potentat
French, noun\pɔ.tɑ̃.ta\
potentat is spelled P-O-T-E-N-T-A-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Potentat is a French masculine noun meaning “potentate (a powerful leader)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui a la puissance souveraine dans un grand État”.
What does potentat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepotentate (a powerful leader)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui a la puissance souveraine dans un grand État. 2. Personnage qui possède un pouvoir excessif par sa situation économique, hiérarchique ou sociale.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of potentat
- potentats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce potentat?
- \pɔ.tɑ̃.ta\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to potentat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is potentat in French?
potentat appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).