mandat

Borrowed from Latin mandātum.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mənˈdat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [manˈdat]
• Rhymes: -at

mandat m (plural mandats)

1. writ, warrant, order
2. mandate
3. (law) power of attorney
4. (political science) term

• límit de mandat
• mandatari

• mandant

• “mandat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Latin mandātum, from mandō (“put in one's hands, command”), from Proto-Indo-European *man- (“hand”) + *dʰeh₁- (“put”).

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.da/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: man‧dat

mandat m (plural mandats)

1. mandate
2. postal order, money order
3. (law) power of attorney, proxy
4. (police) warrant
5. term (of office)
   • 1852, Constitution faite en vertu des pouvoirs délégués par le Peuple français à Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte Par le vote des 20 et 21 décembre 1851 [Constitution Made by Virtue of the Powers Delegated by the French People to Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte by the Vote of 20 and 21 December 1851], Paris: Imprimerie Schneider, page 21:

     Si le président de la République meurt avant l'expiration de son mandat, le Sénat convoque la Nation pour procéder à une nouvelle élection.

     If the President of the Republic dies prior to the expiry of his term, the Senate [shall] convoke the Nation for carrying out a new election.

• cumul des mandats
• mandat d'arrêt
• mandat de perquisition

• → Ottoman Turkish: ماندا (manda)
  • Turkish: manda

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

• damant, damnât

From Dutch mandaat, from Middle Dutch mandaet, from Old French mandat, from Latin mandātum.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmandat/ [ˈman.dat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -andat
• Syllabification: man‧dat

mandat (plural mandat-mandat)

1. mandate (official command)
2. mandate (the authority to do something or to act)

   Synonym: wewenang

• “mandat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

mandat m (plural mandac)

1. mandate

mandat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of mandō

mandat (Jawi spelling مندت, plural mandat-mandat)

1. mandate

• “mandat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from German Mandat, from Latin mandātum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.dat/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -andat
• Syllabification: man‧dat

mandat m inan (diminutive mandacik)

1. (law) ticket, fine (document prepared by the police compelling the recipient to pay a fine for a misdemeanor or a traffic violation)

   Właśnie dostałem mandat za złe parkowanie.

   I've just received a bad parking ticket.

2. (politics) seat (membership in an elected representative body, such as the parliament)

   W ostatnich wyborach nasza partia zdobyła dwadzieścia mandatów.

   In the last election our party won twenty seats.

3. (politics, rare, singular only) mandate (authority granted by the electorate)

   Rząd otrzymał silny mandat do zreformowania systemu opieki zdrowotnej.

   The government has received a strong mandate to reform the healthcare system.

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

Borrowed from French mandat.

mandat n (plural mandate)

1. mandate

• IPA^(key): /mǎndaːt/
• Hyphenation: man‧dat

màndāt m inan (Cyrillic spelling ма̀нда̄т)

1. mandate
2. term (of office)

• “mandat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

mandat n

1. mandate

• mandat in Svensk ordbok.

Adapted borrowing of English mandate.

mandat (feminine singular mandat, plural mandat, not comparable)

1. alternative form of mandad (“mandate”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mandat”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies