English Online Dictionary. What means president? What does president mean?
English
Alternative forms
- President (honorific)
- praesident, præsident (archaic)
Etymology
From Old French president, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem). The Latin word is the substantivized present active participle of the verb praesideō (“preside over”). The verb is composed from prae (“before”) and sedeō (“sit”). The original meaning of the verb is 'to sit before' in the sense of presiding at a meeting. A secondary meaning of the verb is 'to command, to govern'. So praesidēns means 'the presiding one on a meeting' or 'governor, commander'.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛzɪdənt/
- Hyphenation: pre‧si‧dent
- Rhymes: -ɛzɪdənt
Noun
president (plural presidents)
- The head of state of a republic.
- 2007, Benjamin Camins, Hillary Is the Best Choice, Page 144
- […] to change the pattern of the last 220 years of only voting for a white male president, and elect a woman president […]
- In presidential republics, the head of government and head of state.
- Primary leader of a corporation. Not to be confused with CEO, which is a related but separate position that is sometimes held by a different person.
- A person presiding over a meeting; a chair, presiding officer, presider.
- Obsolete form of precedent.
Synonyms
- (American head of state): POTUS
- (head of a college or university): provost (UK)
- (head of various specific bodies): prepositus
- (informal, jocular): prexy, prez
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
president (not comparable)
- (archaic) Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.
Verb
president (third-person singular simple present presidents, present participle presidenting, simple past and past participle presidented)
- To act as president; to do presidential duties.
References
- “president”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “president”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Albanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prɛsidˈɛnt/
Noun
presidént m (plural presidentë, definite presidenti, definite plural presidentët)
- president
Declension
Further reading
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][4], 1980
- “president”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin praesidēns, prasedientem (“presiding over; president, leader”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [pɾə.ziˈðen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [pɾə.ziˈðent]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.ziˈðent]
Noun
president m (plural presidents)
- president
Derived terms
- vicepresident
Related terms
- presidència
- presidencial
- presidir
Descendants
- → Spanish: president
Further reading
- “president”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
- “president”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “president” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “president” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈprɛsɪdɛnt]
Noun
president m anim
- Alternative spelling of prezident
Declension
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /preː.ziˈdɛnt/
- Hyphenation: pre‧si‧dent
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Noun
president m (plural presidenten, diminutive presidentje n)
- president
Derived terms
- vicepresident
Descendants
- Afrikaans: president
- → Caribbean Javanese: présidhèn
- → Indonesian: presiden
- → Papiamentu: presidènt
Ladin
Alternative forms
- presidënt
Noun
president m (plural presidenc)
- president
Middle French
Noun
president m (plural presidens)
- president (leader of an organization)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin praesidens.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pre‧si‧dent
Noun
president m (definite singular presidenten, indefinite plural presidenter, definite plural presidentene)
- a president
Derived terms
- presidentvalg
References
- “president” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin praesidens.
Noun
president m (definite singular presidenten, indefinite plural presidentar, definite plural presidentane)
- a president
References
- “president” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Pronunciation
Noun
president m (plural presidents)
- president
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan president. Doublet of presidente.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾesiˈden(d)/ [pɾe.siˈð̞ẽn(ð̞)]
- Rhymes: -en(d)
- Syllabification: pre‧si‧dent
Noun
president m (plural presidents)
- president of Catalonia
Swedish
Alternative forms
- præsident (obsolete typography)
Pronunciation
Noun
president c
- a chairman, presiding member of an assembly, e.g. a court of law
- a president, head of state in a republic
Declension
Related terms
References
- president in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)