prefecture

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːfɛkt͡ʃə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːfɛktjʊə/
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• General-American: /ˈpɹiˌfɛkt͡ʃəɹ/
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• obsolete: /ˈpɹɛfɛkt͡ʃəɹ/
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• CMU ARPABET: P R IY1 F EH2 K CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French préfecture, from Latin praefectūra. Equivalent to prefect + -ure. As an East Asian administrative division, a calque of Chinese 府 (fǔ) and 郡 (jùn), also used to describe 縣 /县 (xian, “county”) and 州 (zhou, “province”) in some eras.

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَبْنَى الْوِلَايَة (mabnā l-wilāya) — The office of a prefect
• Arabic: المحافظة (il-muḥafẓa) — The office of a prefect
• Arabic: مبنى المحافظة (mabna l-muḥafẓa) — The office of a prefect
• Arabic: مبنى الولاية (mabna l-wilāya) — The office of a prefect
• Catalan: prefectura — The office of a prefect
• Chagatai: حكيملك (hakîmlik) — The office of a prefect
• Dutch: prefectuur — The office of a prefect
• Finnish: prefektuuri — The office of a prefect
• Gagauz: valilik — The office of a prefect
• German: Präfektur — The office of a prefect
• Latin: praefectūra — The office of a prefect
• Lithuanian: prefektūra — The office of a prefect
• Moore: perfɛktɩɩre — The office of a prefect
• Norwegian Bokmål: prefektur — The office of a prefect
• Norwegian Nynorsk: prefektur — The office of a prefect
• Romanian: prefectură — The office of a prefect
• Russian: префекту́ра (prefektúra) — The office of a prefect
• Spanish: prefectura — The office of a prefect
• Turkish: valilik — The office of a prefect
• Ottoman Turkish: تولیه (tevliye) — The office of a prefect
• Ottoman Turkish: متولّیلك (mütevellîlik) — The office of a prefect
• Ottoman Turkish: ریاست (riyâset) — The office of a prefect
• Ottoman Turkish: سنجاق (sandjâq) — The office of a prefect
• Arabic: وِلَايَة (wilāya) — The district governed by a prefect
• Arabic: ولاية (wilāya) — The district governed by a prefect
• Arabic: محافظة (muḥafẓa) — The district governed by a prefect
• Catalan: prefectura — The district governed by a prefect
• Chagatai: حكيملك (hakîmlik) — The district governed by a prefect
• Chinese Mandarin: 郡 (jùn) — The district governed by a prefect
• Chinese Mandarin: 地區 /地区 (dìqū) — The district governed by a prefect
• Chinese Mandarin: 都道府縣 /都道府县 (dūdàofǔxiàn) — The district governed by a prefect
• Chinese Mandarin: 省 (shěng) — The district governed by a prefect
• Chinese Mandarin: 縣 /县 (xiàn) — The district governed by a prefect
• Dutch: prefectuur — The district governed by a prefect
• Finnish: prefektuuri — The district governed by a prefect
• French: préfecture — The district governed by a prefect
• Gagauz: valilik — The district governed by a prefect
• German: Präfektur — The district governed by a prefect
• Greek: νομός (nomós) — The district governed by a prefect
• Hebrew: מחוז — The district governed by a prefect
• Indonesian: prefektur — The district governed by a prefect
• Japanese: 県 (ken) — The district governed by a prefect
• Japanese: 府 (fu) — The district governed by a prefect
• Japanese: 都道府県 (to-dō-fu-ken) — The district governed by a prefect
• Kazakh: аймақ (aimaq) — The district governed by a prefect
• Kazakh: префектура (prefektura) — The district governed by a prefect
• Khmer: អាណាខេត្ត (aa naa khaet) — The district governed by a prefect
• Korean: 현 (hyeon) — The district governed by a prefect
• Korean: 도도부현 (dodobuhyeon) — The district governed by a prefect
• Latin: praefectūra — The district governed by a prefect
• Lithuanian: prefektūra — The district governed by a prefect
• Malay: prefektur — The district governed by a prefect
• Norwegian Bokmål: prefektur — The district governed by a prefect
• Norwegian Nynorsk: prefektur — The district governed by a prefect
• Polish: prefektura — The district governed by a prefect
• Portuguese: prefeitura — The district governed by a prefect
• Romanian: prefectură — The district governed by a prefect
• Russian: префекту́ра (prefektúra) — The district governed by a prefect
• Spanish: prefectura — The district governed by a prefect
• Swedish: prefektur — The district governed by a prefect
• Ottoman Turkish: تولیه (tevliye) — The district governed by a prefect
• Ottoman Turkish: متولّیلك (mütevellîlik) — The district governed by a prefect
• Ottoman Turkish: ریاست (riyâset) — The district governed by a prefect
• Ottoman Turkish: سنجاق (sandjâq) — The district governed by a prefect
• Uyghur: ۋىلايەت (wilayet) — The district governed by a prefect
• Vietnamese: tỉnh — The district governed by a prefect