adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to a president or presidency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
presidential
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/pɹɛzɪˈdɛnʃ(ə)l/
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CMU ARPABET: P R EH2 Z AH0 D EH1 N SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Presiding or watching over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adj
Meaning 3
With the bearing or composure that befits a president; stately, dignified.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
(of prayers) addressed to God on behalf of the congregation by the presiding priest
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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adj
Meaning 5
Alternative letter-case form of presidential.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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adjective
Meaning 6
befitting a president
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- criticized the candidate for not looking presidential
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unpresidential
adjective
Meaning 7
relating to a president or presidency
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- presidential aides
- presidential veto
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Synonyms: none provided
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English president Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English presidential From president + -ial.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: رِئَاسِيّ (riʔāsiyy) — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Armenian: նախագահական (naxagahakan) — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Asturian: presidencial — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Belarusian: прэзідэ́нцкі (prezidéncki) — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Bulgarian: президе́нтски (prezidéntski) — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Catalan: presidencial — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Czech: prezidentský — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Dutch: presidentieel — pertaining to a president or presidency
- French: présidentiel — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Galician: presidencial — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Georgian: საპრეზიდენტო (saṗrezidenṭo) — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Georgian: პრეზიდენტული (ṗrezidenṭuli) — pertaining to a president or presidency
- German: präsidial — pertaining to a president or presidency
- German: Präsidentschaft- — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Hungarian: elnöki — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Hungarian: elnök- — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Ido: prezidantala — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Indonesian: presidensial — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Italian: presidenziale — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Kazakh: президенттік (prezidenttık) — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Polish: prezydencki — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Portuguese: presidencial — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Romanian: prezidențial — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Russian: президе́нтский (prezidéntskij) — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Spanish: presidencial — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Tagalog: pampanguluhan — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Ukrainian: президе́нтський (prezydéntsʹkyj) — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Welsh: arlywyddol — pertaining to a president or presidency
- Catalan: presidencial — presiding
- French: présidentiel — presiding
- Galician: presidencial — presiding
- German: vorsitzend — presiding
- Italian: presidenziale — presiding
- Portuguese: presidencial — presiding
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