principat

Borrowed from Latin principātus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [pɾin.siˈpat]

principat m (plural principats)

1. principality

• El Principat is a commonly-used shorthand for the Principality of Catalonia (in Catalan, Principat de Catalunya), which comprised the current autonomous community of Catalonia and the region of Roussillon (Catalan: Catalunya Nord), now part of France. More loosely, it is also used for the autonomous community alone.

• coprincipat
• gran principat

• príncep

• “principat”, 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

Learned borrowing from Latin prī̆ncipātus.

• IPA^(key): /pʁɛ̃.si.pa/

principat m (uncountable)

1. (Ancient Rome) principate (the early period of the Roman Empire, during which some characteristics of the government of the Roman Republic were retained)

   Coordinate term: dominat

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

Borrowed from French principat and Latin principātus. By surface analysis, principe +‎ -at.

principat n (plural principate)

1. principality