sovereignty

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɒvɹənti/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-ɹɪn-/
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• General-American: /ˈsɑv(ə)ɹənti/
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• General-American: [-ɾi]
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PIE word *upér From Late Middle English sovereynte, souvereynte [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman sovereyneté, soverentee, and Old French soveraineté, souveraineté (modern French souveraineté), from soverain + -té (suffix forming nouns, often denoting a property or quality). Soverain is derived from Vulgar Latin *superānus (“chief; sovereign”), from Latin super (“above; on top of”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“above, over”)) + -ānus (“suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, usually denoting a relationship of origin, position, or possession”)). The English word is analysable as sovereign + -ty (suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives).

143 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: soewereiniteit — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Bulgarian: абсолю́тна власт (absoljútna vlast) — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Catalan: sobirania — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Finnish: yksinvaltius — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Galician: soberanía — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• German: Souveränität — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• German: höchste Gewalt — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• German: Oberherrschaft — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Irish: ardcheannas — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Irish: flaitheas — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Irish: flaithiúnas — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Italian: onnipotenza — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Italian: padronanza — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Italian: pieno controllo — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Manx: ard-reeriaght — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Māori: rangatiratanga — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Polish: suwerenność — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Portuguese: soberania — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Portuguese: autoridade — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Sanskrit: राज्य (rājya) — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Turkish: mutlak güç — of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something
• Afrikaans: soewereiniteit — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Albanian: sovranitet — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Arabic: سِيَادَة (siyāda) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Arabic: حَاكِمِيَّة (ḥākimiyya) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Armenian: ինքնիշխանություն (inkʻnišxanutʻyun) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Asturian: soberanía — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Azerbaijani: suverenlik — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Azerbaijani: müstəqillik — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Basque: subiranotasun — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Belarusian: сувэрэнітэ́т (suverenitét) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Belarusian: суверэнітэ́т (suvjerenitét) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Bengali: প্রভুত্ব (probhutto) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Bengali: সার্বভৌমত্ব (śarbobhōumotto) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Bulgarian: суверените́т (suverenitét) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Burmese: အချုပ်အခြာအာဏာ (a.hkyup-a.hkraana) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Catalan: sobirania — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Chinese Cantonese: 主權 /主权 (zyu2 kyun4) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Chinese Mandarin: 主權 /主权 (zhǔquán) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Czech: suverenita — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Czech: svrchovanost — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Danish: suverænitet — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Dutch: soevereiniteit — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Estonian: suveräänsus — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Finnish: suvereenisuus — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Finnish: suvereniteetti — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• French: souveraineté — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Galician: soberanía — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Georgian: სუვერენიტეტი (suvereniṭeṭi) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• German: Souveränität — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• German: Eigenstaatlichkeit — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• German: Eigenständigkeit — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• German: Hoheit — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• German: Hoheitsgewalt — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• German: Landeshoheit — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• German: Oberhoheit — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• German: Hoheitlichkeit — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Greek: κυριαρχία (kyriarchía) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Ancient Greek: ἀρχή (arkhḗ) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Hebrew: סוּבֶרֶנִיּוּת (suvereniyút) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Hebrew: ריבונות \ רִבּוֹנוּת (ribonút) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Hindi: प्रभुता (prabhutā) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Hindi: संप्रभुता (samprabhutā) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Hungarian: szuverenitás — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Icelandic: fullveldi — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Indonesian: kedaulatan — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Irish: ardcheannas — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Irish: ceannas — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Irish: flaithiúnas — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Italian: sovranità — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Japanese: 主権 (shuken) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Kazakh: егемендік (egemendık) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Kazakh: егеменділік (egemendılık) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Khmer: អធិបតេយ្យ (ʼaʼthɨppaʼtay) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Korean: 주권 (jugwon) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Central Kurdish: فەرمان ڕەوایی (ferman rewayî) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Northern Kurdish: serwerî — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Kyrgyz: суверенитет (suverenitet) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Kyrgyz: эгемендүүлүк (egemendüülük) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Lao: ອະທິປະໄຕ (ʼa thi pa tai) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Latin: summus imperii — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Latin: principatus — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Latvian: suverenitāte — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Lithuanian: suverenitetas — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Macedonian: суверените́т (suverenitét) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Macedonian: сувереност (suverenost) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Malay: kedaulatan — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Malayalam: സർവ്വാധികാരം (saṟvvādhikāraṁ) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Mongolian: суверенитет (suverenitet) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Navajo: akʼídádéestʼį́į́ʼ — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Norwegian Bokmål: suverenitet — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Norwegian Nynorsk: suverenitet — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Occitan: sobeiranetat — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Pashto: حاکميت (hākemyat) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Iranian Persian: حاکِمِیَّت (hâkemiyyat) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Polish: suwerenność — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Portuguese: soberania — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Romanian: suveranitate — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Russian: суверените́т (suverenitét) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Serbo-Croatian: суверенѝте̄т — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Serbo-Croatian: suverenìtēt — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Sinhalese: ස්වාධිපත්යය (swādhipatyaya) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Slovak: suverenita — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Slovak: zvrchovanosť — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Slovene: suverenost — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Spanish: soberanía — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Swedish: suveränitet — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Swedish: oavhängighet — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Swedish: självständighet — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Tagalog: soberanya — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Tagalog: kahigpunuan — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Tajik: ҳокимият (hokimiyat) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Tajik: истиқлолият (istiqloliyat) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Tamil: இறைமை (iṟaimai) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Tamil: இறையாண்மை (iṟaiyāṇmai) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Thai: อธิปไตย (à-tí-bpà-dtai) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Tocharian B: kamartāññe — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Turkish: egemenlik — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Turkish: hâkimiyet — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Turkish: hükümranlık — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Turkmen: suwerenitet — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Udmurt: асэрик (aserik) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Ukrainian: сувереніте́т (suverenitét) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Urdu: حاکِمِیَت (hākimiyat) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Uyghur: ئىگىلىك ھوقۇقى (igilik hoquqi) — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Uzbek: suverenitet — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Uzbek: mustaqillik — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Vietnamese: chủ quyền — of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities
• Afrikaans: soewereiniteit — of a person: the liberty to decide one’s actions and thoughts
• Catalan: sobirania — of a person: the liberty to decide one’s actions and thoughts
• Finnish: suvereniteetti — of a person: the liberty to decide one’s actions and thoughts
• Finnish: yksilönvapaus — of a person: the liberty to decide one’s actions and thoughts
• German: Souveränität — of a person: the liberty to decide one’s actions and thoughts
• German: Eigenständigkeit — of a person: the liberty to decide one’s actions and thoughts
• German: Selbstbestimmung — of a person: the liberty to decide one’s actions and thoughts
• Irish: ceannas — of a person: the liberty to decide one’s actions and thoughts
• Italian: arbitrio — of a person: the liberty to decide one’s actions and thoughts
• Polish: suwerenność — of a person: the liberty to decide one’s actions and thoughts
• Portuguese: arbítrio — of a person: the liberty to decide one’s actions and thoughts
• Finnish: suvereniteetti — pre-eminent or superior excellence
• Polish: suwerenność — pre-eminent or superior excellence
• Finnish: suvereniteetti — territory under the rule of a sovereign; independent or self-governing nation or other polity
• Polish: suwerenne państwo — territory under the rule of a sovereign; independent or self-governing nation or other polity