador or messenger
• Ottoman Turkish: ایلچی (elçi) — ambassador or messenger
• Ottoman Turkish: سفیر (sefir) — ambassador or messenger
• Armenian: նվիրակ (nvirak) — deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome
• Armenian: լեգատ (legat) — deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome
• Dutch: legaat — deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome
• Esperanto: legato — deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome
• French: légat — deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome
• Greek: έξαρχος (éxarchos) — deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome
• Hungarian: helytartó — deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome
• Macedonian: легат (legat) — deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome
• Polish: legat — deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome
• Russian: лега́т (legát) — deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome
• Spanish: legado — deputy of a provincial governor or general in ancient Rome