sovereign

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɒv.ɹɪn/
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• General-American: /ˈsɑv(ə)ɹɪn/
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• General-American: /ˈsɑvɚn/
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• rhymes with -ɒvɹɪn
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• CMU ARPABET: S AA1 V R AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English sovereyn, from Old French soverain (whence also modern French souverain), from Vulgar Latin *superānus (compare Italian sovrano, Spanish soberano) from Latin super (“above”). Spelling influenced by folk-etymology association with reign. Doublet of soprano, from the same Latin root via Italian. Doublet of souverain. See also suzerain, foreign.

Americanized form of an unidentified German surname.

212 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: sovran — exercising power of rule
• Arabic: مُسْتَقِلّ (mustaqill) — exercising power of rule
• Armenian: ինքնիշխան (inkʻnišxan) — exercising power of rule
• Asturian: soberanu — exercising power of rule
• Azerbaijani: suveren — exercising power of rule
• Azerbaijani: müstəqil — exercising power of rule
• Basque: subirano — exercising power of rule
• Belarusian: сувэрэ́нны (suverénny) — exercising power of rule
• Bulgarian: сувере́нен (suverénen) — exercising power of rule
• Catalan: sobirà — exercising power of rule
• Chinese Mandarin: 自主的 (zìzhǔ de) — exercising power of rule
• Chinese Mandarin: 獨立的 /独立的 (dúlì de) — exercising power of rule
• Czech: svrchovaný — exercising power of rule
• Czech: suverénní — exercising power of rule
• Danish: suveræn — exercising power of rule
• Dutch: soeverein — exercising power of rule
• Esperanto: suverena — exercising power of rule
• Estonian: suveräänne — exercising power of rule
• Finnish: itsenäinen — exercising power of rule
• Finnish: suvereeni — exercising power of rule
• Finnish: täysivaltainen — exercising power of rule
• French: souverain — exercising power of rule
• Galician: soberano — exercising power of rule
• Georgian: სუვერენული (suverenuli) — exercising power of rule
• Georgian: სრულუფლებიანი (sruluplebiani) — exercising power of rule
• Georgian: დამოუკიდებელი (damouḳidebeli) — exercising power of rule
• Georgian: სრულძალაუფლებიანი (srulʒalauplebiani) — exercising power of rule
• German: souverän — exercising power of rule
• Greek: κυρίαρχος (kyríarchos) — exercising power of rule
• Greek: ηγεμονικός (igemonikós) — exercising power of rule
• Ancient Greek: ἀρχικός (arkhikós) — exercising power of rule
• Hindi: स्वायत्त (svāyatt) — exercising power of rule
• Hindi: सार्वभौम (sārvabhaum) — exercising power of rule
• Hungarian: szuverén — exercising power of rule
• Icelandic: fullvalda — exercising power of rule
• Indonesian: berdaulat — exercising power of rule
• Interlingua: soveran — exercising power of rule
• Irish: ardcheannasach — exercising power of rule
• Irish: ceannasach — exercising power of rule
• Italian: sovrano — exercising power of rule
• Japanese: 独立した (dokuritsu shita) — exercising power of rule
• Japanese: 自立した (jiritsu shita) — exercising power of rule
• Japanese: 自主的な (jishuteki na) — exercising power of rule
• Kazakh: егемен (egemen) — exercising power of rule
• Kazakh: егеменді (egemendı) — exercising power of rule
• Korean: 자주적 (jajujeok) — exercising power of rule
• Korean: 독립되다 (dongnipdoeda) — exercising power of rule
• Kyrgyz: суверендүү (suverendüü) — exercising power of rule
• Kyrgyz: суверенитеттүү (suverenitettüü) — exercising power of rule
• Kyrgyz: эгемен (egemen) — exercising power of rule
• Kyrgyz: эгемендик (egemendik) — exercising power of rule
• Latvian: suverēns — exercising power of rule
• Lithuanian: suverenus — exercising power of rule
• Macedonian: суверен (suveren) — exercising power of rule
• Manx: ard-reeoil — exercising power of rule
• Norwegian Bokmål: suveren — exercising power of rule
• Occitan: sobeiran — exercising power of rule
• Pashto: مستقل (mostaqel) — exercising power of rule
• Persian: مستقل (mostaqell) — exercising power of rule
• Polish: suwerenny — exercising power of rule
• Polish: niepodległy — exercising power of rule
• Polish: niezależny — exercising power of rule
• Portuguese: soberano — exercising power of rule
• Romanian: suveran — exercising power of rule
• Russian: сувере́нный (suverénnyj) — exercising power of rule
• Serbo-Croatian: су̀верен — exercising power of rule
• Serbo-Croatian: sùveren — exercising power of rule
• Slovak: zvrchovaný — exercising power of rule
• Slovak: suverénny — exercising power of rule
• Slovene: suveren — exercising power of rule
• Spanish: soberano — exercising power of rule
• Swedish: självständig — exercising power of rule
• Swedish: suverän — exercising power of rule
• Tajik: мустақил (mustaqil) — exercising power of rule
• Telugu: సార్వభౌమ (sārvabhauma) — exercising power of rule
• Telugu: సర్వసత్తాక (sarvasattāka) — exercising power of rule
• Turkish: egemen — exercising power of rule
• Turkish: müstakil — exercising power of rule
• Ukrainian: сувере́нний (suverénnyj) — exercising power of rule
• Uyghur: مۇستەقىل (musteqil) — exercising power of rule
• Uzbek: suveren — exercising power of rule
• Uzbek: mustaqil — exercising power of rule
• Vietnamese: chủ quyền — exercising power of rule
• Volapük: soveränik — exercising power of rule
• Bulgarian: превъзхо́ден (prevǎzhóden) — exceptional in quality
• Finnish: erinomainen — exceptional in quality
• Finnish: suvereeni — exceptional in quality
• Finnish: ylivertainen — exceptional in quality
• Italian: eccezionale — exceptional in quality
• Italian: supremo — exceptional in quality
• Japanese: 卓越した (takuetsu shita) — exceptional in quality
• Romanian: suveran — exceptional in quality
• Russian: превосхо́дный (prevosxódnyj) — exceptional in quality
• Swedish: suverän — exceptional in quality
• Arabic: عَاهِل (ʕāhil) — monarch
• Arabic: مَلِك (malik) — monarch
• Bashkir: батша (batşa) — monarch
• Bashkir: хаким (xakim) — monarch
• Belarusian: суверэ́н (suvjerén) — monarch
• Belarusian: сувэрэ́н (suverén) — monarch
• Belarusian: гаспада́р (haspadár) — monarch
• Belarusian: улада́р (uladár) — monarch
• Belarusian: валада́р (valadár) — monarch
• Belarusian: улады́ка (uladýka) — monarch
• Belarusian: мана́рх (manárx) — monarch
• Bulgarian: сувере́н (suverén) — monarch
• Bulgarian: повели́тел (povelítel) — monarch
• Catalan: sobirà — monarch
• Chinese Mandarin: 君主 (jūnzhǔ) — monarch
• Czech: vládce — monarch
• Czech: panovník — monarch
• Czech: suverén — monarch
• Danish: hersker — monarch
• Danish: suveræn — monarch
• Dutch: vorst — monarch
• Dutch: soeverein — monarch
• Esperanto: suvereno — monarch
• Finnish: monarkki — monarch
• Finnish: hallitsija — monarch
• French: souverain — monarch
• Galician: soberano — monarch
• Galician: soberana — monarch
• Georgian: სუვერენი (suvereni) — monarch
• Georgian: სუვერენული მონარქი (suverenuli monarki) — monarch
• Georgian: მონარქი (monarki) — monarch
• German: Souverän — monarch
• German: Herrscher — monarch
• Greek: ηγεμόνας (igemónas) — monarch
• Hindi: अधिराज (adhirāj) — monarch
• Hindi: सम्राट (samrāṭ) — monarch
• Hungarian: uralkodó — monarch
• Ido: rejo — monarch
• Indonesian: penguasa — monarch
• Interlingua: soverano — monarch
• Irish: rí — monarch
• Irish: banríon — monarch
• Italian: sovrano — monarch
• Japanese: 君主 (kunshu) — monarch
• Korean: 군주 (gunju) — monarch
• Macedonian: владетел (vladetel) — monarch
• Macedonian: суверен (suveren) — monarch
• Macedonian: владар (vladar) — monarch
• Malayalam: സർവ്വാധികാരി (saṟvvādhikāri) — monarch
• Manx: ard-ree — monarch
• Norwegian Bokmål: suveren — monarch
• Norwegian Bokmål: hersker — monarch
• Church Slavic: владꙑка (vladyka) — monarch
• Polish: suweren — monarch
• Polish: władca — monarch
• Portuguese: suserano — monarch
• Portuguese: soberano — monarch
• Portuguese: soberana — monarch
• Romanian: suveran — monarch
• Russian: сувере́н (suverén) — monarch
• Russian: госуда́рь (gosudárʹ) — monarch
• Russian: госуда́рыня (gosudárynja) — monarch
• Russian: власти́тель (vlastítelʹ) — monarch
• Russian: власти́тельница (vlastítelʹnica) — monarch
• Russian: мона́рх (monárx) — monarch
• Russian: влады́ка (vladýka) — monarch
• Russian: повели́тель (povelítelʹ) — monarch
• Russian: повели́тельница (povelítelʹnica) — monarch
• Serbo-Croatian: вла̀да̄р — monarch
• Serbo-Croatian: сувѐре̄н — monarch
• Serbo-Croatian: vlàdār — monarch
• Serbo-Croatian: suvèrēn — monarch
• Slovak: vládca — monarch
• Slovak: panovník — monarch
• Slovene: vladar — monarch
• Spanish: soberano — monarch
• Spanish: coya — monarch
• Swedish: regent — monarch
• Swedish: monark — monarch
• Swedish: suverän — monarch
• Tagalog: higpuno — monarch
• Tocharian B: kamartīke — monarch
• Turkish: kral — monarch
• Ottoman Turkish: شاه (şâh) — monarch
• Ottoman Turkish: قرال (kral) — monarch
• Ottoman Turkish: ملك (melik) — monarch
• Ukrainian: сувере́н (suverén) — monarch
• Ukrainian: госуда́р (hosudár) — monarch
• Ukrainian: волода́р (volodár) — monarch
• Ukrainian: влада́р (vladár) — monarch
• Ukrainian: госпо́дар (hospódar) — monarch
• Ukrainian: влади́ка (vladýka) — monarch
• Ukrainian: мона́рх (monárx) — monarch
• Volapük: soveran — monarch
• French: souverain — one who is not a subject to a ruler or nation
• Nepali: सार्वभौम (sārbabhaum) — one who is not a subject to a ruler or nation
• Portuguese: soberano — one who is not a subject to a ruler or nation
• Portuguese: soberana — one who is not a subject to a ruler or nation
• Bulgarian: сувере́н (suverén) — coin
• Bulgarian: зла́тна ли́ра (zlátna líra) — coin
• Catalan: sobirà — coin
• Finnish: punnan kultaraha — coin
• French: souverain — coin
• Irish: sabhran — coin
• Macedonian: соверин (soverin) — coin
• Manx: punt airhey — coin
• Māori: awherangi — coin
• Māori: karaune — coin
• Polish: suweren — coin
• Russian: со́верен (sóveren) — coin
• Scottish Gaelic: sòbharan — coin
• Scottish Gaelic: sòbhran — coin
• Spanish: soberano — coin
• Tamil: சவரன் (cavaraṉ) — coin
• Tamil: பவுன் (pavuṉ) — coin
• Welsh: sofren — coin
• Finnish: sovereign — very large champagne bottle
• French: souverain — very large champagne bottle