triumvirate

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈʌmvəɹət/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Italic *trēs Latin trium Proto-Indo-European *weyh1-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Italic *wiros Latin vir Latin triumvir Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātus Latin triumvirātuslbor. ▲ Latin -ātusder. English -ate English triumvirate Learned borrowing from Latin triumvirātus (“triumvirate”) (see -ate (suffix forming nouns denoting offices or ranks)), itself derived from triumvir (“member of a triumvirate”) + -ātus (“-ate”, suffix forming nouns denoting offices or ranks, or groups of officials associated with such offices or ranks); and triumvir from trium (“of three”) (the genitive form of trēs (“three”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)) + vir (“adult male human, man”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man”)). By surface analysis, triumvir + -ate.

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: триумвира́т (triumvirát) — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Catalan: triumvirat — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Dutch: triumviraat — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Dutch: driemanschap — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Estonian: triumviraat — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Faroese: trímannaveldi — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Finnish: triumviraatti — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Finnish: kolmikko — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Finnish: troikka — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• French: triumvirat — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• French: troïka — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Georgian: ტრიუმვირატი (ṭriumviraṭi) — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• German: Triumvirat — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Hungarian: triumvirátus — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Ido: troika — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Irish: triúracht — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Italian: triunvirato — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Japanese: 三頭政治 (sandō seiji) — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Polish: triumwirat — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Portuguese: triunvirato — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Portuguese: troica — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Russian: триумвира́т (triumvirát) — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Russian: тро́йка (trójka) — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Russian: три́о (trío) — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Slovene: triumvirat — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Spanish: triunvirato — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Swedish: triumvirat — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Tagalog: tatpuno — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Turkish: troyka — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Turkish: üçlü — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Ukrainian: тріумвіра́т (triumvirát) — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Volapük: kilman — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Yiddish: טריומוויראַט (tryumvirat) — (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
• Spanish: triunvirato — any group of three people regarded as significant in some way; group of three things