despota

See also: déspota

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛspota]

Noun

despota m anim (female equivalent despotka)

1. despot

Declension

Declension of despota (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	despota	despotové
genitive	despoty	despotů
dative	despotovi	despotům
accusative	despotu	despoty
vocative	despoto	despotové
locative	despotovi	despotech
instrumental	despotou	despoty

Derived terms

• despotický

Related terms

• despocie f
• despotismus m

Further reading

• “despota”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “despota”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “despota”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Esperanto

Etymology

From despoto (“despot”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [desˈpota]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Hyphenation: des‧po‧ta

Adjective

despota (accusative singular despotan, plural despotaj, accusative plural despotajn)

1. despotic

Hungarian

Etymology

From English despot and German Despot, from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs, “lord, master, owner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛʃpotɒ]
• Hyphenation: des‧po‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

despota (plural despoták)

1. despot, tyrant

   Synonyms: elnyomó, kényúr, zsarnok

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	despota	despoták
accusative	despotát	despotákat
dative	despotának	despotáknak
instrumental	despotával	despotákkal
causal-final	despotáért	despotákért
translative	despotává	despotákká
terminative	despotáig	despotákig
essive-formal	despotaként	despotákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	despotában	despotákban
superessive	despotán	despotákon
adessive	despotánál	despotáknál
illative	despotába	despotákba
sublative	despotára	despotákra
allative	despotához	despotákhoz
elative	despotából	despotákból
delative	despotáról	despotákról
ablative	despotától	despotáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	despotáé	despotáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	despotáéi	despotákéi

Possessive forms of despota

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	despotám	despotáim
2nd person sing.	despotád	despotáid
3rd person sing.	despotája	despotái
1st person plural	despotánk	despotáink
2nd person plural	despotátok	despotáitok
3rd person plural	despotájuk	despotáik

Related terms

• despotikus

Further reading

• despota in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• despota in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Italian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs, “master, lord, ruler, despot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.spo.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛspota
• Hyphenation: dè‧spo‧ta

Noun

despota m or f by sense (masculine plural despoti, feminine plural despote)

1. despot

   Synonyms: dittatore, tiranno

Derived terms

• dispotico
• dispotismo

Descendants

• → Spanish: déspota

Anagrams

• Podestà, deposta, dopaste, podestà

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛsˈpɔ.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: des‧po‧ta

Noun

despota m pers (female equivalent despotka)

1. despot

   Synonyms: autokrata, dzierżymorda, tyran

Declension

Declension of despota

	singular	plural
nominative	despota	despoci/despoty (deprecative)
genitive	despoty	despotów
dative	despocie	despotom
accusative	despotę	despotów
instrumental	despotą	despotami
locative	despocie	despotach
vocative	despoto	despoci

Related terms

• despotyczny
• despotyzm

Further reading

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