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presidium

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /pɹɪˈsɪdi.əm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A permanent executive committee, used primarily in Communist countries, with the power to act for a larger governing body when the latter is in recess.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Such an executive committee headed by the President of the Supreme Soviet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: praesidium

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: committee, commission

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian прези́диум (prezídium), from Latin praesidium. Doublet of praesidium and presidio.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: тӧрги (törgi) — executive committee
  • Armenian: նախագահություն (naxagahutʻyun) — executive committee
  • Azerbaijani: prezidium — executive committee
  • Belarusian: прэзі́дыум (prezídyum) — executive committee
  • Belarusian: прэзы́дыум (prezýdyum) — executive committee
  • Bulgarian: прези́диум (prezídium) — executive committee
  • Chinese Mandarin: 主席團 /主席团 (zhǔxítuán) — executive committee
  • Czech: předsednictvo — executive committee
  • Czech: prezidium — executive committee
  • Danish: præsidium — executive committee
  • Dutch: presidium — executive committee
  • Estonian: presiidium — executive committee
  • Finnish: puhemiehistö — executive committee
  • Finnish: puheenjohtajisto — executive committee
  • French: présidium — executive committee
  • Georgian: პრეზიდიუმი (ṗrezidiumi) — executive committee
  • German: Präsidium — executive committee
  • Greek: προεδρείο (proedreío) — executive committee
  • Hungarian: elnökség — executive committee
  • Hungarian: prezídium — executive committee
  • Japanese: 幹部会 (kanbukai) — executive committee
  • Kazakh: төралқа (töralqa) — executive committee
  • Khmer: គណៈប្រធាន (kĕəʼnaʼ prɑɑthiən) — executive committee
  • Korean: 간부회 (ganbuhoe) — executive committee
  • Kyrgyz: президиум (prezidium) — executive committee
  • Latvian: prezidijs — executive committee
  • Lithuanian: prezidiumas — executive committee
  • Macedonian: президиум (prezidium) — executive committee
  • Macedonian: претседателство (pretsedatelstvo) — executive committee
  • Manx: ard-choyrle — executive committee
  • Norwegian Bokmål: presidium — executive committee
  • Pannonian Rusyn: предсидательство (predsidatelʹstvo) — executive committee
  • Polish: prezydium — executive committee
  • Romanian: prezidiu — executive committee
  • Russian: прези́диум (prezídium) — executive committee
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре́дседнӣштво — executive committee
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре́дсједнӣштво — executive committee
  • Serbo-Croatian: prédsednīštvo — executive committee
  • Serbo-Croatian: prédsjednīštvo — executive committee
  • Slovak: prezídium — executive committee
  • Slovene: predsedstvo — executive committee
  • Spanish: presídium — executive committee
  • Swedish: presidium — executive committee
  • Thai: เปรซิเดียม — executive committee
  • Thai: คณะผู้บริหารสูงสุด — executive committee
  • Ukrainian: прези́дія (prezýdija) — executive committee
  • Uzbek: prezidium — executive committee
  • Vietnamese: chủ tịch đoàn — executive committee
  • Vietnamese: đoàn chủ tịch — executive committee