tyran

See also: tyrän

English

Noun

tyran (plural tyrans)

  1. Obsolete form of tyrant.

Verb

tyran (third-person singular simple present tyrans, present participle tyranning, simple past and past participle tyranned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To act tyrannically towards.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tyran in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams


Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɪran]

Noun

tyran m anim

  1. tyrant (a leader in many Ancient Greek city states)
  2. tyrant (an unjust and cruel leader)

See also

Further reading

  • tyran in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • tyran in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • tyran in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

Via Latin tyrannus from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tˢyˈʁɑnˀ], [tˢyˈʁɑn], [tˢyˈʁɑˀn]

Noun

tyran c (singular definite tyrannen, plural indefinite tyranner)

  1. (historical) tyrant (a leader in many Ancient Greek city states)
  2. tyrant (an unjust and cruel leader)

Inflection


French

Etymology

From Middle French tyran, borrowed from Latin tyrannus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos). Replaced Old French tirant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ti.ʁɑ̃/
  • (file)
  • Homophones: tirant, tyrans

Noun

tyran m (plural tyrans, feminine tyranne)

  1. tyrant
  2. bully

Further reading


Middle English

Noun

tyran

  1. Alternative form of tyraunt

Middle French

Noun

tyran m (plural tyrans)

  1. tyrant

Norman

Etymology

From Old French tirant, from Latin tyrannus (ruler, monarch; tyrant, despot), from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, lord, master, sovereign, tyrant).

Noun

tyran m (plural tyrans)

  1. (Jersey) tyrant

Polish

Etymology

From Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɨ.ran/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨran
  • Syllabification: ty‧ran

Noun

tyran m pers (diminutive tyranek, feminine tyranka)

  1. tyrant (oppressive and harsh person)
    Synonyms: autokrata, despota, dzierżymorda
  2. tyrant (harsh and cruel ruler)
  3. (historical, Ancient Greece) tyrant (usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession)

Declension

Noun

tyran m anim

  1. tyrant flycatcher

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
  • tyraniczny
  • tyrański
adverb
  • tyrańsko
noun
  • tyraństwo
verbs
  • styranizować
  • tyranizować
noun
  • tyrania

Further reading

  • tyran in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tyran in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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