triumvir
English
Etymology
A Middle English back-formation from triumvirate.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /tɹaɪˈʌm.və/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /tɹaɪˈʌm.vəɹ/
Noun
triumvir (plural triumviri or triumvirs)
- One member of a triumvirate
Related terms
Translations
French
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
triumvir m (plural triumvirs)
Further reading
- “triumvir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology
From trium (“of three”) + vir (“man”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [triˈʊm.wɪr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪riˈum.vir]
Noun
triumvir m (genitive triumvirī); second declension
- triumvir, whether (formally) a member of an official three-man commission or (informal) a member of a three-man junta or other group.
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | triumvir | triumvirī |
| genitive | triumvirī | triumvirōrum |
| dative | triumvirō | triumvirīs |
| accusative | triumvirum | triumvirōs |
| ablative | triumvirō | triumvirīs |
| vocative | triumvir | triumvirī |
Hyponyms
References
- “triumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “triumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- triumvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Occitan
Pronunciation
Noun
triumvir m (plural triumvirs)
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 699.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin triumvir or French triumvir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tri.umˈvir/
Noun
triumvir m (plural triumviri)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | triumvir | triumvirul | triumviri | triumvirii | |
| genitive-dative | triumvir | triumvirului | triumviri | triumvirilor | |
| vocative | triumvirule | triumvirilor | |||
Further reading
- “triumvir”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025