omnipotent

Inherited from Middle English omnipotent(e), from Old French omnipotent, from Latin omnipotēns, omnipotentem.

• IPA^(key): /ɒmˈnɪpətənt/
• Hyphenation: om‧ni‧po‧tent

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omnipotent (comparative more omnipotent, superlative most omnipotent)

1. Having unlimited power, force or authority.

   Synonyms: almighty, all-powerful

   • 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, pages 16-17:

     All the spirits of the elements bowed down before him; but the future was still hidden from his eyes, and Death was omnipotent.

2. (biology) Describing a cell (especially a stem cell) that is capable of developing into any type of cell or forming any type of tissue (also called a totipotent cell).

   Coordinate term: pluripotent

• omnipotence

omnipotent (plural omnipotents)

1. An omnipotent being.

• omnipotent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• omnipotent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• omnipotent at OneLook Dictionary Search

From Latin omnipotēns (“almighty”).

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /om.ni.poˈtent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /um.ni.puˈten/

omnipotent (masculine and feminine plural omnipotents)

1. omnipotent

• omnipotència

• “omnipotent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “omnipotent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “omnipotent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “omnipotent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

omnipotent (neuter omnipotent, plural and definite singular attributive omnipotente)

1. omnipotent, almighty

   Synonym: almægtig

• omnipotens

From Old French omnipotent, from. Latin omnipotēns (“almighty”).

• IPA^(key): /ɔm.ni.pɔ.tɑ̃/

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omnipotent (feminine omnipotente, masculine plural omnipotents, feminine plural omnipotentes)

1. omnipotent

• “omnipotent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Learned borrowing from Latin omnipotēns, omnipotentem.

• IPA^(key): [ɔmnipoˈtɛnt]

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• Hyphenation: om‧ni‧po‧tent

omnipotent (strong nominative masculine singular omnipotenter, not comparable)

1. omnipotent

   Synonym: allmächtig

• Omnipotenz

• “omnipotent” in Duden online
• “omnipotent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Learned borrowing from Latin omnipotēns (“almighty”).

omnipotent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular omnipotent or omnipotente)

1. omnipotent
   • 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 13, column 2, line 30:

     car tu es Deu omnipotent

     because you are the omnipotent God

• French: omnipotent

Borrowed from Latin omnipotēns.

• IPA^(key): /ˌom.ni.poˈtent/
• Hyphenation: om‧ni‧po‧tent

omnipotent m or n (feminine singular omnipotentă, masculine plural omnipotenți, feminine and neuter plural omnipotente)

1. omnipotent

• atotputernic

• omnipotență

• omnipotent in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)