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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations

[ English

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[ Etymology

From Latin praesidens (accusative: praesidentem), meaning 'president, leader'. The Latin word is the substantivized present participle of the verb praesideo (infinitive: praesidere). The verb is composed from prae 'before' and sedere 'sit'. The original meaning of the verb is 'to sit before' in the sense of presiding at a meeting. A secondary meaning of the verb is 'to command, to govern'. So praesidens means 'thee presiding one on a meeting' or 'governor, commander'.

[ Pronunciation

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[ Noun

Singular president

Plural presidents

president (plural presidents)

1. The head of state of a republic, a representative democracy and sometimes (in cases of constitutional violations) a dictatorship.
2. The primary leader of a corporation. Not to be confused with CEO, which is a related but separate position that is sometimes held by a different person.

[ Translations

Arabic: رئيس (ra’īs) m. Bulgarian: президент (prezident) m. Catalan: president m., presidenta f. Chinese: 总统 (zǒngtǒng) Czech: prezident m. Danish: præsident c. Dutch: president m. Esperanto: prezidanto, prezidento Estonian: president Faroese: forseti m. Finnish: presidentti French: président m., présidente f. German: Präsident m. Greek: πρόεδρος (próedros) c. Hungarian: elnök Icelandic: forseti m.

Indonesian: presiden Italian: presidente m. Japanese: 大統領 (だいとうりょう, daitōryō) Korean: 대통령 (daetongnyeong) Kurdish: سه‌رۆک Latin: praesidens m., praesidentis (genitive) Lithuanian: prezidentas m. Polish: prezydent m. Portuguese: presidente m. Romanian: preşedinte m. and f. Russian: президент (prezidént) m. Slovene: predsednik m., predsednica f. Spanish: presidente m., presidenta f. Swahili: rais Swedish: president c. Turkish: cumhurbaşkanı