despota

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛspota]

despota m anim (female equivalent despotka)

1. despot

• “despota”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “despota”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “despota”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From despoto (“despot”) +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /desˈpota/
• Rhymes: -ota
• Hyphenation: des‧po‧ta

despota (accusative singular despotan, plural despotaj, accusative plural despotajn)

1. despotic

From English despot and German Despot, from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs, “lord, master, owner”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛʃpotɒ]
• Hyphenation: des‧po‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

despota (plural despoták)

1. despot, tyrant

   Synonyms: elnyomó, kényúr, zsarnok

• despota in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• despota in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs, “master, lord, ruler, despot”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛs.po.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛspota
• Hyphenation: dè‧spo‧ta

despota m or f by sense (masculine plural despoti, feminine plural despote)

1. despot

   Synonyms: dittatore, tiranno

• dispotico
• dispotismo

• → Spanish: déspota

• Podestà, deposta, dopaste, podestà

• IPA^(key): /dɛsˈpɔ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: des‧po‧ta

despota m pers (female equivalent despotka)

1. despot

   Synonyms: autokrata, dzierżymorda, tyran

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